Trailer for Eva tropí hlouposti (Eva Fools Around, dir. Martin Frič, 1939). Actresses Nataša Gollová and Adina Mandlová in Šťastnou cestu (Happy Journey, dir. Otakar Vávra, 1943).
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 43 offers images from the newly established border between Czechoslovakia and Germany following the forced surrender of the border regions to Germany in September 1938. Czechoslovak soldiers are checking permits to cross the border. Vehicles with refugees are passing through the border gates.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 10 consists of a montage of archive film material created to mark the 88th anniversary of the birth of the late President Tomáš Garrique Masaryk.
Opera singer Otakar Mařák as a patient at Na Bulovce Hospital in Prague as included in his obituary in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1939, issue no. 28. The footage with the artist was shot in spring 1938.
Director Otakar Vávra with cinematographer Jan Roth during the shooting of Humoreska (Humoresque, dir. Otakara Vávra, 1939) in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1939, issue no. 41B.
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.
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
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.