Historian Emanuel Svoboda at a gathering to mark the anniversary of the birth of Mikoláš Aleš in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 46. Svoboda on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Svoboda with his wife Maryna (née Alšová) and an unidentified man on a park bench.
Emil František Burian during a guest performance in Zlín in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1939, issue no. 41B. Burian at his desk in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1954, issue no. 25.
Athlete Emil Zátopek wins the 5,000-metre race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 37. In 1952, he also wins the 5,000-metre race in Opava in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 42. Zátopek with his wife Dana Zátopková at Strahov Stadium in Prague. Zátopek accepting the Order of the Republic from the hands of Minister of Defence Alexej Čepička in 1952 in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 42.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1943, issue no. 11B, reports on a workers´ holiday organized by the Reinhard Heydrich Foundation for Workers´ Recuperation at the Gymnasion Health Resort in Jarov u Dolních Břežan. Workers are having a warm-up exercise and practise shot putting. Everyone gets an apple as a snack. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Adolf Hrubý comes for a visit.
Dramaturgist Ferdinand Pujman at the funeral of writer Marie Pujmanová in Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague in May 1958 in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1958, issue no. 22. Pujman with his son, translator Petr Pujman. Pujmanová celebrating her 60th birthday in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1953, issue no. 25. Poet Vítězslav Nezval is seen on her left behind the platform.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 16B from 1945 captures an event organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth aimed against the mite infestation of bees. The Veterinary Laboratory of the City of Prague, where beekeepers had sent thirty bees from each beehive, sought different ways to stop the mite epidemic. Trained female instructors from the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth helped with the research.
Segment from Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel 1943, issue no. 24, depicts a memorial act in V Holešovičkách, the Prague street that was the scene of the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Heydrich. The event was held to commemorate the first anniversary of the assassination in June 1943. Footage from a ceremonial meeting held on 4 June 1943 in the Prague City Council´ reception hall in the Municipal Library building. Deputy Mayor of Prague, J. Pfitzner, presents historian Josef Kliment with the City of Prague Foundation´s Heydrich Memorial Award for spreading the ideas of the Reich. The event is attended by Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government J. Krejčí and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment E. Moravec. Illustrative footage from a workers´ holiday organized by the Heydrich Foundation for Workers´ Recuperation, where the Protector´s legacy is being commemorated. The speech is followed by holidaymakers performing the Nazi salute. A ceremony to honour Heydrich is held in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle. Acting Reich Protector K. Daluege enters the hall with Heydrich´s widow Lina and her children. The event is attended by K. H. Frank, E. Hácha, J. Krejčí, E. Moravec and workers´ and peasants´ representatives. The German Philharmonic performs Ludwig van Beethoven´s symphonic work Coriolanus. The piece is followed by a speech by Daluege, which he symbolically concludes with "a greeting to my friend" Heydrich (authentic sound).
The obituary of poet Fráňa Šrámek in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 30. Šrámek in archival footage.