Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 17, captures the presentation of a gift Ï Ambulance Train no. 751 Ï from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to Adolf Hitler and the German army. The train handover took place at Prague Main Railway Station on 20 April 1942, the birthday of Adolf Hitler. Cars arrive in front of Prague Main Railway Station. Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich enters the train station. State President Emil Hácha gives a speech in the festively decorated railway hall. In response, Heydrich shakes his hand. The event is witnessed by a delegation of railway workers. The train crew lines up on the station platform. Heydrich enters the train with his entourage and inspects the sleeping cars, the operating carriage, the kitchen, and the sick bay. The inspection of the ambulance train is attended by Protectorate Prime Minister Jaroslav Krejčí and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec. According to the voiceover, the train was made in a railway workshop in Prague-Bubny in record time. It consisted of 28 carriages and 20 hospital carriages, was 410 metres long, weighed 545 tons and had capacity for 280 wounded.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 27A, captures the Pledge of Czech Theatre Professionals´ Allegiance to the Reich, a manifestation held at the National Theatre in Prague on 25 June 1942, which was to unequivocally condemn the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. Speeches are delivered by actor Rudolf Deyl Jr. and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec (silent). Actress Růžena Nasková and actors Karel Höger, Ferenc Futurista, and Stanislav Neumann are seen among the participants. The segment concludes with everyone performing the Nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1941, issue no. 40, captures events linked to the accession of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich to the office of Deputy Reich Protector of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia on 27 September 1941. Heydrich attends an SS military parade on Hradčanské Square in Prague. Military dignitaries and state officials welcome him in the first quadrangle of Prague Castle. The Nazi flag flies over Prague Castle. Reich Commissioner for the Sudetenland Konrad Henlein and Reich Secretary Karl Hermann Frank are present at the occasion. State President Emil Hácha receives Reinhard Heydrich at Prague Castle.
Painter Adolf Hoffmeister on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Hoffmeister in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 26.
Ornithologist Alfréd Hořice with his collection of stuffed birds in a fragmented segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1945, issue no. 19.
Cold water swimmer Alfréd Nikodém as the oldest participant in a swimming race in the Vltava River in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 36. Nikodém with a bouquet of flowers by Svatopluk Čech Bridge.
Conductor Alois Klíma conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Prague Spring International Music Festival in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 24. The orchestra performs Bedřich Smetana´s symphony Tábor.
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.
Antonín Martin Brousil, the vice-chancellor of Prague's Academy of Performing Arts, and Mexican actress Rosaura Revueltas at the 1954 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in a fragmented segment from the weekly film newsreel.
Painter Antonín Pelc with his wife Jarmila Záhořová in the studio in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 43. The painter in his studio on the day of his 60th birthday in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1955, issue no. 4.
Sculptor Bohumil Kafka works on a statue of Josef Mánes in a fragmented segment from the Ufa žurnál (Ufa Journal) 1939, issue no. 200. The unveiling of the monument by the Rudolfinum, including a speech by Professor Vratislav Nechleba in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1951, issue no. 52. Kafka at Prague Zoo working on a study of a lion for the Milan Rastislav Štefánik's monument in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1937, issue no. 5. Kafka with politician Milan Hodža in the artist´s studio in Prague-Dejvice.
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The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 33 shows children playing in gas masks in Prague.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 1A from 1944 was shot during a Christmas exhibition organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and held in the hall of the Black Rose Palace in Na Příkopě Street in Prague from 18 to 22 December. The exhibition included a display of the 500 prettiest toys made as part of the Sewing Dolls initiative. Girls made 59,000 dolls, out of which 44,000 went to the children of the labourers working in the Reich and 15,000 to the children of the German soldiers fighting on the front. The exhibition was toured by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec and General Secretary of the Board František Teuner.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 39 appeals to the public to donate blood in preparation for the expected military conflict. It includes illustrative shots of how donated blood is preserved for use in the combat environment. The report includes information about different blood groups and how healthy blood donors are tested by the Czechoslovak Red Cross.
