Footage from Slavonic Island in Prague during the revolutionary days of autumn 1918. Events in front of the Military Headquarters of the newly established Czechoslovak Republic. Movement of Czech soldiers in Austro-Hungarian uniforms as crowds look on.
The segment from a Degl film production company newsreel captures president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk´s first visit to the National Theatre. Cars with guests are arriving at the side entrance of the building. The president is leaving the theatre and stepping into a car.
Actor Rudolf Deyl Sr. in Stavitel chrámu (The Man Who Built the Cathedral, dir. Karel Degl, Antonín Novotný, 1919). Deyl with his colleague Eva Vrchlická. Deyl in Bohumil Veselý's flat.
Actress Růžena Nasková with her colleague Karel Hašler in Ahasver (Ahasuerus, dir. Jaroslav Kvapil, 1915). Nasková in a theatre dressing room in costume as Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová in a fragmented newsreel segment from Československý přehled (Czechoslovak Review) 1947, issue no. 36. Nasková with her husband, painter František Xaver Naske, on Myslíkova Street. Nasková accepts well wishes from young Pioneers on the occasion of her 70th birthday in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1954, issue no. 49.
Unedited film footage from a visit of a sixteen-member delegation from the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to Czechoslovakia on the occasion of the first anniversary of the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic. The delegation was led by Serbian General Stevan Hadžić. Footage from the railway station in Tábor. Welcome by Mayor Josef Šáda, his deputies, Sokol representatives and the district governor. Arrival of the train in Benešov. Welcome by Mayor František Novotný, his deputies and Sokol representatives. The train driving through the Královské Vinohrady (Royal Vineyards) railway station in Prague below Nuselské schody and the Vinohrady tunnel. Welcome at the Wilson Railway Station in Prague. General Hadžić departs in a car driving along Wilson Street towards Wenceslaus Square. His car is followed by the Kornilovs, legionnaires and Sokols on horseback. Welcoming crowds on Wenceslaus Square. Arrival at the first courtyard of Prague Castle. Footage from military manoeuvres between Milovice and Lipnice forests near Milovice that took place on 29 October 1918 under the command of General Bossi. The manoeuvres are attended by Colonel Kušakovic. The delegation in the courtyard of the Škoda factory in Pilsen. General Stevan Hadžić decorates a military battalion during the renaming ceremony of the 102nd Infantry Regiment to Czechoslovak Infantry Regiment No. 48 Yugoslavia in Benešov.
Unedited film footage captures events taking place in the streets of Prague in October 1918 during the first weeks of Czechoslovakia´s independence. A public manifestation takes place in front of the building of the Czech Escompt Bank (Böhmische Escompte-Bank). A demonstration of Czech soldiers, dressed in the uniforms of the Austro-Hungarian army, is held on Old Town Square. Prime Minister Karel Kramář gets out of an arriving car. The gathering is attended by politicians Václav Klofáč and František Udržal. Gustav Habrman and Josef Scheiner speak by the Jan Hus Memorial. A shot of Karel Kramář, Gustav Habrman and Václav Klofáč in a train window at the Main Railway Station after their return from negotiations in Geneva on 4 November 1918. Czechoslovak soldiers in Austro-Hungarian uniforms march in a parade through Wenceslaus Square, which is decorated with Czech flags and the flags of the victorious states. A shot of a railway carriage with patriotic signs. A postcard with anti-Austrian caricatures. People in the parade carry the remnants of the Austrian coat of arms. Footage of the arrival of President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in Prague on 21 December. The train pulls into the Main Railway Station. President Masaryk, accompanied by František Tomášek, departs in an open car and then transfers to a carriage on Old Town Square.
Unedited film footage taken in Prague in 1918 during the first months of Czechoslovakia´s independence. Soldiers march across Svatopluk Čech Bridge. A festive parade on Old Town Square. Crowds cheering at the Main Railway Station. A gathering by the statue of St Wenceslaus in the upper part of Wenceslaus Square is attended by Dr. Josef Scheiner. A military oath ceremony of officers and a military parade on Old Town Square on 8 November. Josef Svatopluk Machar in front of the building of the Provincial War Office in Sněmovní Street in Lesser Town. The event is attended by politicians František Staněk, Václav Klofáč and Karel Kramář, who returned from Geneva on 4 November. Karel Kramář and Gustav Habrmann, followed by Václav Klofáč and František Staněk, speak from a train window. Footage from the arrival of President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk at the Main Railway Station. General Otakar Husák is also present. Distribution of weapons to members of the new military forces at the Military Headquarters on Slavonic Island. A military oath attended by František Staněk and Antonín Kalina. The return of soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army. Large parades along Wenceslaus Square and Old Town Square.
Unedited film footage from the first days of the Czechoslovak Republic shot in Prague in autumn 1918. Images from a demonstration in front of the Czech National Bank. Footage from the military oath ceremony of the newly established army held on Old Town Square on 8 November. Soldiers are lined up wearing Austro-Hungarian army uniforms. The oath ceremony is attended by politicians Karel Kramář, František Staněk and Václav Klofáč. Shots of Karel Kramář, Gustav Habrman, Václav Klofáč and František Staněk in a window of the train on which they returned to their country from the Geneva negotiations on 4 November. A view of Star Summer Palace (Schloss Stern), where a public gathering took place on 8 November, the anniversary of the Battle of White Mountain. The covering of the statue of Marshal Radecký on Lesser Town Square. Removal of the Austrian Eagle from the façade of the Hybernia House. The tearing down of symbols of the Austrian monarchy. The despatching a military train carrying soldiers who are to take action against separatist attempts in the border regions of the country. Karel Kramář in a Praga car driving through the streets of Prague. A shot of Karel Kramář in front of the Main Railway Station.
Unedited film footage from the first days of the Czechoslovak Republic shot in Prague in autumn 1918. Footage from a festive parade with destroyed Austrian symbols on Wenceslaus Square. A parade on Charles Bridge with banners reading "Socialist Nation", "Long Live the Czech Republic", and other slogans. Footage from a public gathering on White Mountain on 8 November 1918 to mark the anniversary of the famous battle. The participants carry small flags and banners with signs reading "Hus´s People" and "Separation of Church and State". A view of a gathering in the third courtyard of Prague Castle. Footage from a military celebration on Old Town Square with the damaged Marian Column. Politicians Václav Klofáč, Gustav Habrman and František Udržal at the Jan Hus Memorial. Josef Svatopluk Machar delivers a speech in front of the Provincial War Office in Sněmovní Street in Lesser Town. František Staněk, Václav Klofáč, Alois Rašín and Karel Kramář emerge from the building. Footage from a ceremonial gathering on Wenceslaus Square. A view of the decorated Zlatá husa (Golden Goose) Hotel. A parade of people in folk costumes carrying a banner reading "Long Live the Socialist Republic". Politicians František Tomášek and Josef Scheiner deliver speeches in front of the Statue of St Wenceslaus. Footage from a gathering on Old Town Square. People paint over German signs. People speak from the roof of a tram.