60 years have passed since the legendary adventurers Zikmund and Hanzelka left from Zlin, Moravia, for their first journey around the world, bringing back ground-breaking film footage, photos and stories about their contacts with aborigines in Africa, Latin america and Asia. This year, surviving member of the team, Miroslav Zikmund, is an honoured guest of the 47th Zlin Childrens Film Festival.

             The whole Czech Republic is commemorating the 60th anniversary of their first departure around the world using their 1940's model TATRA vehicle. They brought back fabulous records and went on writing best-selling books. The festival joins the celebrations of their remarkable achievement. Zlin Film Studio keeps all the unique film material the adventurers shot during their forays in the wild. Although little-known outside their native country, lovers of the travel stories of the Czechs Jiri Hanzelka and Miroslav Zikmund during the late 40s and early 50s will thrill to their well-documented episodes with their famous Tatra car. Books have been published related to their Africa, South and Central America and SE Europe/Middle East travel diaries. A photo expo of further trips to Asia and Australia appear at the Zlin Castle Museum and were shown during the last Childrens Film Festival Zlin 2007.