Segment of the Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942 No. 41 captures the funeral of Alexandr Commichau, head of the Reich Labour Service, held on 5 October 1942 in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle, decorated with Nazi emblems for the occassion. The deceased´s military honours are on display next to a bier with the coffin. Mourners include the widow, a little girl and State Secretary Hermann Frank. Acting Reich Protector Kurt Daluege lays down a wreath from Adolf Hitler. The funeral speech is delivered by Deputy Chief General of RAD Wilhelm Decker (silent). The procession with the coffin, which will be transported to a crematorium in Prague, moves through the Matthias Gate.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 49AB from 1943 captures the concert called Five Years Leading the Nation, which was organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth to mark the fifth anniversary of Emil Hácha´s presidency, and held at Smetana Hall in the Municipal House in Prague on 29 November. General Secretary of the Board František Teuner gave a speech at the formal event. The programme included a selection of folk songs by Otakar Jeremiáš performed by the Czech Choir and the Kühn Children´s Choir accompanied by the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Karel Šejna.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 42A from 1944 was shot during a concert organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and held in the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House in Prague on 3 October. The concert was dedicated to mark the 70th birth anniversary of the late composer Josef Suk. The programme, prepared by the Czech Philharmonic led by conductor Otakar Pařík, included the symphonic poem "Praga".
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 9B from 1943 captures an ice sports course for mandatory youth service instructors, which was organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth as part of the Ice Sports Week event held at Štvanice Ice Arena in Prague from 1 to 6 February. Training in speed skating and ice hockey was led by hockey players Josef Maleček, Vladimír Zábrodský and Jiří Tožička. The event was attended by General Secretary of the Board František Teuner.
The package contains Czech recordings of the Visual History Archive which consists of the interviews with the Holocaust survivors. The archive consists of audio recordings, four types of automatic transcripts, manual annotations of selected topics and interviews' metadata. The archive totally contains 353 recordings and 592 hours of interviews.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 4A, B from 1945 shows how, in early 1945, Czech agricultural youth were involved in digging trenches as a part of their forced labour (Totaleinsatz). Their work was supervised by instructors of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth. General Secretary of the Board František Teuner arrived to inspect their progress.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 32B from 1943 was shot during an event organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth in the summer of 1943. Czech youth helped with harvesting as part of their mandatory service.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 38A from 1943 contains footage from the Days of Czech Youth event organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth from 11 to 12 September. A concert of three brass bands, led by Miloš Kuba, and the Kühn Children´s Choir was held on Peace Square at 5 pm on 11 September. A procession of the Board´s members set out from Peace Square and continued through the streets of Prague. The event culminated with a track and field championship at Strahov Stadium where the winners of district rounds competed against each other. The spectators were welcomed by General Secretary of the Board František Teuner. The programme included a dance performance by girls in folk costumes. The event concluded with a speech by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec, followed by a solemn oath "to the Führer and to the Fatherland".
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 35A from 1943 captures the mood of the District Youth Track and Field Championship for Ages 10-18, which was organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth in eighty towns of the Protectorate as part of the Days of Czech Youth event held from 28 to 29 August 1943. At the A. F. K. Stadium in Kolín nad Labem, approximately 1,500 athletes qualified for the Track and Field Championship of Bohemia and Moravia.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 17B from 1945 shows a competition for the best decorated Easter egg, which was organised by girls from the Moravian Slovak branch of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth as part of the youth service of honour. Local women artisans, skilled in the traditional techniques, helped them with painting and etching patterns on Easter eggs.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 48B from 1943 is about an event of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth called Sewing Dolls, which was part of the mandatory service. Girls, supervised by instructors, made toys out of pieces of cloth for the children of the labourers working in the Reich.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 52A, B from 1944 shows the distribution of Christmas presents to poor children, which was organised by Social Aid in collaboration with the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and took place in the Great Hall of Lucerna Palace on 18 December. The event was attended by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 24B from 1944 was shot during the Days of Czech Youth organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth. The national event was preceded by districts rounds. The segment depicts the event that took place in Kolín nad Labem. The official procession through the streets of Kolín was followed by the District Track and Field Championship at the A.F.K. Stadium. Girls in folk costumes danced to folk songs.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 34 captures a speech given by Eddy Sherwood, an American journalist, Protestant missionary and YMCA official, in which he talks about the brave stance adopted by the Czechoslovak nation in the critical days of 1938.
Journalist Egon Erwin Kisch in edited footage from post-war newsreel segments of his obituary in Týden ve filmu (Week in Film) 1948, issue no. 15. Kisch with the Mayor of Prague Václav Vacek at an exhibition.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 52 reports on the elections to the Slovak Land Assembly, the highest legislative body of autonomous Slovakia within the framework of the Second Czechoslovak Republic, which were held on 18 December 1938. The footage shows preparations for the distribution of ballots at the Town Hall in Bratislava.
Composer and actor Eman Fiala with his cousin, conductor Jiří Julius Fiala, on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Eman Fiala in various roles, dancing at a ball, and conducting an orchestra.
