Egyptologist František Lexa by a window and then having a walk in a park. Lexa accepting the Order of the Republic on 30 April 1956 in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1956, issue no. 19. The scientist by an archaeological dig in Egypt.
František Rubeš, the director of the Film Laboratories of Czechoslovak State Film, in his youth shown with his colleagues in front of the lab building. Rubáš accepts a commendation for outstanding work from Ladislav Štoll in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1955, issue no. 34.
Actor František Smolík during the 1954 election of the National Front candidates in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1954, issue no. 49.
Professor František Šorm, a biologist, with his colleagues Jiří Sicher, Miroslav Svoboda and Jiří Gut working in a lab in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1953, issue no. 23.
Linguist and scholar František Trávníček accepting the Order of the Republic from President Antonín Zápotocký in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1953, issue no. 35. The guests include literary critic Ladislav Štoll. Writer Jan Drda congratulates Trávníček both for the commendation and on his 65th birthday.
The segment captures the funeral of Cardinal Karel Kašpar held in Prague on 24 April 1941. The footage begins with archival images of Karel Kašpar. This is followed by an image of the bier with a glass casket in the Chapel of St. John the Baptist in the Archbishop´s Palace. Close-ups of the late Cardinal´s face and his hands holding a rosary. Hans Hermann Völckers, the head of the Reich Protector´s office, attends the funeral ceremony on behalf of Reich Protector Konstantin von Neurath. President Emil Hácha and Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Alois Eliáš are seen by the coffin. The funeral procession sets out from the Archbishop´s Palace, continues across Hradčany Square to the Gate of Giants and towards St. Vitus Cathedral. The procession includes the Reich Protector´s Envoy Hans Hermann Völckers talking to Alois Eliáš, members of the Protectorate Government, Apostolic Nuncio Cesare Orsenigo, Cardinal of Vienna Theodor Innitzer, clergy and members of religious orders.The funeral ceremony continues in St. Vitus Cathedral, where Cardinal of Vienna Theodor Innitzer celebrates the pontifical requiem. Prime Minister Alois Eliáš is among the people present.
Short footage from the funeral of entrepreneur and head of the footwear imperium Tomáš Baťa and pilot Jindřich Brouček, who tragically died in a plane crash on 12 July 1932. On 14 July, crowds of people gather in the courtyard of the Zlín factory and look on as the plane in which Tomáš Bat´a and his pilot crashed passes by. This is followed by a speech by Jan Antonín Baťa delivered on 12 July 1933, on the first anniversary of his brother´s tragic death (original sound).
Segment from UFA Praha 1941 no. 2 depicts the enormous funeral of pro-German journalist Karel Lažnovský held in the Small Hall of the Crematorium of the City of Prague in Vinohrady on 16 October 1941. Lažnovský died on 10 October 1941 when he succumbed to poisoning after eating open sandwiches at a reception at the home of Prime Minister Alois Eliáš; the incident became known as the "open sandwich affair". His death was labelled a political murder by Nazi propaganda. Karl von Gregory, head of the Cultural and Political Department of the Reich Governor's Office, members of the Protectorate Government, and representatives of the Government Army and all Protectorate authorities are present among the mourners. Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich places a funeral wreath by the coffin. The funeral oration is delivered by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec.
Segment of the Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1938 No. 3 captures the funeral of the Mayor of Prague Karel Baxa held in Prague on 8 January 1938. The coffin with the deceased, draped in the national flag, is carried out of the building of the Old Town Hall and transported in a black car for the service conducted at the Pantheon of the National Museum. This is followed by the funeral procession through Prague to the final resting place of Karel Baxa in the small hall of Strašnice Crematorium, whose construction was significantly facilitated by Karel Baxa. The segment concludes with an image of the exterior of the Strašnice Crematorium with eternal flames.