The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 43A captures the demobilisation of the Czechoslovak Army after 9 October 1938. Conscripted soldiers are handing in their equipment and leaving the barracks.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 46B shows Košice, Slovakia, prior to its annexation to fascist Hungary following the Vienna Arbitration. It includes footage from the Main Square with its busy marketplace. Refugees are shown leaving with hay wagons loaded with furniture, while citizens of Hungarian origin and supporters of Horthy´s regime decorate the square with Hungarian flags
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 32 explores the Runciman Mission to Czechoslovakia. The footage includes images showing the arrival of the diplomat Walter Runciman, as well as his meetings with President Edvard Beneš and Prime Minister Milan Hodža.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 43 offers images from the newly established border between Czechoslovakia and Germany following the forced surrender of the border regions to Germany in September 1938. Czechoslovak soldiers are checking permits to cross the border. Vehicles with refugees are passing through the border gates.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 42B shows the town of Polička before the German annexation on 10 October 1938. The footage shows a munitions factory, the main square with the town hall, a cemetery, and the removal of chronicles from the local archive on the square. Images of street traffic are combined with shots showing Czech refugees
The segment starts with an image of a map of the Czechoslovak Republic showing its reduced size in the aftermath of the 1938 Munich Agreement. It includes footage shot during the formal abdication of President Edvard Beneš, which took place in the Old Royal Palace of Prague Castle on 5 October 1938. The President´s abdication is witnessed by General Jan Syrový, who had been recently appointed to the office of Prime Minister. The camera offers close-up images of Beneš´s signature on the abdication document.