A view of the house no. 20 on Karlova Street, Prague. Sculptor Emanuel Kodet working in his studio. A view of the nearby Astronomical Tower at the Clementinum. His brother, sculptor Jan Kodet, working in his studio in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1958, issue no. 35. Jan Kodet with an unidentified man.
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.
The obituary of inventor František Křižík from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1941, issue no. 5. Several snap footages of František Křižík with an arc lamp.
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.
Segment of the Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1945 No. 13 captures the funeral of diplomat František Chvalkovský, who died on 25 February 1945 when hit by a ground-attack aircraft on a motorway near Berlin. The lavish funeral attended by prominent figures of public life was held in Strašnice Crematorium in Prague on 13 March 1945. Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Richard Bienert and Reich Chancellor Augustin Popelka place a wreath from President Emil Hácha by the coffin. Karl Hermann Frank lays down a wreath from Adolf Hitler. The solemn ceremony is attended by Minister of Justice Jaroslav Krejčí, Minister of Education and National Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec and Chairman of the Supreme Administrative Court Josef Kliment. Funeral speeches are delivered by the parish priest of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Bedřich Jerie, and Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Richard Bienert. A guard of honour by the coffin comprises boys from the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth in Bohemia and Moravia.
Segment of the Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1939 No. 28B captures the funeral of opera singer Otakar Mařák held in Prague on 7 July 1939. The coffin with the late singer is carried out of the National Theater. The funeral procession sets out across Peace Square to Olšany Cemetery, where the coffin with the remains of the deceased is interred in a grave.
Segment of the Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1943 No. 23B captures the funeral of poet, playwright and writer František Xaver Svoboda held in Prague on 28 May 1943. Mourners come out of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Vyšehrad. Image of the inscription "Pax vobis" at Vyšehrad Cemetery. The funeral ceremony is attended by a number of church dignitaries. The coffin with the late poet´s remains is carried towards the Slavín Tomb, on the steps of which funeral speeches are delivered by literary critic Miloslav Hýsek and poet František Sekanina. Mourners include Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Adolf Hrubý. The segment is concludes with the interment of the coffin in the national crypt at Slavín, Vyšehrad.
The segment captures the funeral of Minister of Social Welfare Josef Gruber held in Prague on 7 May 1925. The flag of mourning is raised above the National Museum. The coffin with the late minister is carried out of the Pantheon of the National Museum. The funeral procession is led by university and church dignitaries. The procession continues across Wenceslaus Square to Charles Square, passing the building of the General Teaching Hospital on Vyšehradská Street. The segment ends with an image of Vyšehrad Cemetery and funeral wreaths by the cemetery arcades.
Special issue of the Československý zvukový týdeník (Czechoslovak Sound Newsreel) No. 39 from 1937 captures the final farewell with the first Czechoslovak President T. G. Masaryk held in Prague on 21 September 1937. Shot of the mournfully decorated castle courtyard with the coffin draped in the national flag. President E. Beneš delivers a speech over the coffin (original sound). The grand funeral procession makes its way through Prague to Wilson Railway Station. It is led by the Inspector General of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces, General Jan Syrový, on horseback. The late president´s son Jan Masaryk, grandsons Leonard and Herbert Revilliod, E. Beneš and representatives of the Czechoslovak government walk behind the coffin. The funeral procession stops in front of the Wilson Railway Station. This is followed by a parade of troops in front of the coffin, attended by the family, diplomats, French Prime Minister Léon Blum and others. The coffin is then carried through the station building and loaded onto the platform of a special train dispatched to Lány. The train departs, mourners are along the track. The coffin is interred at the local cemetery in Lány.
Segment of the Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1945 No.10 captures the mass funeral of the victims of the air strike carried out over Prague on 14 February 1945, which was held on Peace Square in Prague-Vinohrady on 18 February 1945 and attended by members of the Protectorate Government and Reich Chancellor Augustin Popelka. 150 coffins with the victims are on display in the Church of St. Ludmila. (The air strike killed 701, and more than 80 people were missing.) A guard of honour with torches consisted of officials of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth. The funeral gathering is opened by the Mayor of Prague Alois Říha, who bids farewell to the victims on behalf of the City of Prague. Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Richard Bienert speaks on behalf of President Emil Hácha. Minister of Economy and Labour Walter Bertsch lays down a wreath from Reich Protector Wilhelm Frick. Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Richard Bienert and Reich Chancellor Augustin Popelka lay down a wreath on behalf of the Protectorate Government and President Emil Hácha. The Mayor of Prague Alois Říha and his Secretary Josef Pfitzner arrive to lay a wreath on behalf of the City of Prague.
