Unedited footage recorded by Czech filmmakers in Lidice on 10 June 1942. The footage captures the destruction of the village. Photographs of Lidice with the church and the men executed in the yard of Horák´s farm. Images of the wreckage of burning houses. Gestapo officers inspect the destroyed village. Remnants of the original furnishings can be seen in individual buildings and the remains of farm machinery in the yards. A shot dog lies by a kennel. German soldiers load beets onto a wagon. German officers led by the head of the Kladno Gestapo, Harald Wiesmann, pass through the village. Reich Labour Service units clear the debris and level the terrain. The material is being loaded into trolleys on makeshift rails. The Reich Labour Service camp is guarded by a guard. Members of the Reich Labour Service units are lined up in front of their quarters. One of the members salutes with a raised right arm.
Director Václav Binovec and actress Blanka Waleská in the Theatre and Film Department of the Municipal Library in Prague in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 49. Footage of Binovec and actor Vladimir Chinkulov Vladimírov during the shooting of the film Plameny života (The Flames of Life, 1920) at the Weteb Film Studio. Binovec meeting Soviet actor Ivan Mozzhukhin in Prague. Binovec shows off his muscles on Bohumil Veselý's balcony.
Actor Vlasta Burian during a guest performance in Brno. Burian at the Secondary School of Decorative Arts in Prague shown with his own portrait carved in glass in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 28. Burian´s act called �Greco-Roman Wrestling with a Chair´ in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1944, issue no. 47.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 32B, reports on a workers´ holiday organized by the Reinhard Heydrich Foundation for Workers´ Recuperation in Český Šternberk. A view of the exterior of the health resort. Holidaymakers are sunbathing on the terrace. A waiter is carrying plates full of food in the dining room. People are eating. A close-up of a man drinking beer from a beer mug. Holidaymakers playing volleyball. A fisherman is sitting on the bank of the Sázava River. People are bathing in the river and in the weir. Český Šternberk Castle can be seen in the background.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 24A, reports on a workers´ holiday organized by the Reinhard Heydrich Foundation for Workers´ Recuperation in Luhačovice. Footage of a train arriving at the railway station and the welcoming of the holidaymakers. Lunch is ready for visitors at a local restaurant. Holidaymakers rest on the hotel terrace, some play volleyball or skittles. Others explore the surrounding countryside. Footage of a walk to the Luhačovice Dam. Girls sit on the grass, weaving flower wreaths. Holidaymakers taste the local mineral water.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 32A, reports on a workers´ holiday organized by the Reinhard Heydrich Foundation for Workers´ Recuperation in the village of Věšín u Blatné. Holidaymakers walk through the health resort´s gate. Morning exercise in the courtyard. A waiter carries plates full of food across the outdoor dining room, people are eating. Footage of holidaymakers enjoying leisure activities, an improvised boxing match, swimming in the pool, playing water sports. A view of an entrance arch with a sign saying "Welcome to the Workers´ Health Resort".
Actor Zdeněk Štěpánek at the Secondary School of Decorative Arts with his own glass portrait carved in glass in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 28. Štěpánek in Preludium (Prelude, dir. František Čáp, 1941). Štěpánek in Josef Kajetán Tyl (dir. Svatopluk Innemann, 1925). Štěpánek with his colleague Vera Baranovská in Svatý Václav (St. Wenceslas, dir. Jan S. Kolár, 1929).