The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 23 captures Peter Hletko´s speech on the importance of the Pittsburgh Agreement and continues with a report on the meeting between the five-member delegation of the American Slovak League, led by Peter Hletko, and President Edvard Beneš, which was held in Prague on 30 May 1938.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 38 offers an excerpt from the radio speech delivered by President Edvard Beneš on 10 September 1938, in which he addresses the German minority in Czechoslovakia.
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. 27 reports on the 16th International Congress of PEN. Clubs held in Prague from 26 to 30 June 1938. The delegates include President Edvard Beneš and his wife Hana, the writers Karel Čapek, H. G. Wells and Olga Scheinpflugová, and Vojtěch Mastný, the Czechoslovak envoy to Berlin.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 26 captures the visit of President Edvard Beneš, accompanied by Chairman of the Parliament Jan Malypetr and Minister of Public Works Jan Dostálek, during a visit to the glider airfield operated by the Masaryk Air League in Raná u Loun.
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.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 38 offers a part of the radio speech delivered by President Edvard Beneš on 10 September 1938, in which he urges Czech citizens to stay calm and hopeful for the future.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 38 captures the last speech President Edvard Beneš gave prior to his abdication on 5 October 1938.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 22 shows President Edvard Beneš with his wife Hana and Minister of Defence František Machník during a visit to Tábor on 21 May 1938.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1937, issue no. 52 reports on the visit of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvon Delbos to Prague on 15 December 1937. Yvon Delbos is shown meeting with President Edvard Beneš, and also at a banquet in Czernin Palace with Prime Minister Milan Hodža, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamil Krofta, the Chairman of the Senate František Soukup, and the Chairman of the Parliament Jan Malypetr. The footage closes with the departure of Yvon Delbos from Wilson Station as he says good-bye to the people of Prague