Segment of the Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1940 No. 52 captures the funeral of violinist Jan Kubelík held at Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague on 10 December 1940. The coffin with the musician´s remains is carried out of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. The funeral procession is led by the late conductor´s son Rafael Kubelík and other family members. The funeral is attended by Minister of Education and National Enlightenment Jan Kapras and Chairman of the National Society Josef Nebeský. The ceremony continues with funeral speeches in front of the Slavín Tomb. After the ceremony, the coffin is lowered into the Slavín Tomb.
Segment of the Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1939 No. 1 caputres the funeral of writer Karel Čapek at Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague on 29 December 1938. The coffin with the deceased is carried out of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul and across the cemetery to the grave. Theatre director Vojta Novák delivers a speech at the grave. The coffin is lowered into the grave. The mourners include Karel Čapek´s widow, actress and writer Olga Scheinpflugová, his brother-in law, journalist Karel Scheinpflug, writer Ferdinand Peroutka, Karel Čapek´s brother, painter and writer Josef Čapek, actor Hugo Haas, poet and theatre critic Hanuš Jelínek, poet Josef Hora, sociologist Miloslav Disman and others. The segment conludes with the Czech anthem.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) from late September 1938 captures the recording of a radio speech given by General Jan Syrový to accept his appointment to the office of Prime Minister on 22 September 1938, in which he responds to the national demonstration for the unity of Czechoslovakia held in front of the Parliament building in Prague. He urges the demonstrators, as well as all citizens, to remain calm and sensible and to return to work.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 28 reports on the visit of Giuseppe Dalla Torre, the editor-in-chief of the Vatican City State´s daily newspaper of L´Osservatorio Romano, to Czechoslovakia.
Actress Hana Vítová in an unidentified German film (sound). Vítová with actor Oldřich Nový in Valentin Dobrotivý (Valentin the Good, dir. Martin Frič, 1942). Vítová with her husband, critic Bedřich Rádl, in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 49.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1941, issue no. 45, captures Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer of the SS and Chief of the Gestapo, during a visit to Prague on 29 October 1941. A car enters the first quadrangle of Prague Castle. Heinrich Himmler and Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich inspect a lined-up SS unit. Heinrich Himmler during a tour of Prague Castle. The official visit is attended by Reich Secretary Karl Hermann Frank.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 52 promotes a collection of toys and books for the children of Sudetenland refugees. The footage shows parts of the collection organised by Pilsen soldiers under the leadership of Jan Klouda, an engineer and doctor of technical sciences.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 31 captures politicians Rudolf Beran and Vladislav Klumpar during their visit to a refugee camp near Kladno, which was established for those who fled the Sudetenland. The footage includes a report on a charity collection for the refugees conducted at the Drtina Comprehensive School in Prague´s Smíchov district.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 3B from 1944 was shot during the Youth Ice Sports Championship organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth. The winning teams from the district championships competed in regional rounds held in twelve towns between 2 and 12 January. The Aktualita newsreel cinematographers recorded a part of an ice hockey game in Lázně Bělohrad.
Segment of the Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1939 No. 20 captures the solemn event of the interment of the remains of poet Karel Hynek Mácha at Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague on 7 May 1939. Mourners walk past the coffin with the poet´s remains in the Pantheon of the National Museum. The large funeral procession starts on Wenceslaus Square and continues along National Street, Masaryk Embankment and narrow alleys to Vyšehrad. The streets are lined with crowds of people. The film footage is accompanied by the recitation of the fourth canto of the poem May delivered by Václav Vydra Jr., an actor of the National Theatre. This is followed by images from the solemn ceremony in the Slavín Tomb at Vyšehrad Cemetery. The coffin with the poet´s remains is lowered into the grave. Rudolf Medek bids farewell to Mácha on the behalf of Czech writers. Actor Eduard Kohout recites 7 May 1939, a poem by Josef Hora. People walk past the grave, placing flowers on it, some crossing themselves. The mourners include composer Vítězslav Novák, painter Max Švabinský, Minister of Education and National Enlightenment Jan Kapras and the Mayor of Prague Otakar Klapka.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 15 features the speech delivered by MP Luděk Pik, the Mayor of Pilsen, to mark the opening of the Sixth Pilsen Jubilee Exhibition, held from 26 June to 11 September 1938. The footage is complemented by images of Pilsen. The Mayor highlights the importance of the Pilsen and Chodsko regions in defending Czechoslovakia
An image of writer Ivan Olbracht from an unidentified newsreel segment. Ivan Olbracht with his father, writer Antal Stašek, and his wife, writer Helena Malířová, in the garden of the villa in Prague-Krč.
