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.
Poet Petr Bezruč with a group of unidentified people. A view of his house in Ostravice. Bezruč among mining apprentices in the Mining Vocational School Residence Hall. Footage from segments of Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1958, issue no. 9, and Týden ve filmu (Week in Film) 1945, issue no. 23.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 42B shows the town of Polička before the German annexation on 10 October 1938. The footage shows a munitions factory, the main square with the town hall, a cemetery, and the removal of chronicles from the local archive on the square. Images of street traffic are combined with shots showing Czech refugees
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 10, captures the opening of a proagandistic anti-Soviet exhibition with the ironic title The Soviet Paradise (Das sowjet Paradies), held at the Prague Exhibition Grounds from 28 February to 28 March 1942. A view of the gate of the grounds with the sign The Soviet Paradise. The opening of the exhibition is attended by Reich Secretary Karl Hermann Frank, Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Jaroslav Krejčí, and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec. Footage of the exhibits. Karl Hermann Frank and the others examines a Russian tank and a RATA fighter plane in front of the Industrial Palace. An image of a poster saying "People Who Gave Up Laughing".
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 21, from a concert held as part of Prague Music Weeks at the German Opera in Prague (now State Opera Prague) on 15 May 1942. Footage of the exterior and interior of the building. Prague´s German Philharmonic, conducted by Joseph Keilberth, performs the Finale of Anton Bruckner´s Eighth Symphony (authentic sound). Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich with his wife Lina, and the chief of the Wehrmacht troops in Prague, General Rudolf Toussaint, are present in the audience.
The segment from the 1943 Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) No. 40B captures the event 'Art for the Youth' organised in the National Theatre by the Curatorium for the Education of Youth in Bohemia and Moravia. The event starts with a premiere of Bedřich Smetana's newly staged opera Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride). Among the audience is the Minister of Education and National Enlightenment, Emanuel Moravec. Following are short excerpts from the performance and a shot of conductor Václav Talich giving his thanks to the audience.
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.