51st International Tatra Veteran Rally Beskydy 2020
100 years of Jaroslav Pavelka 5. 9. 2020
This year’s 51st International Tatra Veteran Rally Beskydy, traditionally organized by TVCC Kopřivnice, was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tatra racer Jaroslav Pavelka. The sleepy ride led to the athlete’s birthplace – the village of Libhošť. More than 100 beautiful Tatra mountains illuminated the local sports complex. In the end, only one vehicle of the museum veterans took part in the ride – the Tatra T 57 with Michal Preiss, the other did not drive at all due to its technical condition. The program included a panel exhibition and the documentary Závodník Jaroslav Pavelkawhose implementation arose from the initiative of the municipality of Libhošť. For the implementation, we managed to collect a large number of documents from various, which did not even fit into the final version of the presentation. For this occasion, we borrowed a T2-607 monopost from the collection – the first Tatra formula, which also celebrates the 70th anniversary of its existence. After a few years, the exhibit left the environment of the museum and was exhibited outdoors. An important part of the all-day program was also the unveiling of a memorial plaque at the birthplace of Jaroslav Pavelka. The act of revelation was even attended by Pavelek’s wife and daughter and husband, who were affected by strong emotions. We bring a selection photo gallery from the whole day. Thank you for managing to recall the memory of the personality of post-war Tatra racing – Jaroslav Pavelka.
Video of introduction of plaque. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg4SPbCO804y-2020.html
Fotos of rally: https://www.tatramuseum.cz/akce/veteran-rallye-beskydy-2020.html
https://novojicinsky.denik.cz/galerie/100-vyroci-narozeni-jaroslav-pavelka-zavodnik-libhost-5-zari-2020.html?back=4107124089-2874-65&photo=1
Tatra’s idea was even advertised across the Atlantic!
The car had “sleep seats” for two, an awning and did not need a trailer!
Testing the camping lay-out on the first model T57, with characteristic “Iron” nose
Watch numerous articles, photos and videos of Czechoslovakia’s 2020 1000 miles race. Texts in English.
https://1000milceskoslovenskych.cz/category/articles/?lang=en
Watched this 2015 espionage film yesterday on Dutch tv
Bridge of Spies (film)
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Bridge of Spies is a 2015 American-German historical drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Matt Charman and the Coen brothers, and starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, and Alan Alda. Set during the Cold War, the film tells the story of lawyer James B. Donovan, who is entrusted with negotiating the release of Francis Gary Powers—a U.S. Air Force pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960—in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a convicted Soviet KGB spy held under the custody of the United States, whom he represented at trial. The name of the film refers to the Glienicke Bridge, which connects Potsdam with Berlin, where the prisoner exchange took place. The film was an international co-production of the United States and Germany.[7]
Bridge of Spies was shot under the working title of St. James Place. Principal photography began on September 8, 2014, in Brooklyn, New York City, and the production proceeded at Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film was released by Touchstone Pictures on October 16, 2015, in the United States and distributed by 20th Century Fox in other countries.[8] It was a box office success, grossing $165 million worldwide, and was praised for its screenplay, Hanks and Rylance’s performances, Spielberg’s direction, musical score, and production values. The film received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, and won Best Supporting Actor for Rylance.
Under the Surrender Act of May 7, 1945, officially ending the war, the German occupiers were allowed to leave Czechoslovakia, with the Germans preferring to surrender to the Americans and not to the Russians who arrived in Prague not before May 9, 1945. It meant that the German troops and civilians fled westwards, having to deal with the Prague uprising and their roadblocks, slowing the Germans.
Here are some pix of Germans fleeing westwards with Tatras.
T75 fleeing Prague
Military and civilians arriving in Rokycany with a T57K
On their way direction Plzen, May 9, 1945
T 97 having arrived in Ejpovice
T75 with fleeing German firefighters and policemen in Prague. Note missing rear tyre.
T111 (left, behind bus) in Melnik. May9th, 1945