Professor and surgeon Jan Bedrna does the rounds in Hradec Králové Hospital in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1954, issue no. 29.
Painter Jan Čumpelík with his fellow painters Jaromír Schoř and Alena Čermáková near their collective work Hommage of the People of Czechoslovakia to Generalissimo J.V. Stalin in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 47.
Jan Grmela, a writer, playwright and the director of the Municipal Library in Prague, on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Grmela with actress Růžena Šlemrová in the Municipal Library in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 49.
Film director Jan Kučera accepts an award from the Venice International Film Festival for Píseň písní (Song of Songs, 1947) from the hands of Minister of Information Václav Kopecký in Alfa Cinema in Prague in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1948, issue no. 6.
Literary critic and scholar Jan Mukařovský talks at an evening event organised by the Czechoslovak Committee of the Defenders of Peace and held at the Rudolfinum in Prague to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Leonardo da Vinci in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 26. Mukařovský presents the Peace Award to the makers of the Soviet-German documentary film Přátelství zvítězí (Friendship Will Overcome, 1951) in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 33. Mukařovský opens a ceremonial session to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Victor Hugo held at the Rudolfinum on 21 February in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1952, issue no. 9.
Footage of actor Jan Werich with a pipe in a fragmented newsreel segment. Werich with Jiří Voskovec and actresses Hana Vítová and Ljuba Hermanová in Peníze nebo život (Your Money or Your Life, dir. Jinřich Honzl, 1932). Werich with his colleagues Jiří Voskovec, Světlanou (Světla) Svozilová, Vlasta Petrovičová and Miloš Nedbal in the trailer for the play Vest Pocket Revue in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1937, issue no. 16, to mark the 10th anniversary of the existence of the Osvobozené divadlo (Liberated Theatre).
Professor and ophthalmologist Jaromír Kurz treating his patients. Kurz talking about the importance of his work in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1951, issue no. 13.
Painter Jaromír Stretti-Zamponi working. Painter Mario Stretti working on prints with print master and printmaker Mirro Pegrassi in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1958, issue no. 15. Painter Viktor Stretti working in his studio. Stretti on Bohumil Veselý's balcony.
Polarography inventor Jaroslav Heyrovský with his colleagues Metoděj Innemann and František Peták in a laboratory in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1951, issue no. 20.
Violin virtuoso Jaroslav Kocián with his students Jiří and Ljuba Straka rehearsing Petr Ilyich Tchaikovsky´s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 35. Maestro Kocián borrows a book at the Municipal Library in Prague in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 49B.
Professor and geologist Jaroslav Petrbok doing fieldwork in Prokopské údolí in Prague. Petrbok on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Petrbok with his granddaughter. The scientist with fossil findings in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1958, issue no. 4.
Organist Jaroslav Vachulka on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Vachulka playing the organ in the Mirror Chapel at the Klementinum in Prague in a fragmented newsreel segment.
Composer and ethnographer Jindřich Jindřich with an unidentified woman and man on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. The scientist surrounded by artefacts from the Chodsko Region in his flat in Domažlice in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1954, issue no. 48. Jindřich during local elections of the National Front candidates on 16 May 1954 in Domažlice in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Newsreel) 1954, issue no. 21.
Actor Jindřich Plachta at a construction site in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1951, issue no. 47. Plachta in various film roles. Plachta with his colleague Milka Bálek-Brodská in Láska kvete v každém věku (Love Blossoms at Any Age, dir. Josef Kokeisl, 1928). Plachta listening to a speech by Anežka Hodinová-Spurná and during the final vote in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1951, issue no. 41.
Explorers Jiří Hanzelka and Miroslav Zikmund visiting Minister Václav Kopecký in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1953, issue no. 19.
Artist Jiří Trnka working on the animated film Osudy dobrého vojáky Švejka (The Good Soldier Schweik, dir. Jiří Trnka, 1955) at the Bratři v Triku Studio. Trnka receives the title of Merited Artist from Minister of Education Ladislav Štoll in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1955, issue no. 34.
Tap dance performance by Josef Bedřich Pecka, better known by his stage name Joe Jarský, and a girl dance ensemble in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1944/5A. Accompanied by the Rytmus 44 sextet and Václav Irmanov.
Composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster on a street and in his study. Foester in a segment of the documentary Galerie zvukových snímků vynikajících českých osobností (Gallery of sound footages of outstanding Czech personalities, 1934). Archival footage of his obituary in Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1951, issue no. 24.