Poet Vítězslav Nezval giving a speech at the 2nd International Film Festival in Mariánské Lázně in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1947, issue no. 33. The poet and his mother playing the piano in his parents´ flat in Brno in 1950. Nezval with French poet Jean Marcenac in the courtyard of Hrzán Palace in 1953.
Composer Vítězslav Novák walking along Masaryk Waterfront in Prague. Vítězslav Novák working in his flat. Novák with conductor Erich Kleiber by the Beethoven Memorial Plaque in Lázeňská Street in Lesser Town and on Křižovnické Square while visiting Prague during the International Prague Spring Music Festival in a fragment from the documentary Kamenný orchestr (The Stone Orchestra, dir. Hugo Hruška, 1949).
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.
Painter Vlastimil Rada working in his studio and en plein air in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1954, issue no. 22. Vlastimil Rada with an unidentified woman on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Prime Minister Viliam Široký presents Vlastnimil Rada with the State Award of the President of the Republic in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1954, issue no. 22.
Writer Vojtěch Martínek at a get-together with his colleagues and then reading to children in a villa in Ostrava-Hrabůvka in a fragmented segment from Ostravské filmové noviny (Ostrava Film News) 1954, issue no. 24.
Painter Vojtěch Němeček working at the Klement Gottwald New Steelworks in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1935, issue no. 24.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1943 issue no. 26A from 1943 captures the Slavia vs. Pilsen water polo match that was a part of the Provincial Youth Swimming Championship organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth in cooperation with the Czech Amateur Swimming Union and held at the swimming pool in Prague-Barrandov on 3 and 4 July.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 29A from 1944 was shot during the Week of Czech Youth event organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and held from 1 to 9 July. The programme included a concert held on Old Town Square on 8 July. The orchestra and choir consisted of several hundred young musicians and singers. Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec and Deputy Mayor Joseph Pfitzner watched the event from the balcony of the Old Town Hall. The Board of Trustees´ youth set out from the square in a parade through the streets of Prague. The following day, a sports afternoon took place at Strahov Stadium. Guests of honour included Prime Minister Jaroslav Krejčí and the General Secretary of the Board František Teuner. Emanuel Moravec spoke to the participants. The programme included women´s floor exercises, track and field races and women in stylised costumes dancing to folk songs. The event was concluded with the athletes and audience paying homage to Adolf Hitler.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 9B from 1944 covered one of the events of the mandatory youth service organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth. Specifically, it consisted of recreational winter sports activities (skiing, sleighing) with the aim of improving physical fitness and strengthening collective spirit.
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.