Unedited film footage shot in the streets of Pardubice after an allied air raid on 22 July 1944. People are clearing the debris of buildings. Rescued pieces of furniture and other furnishings are loaded onto trucks. Two men carry a child´s coffin towards a hearse. A mass commemorative ceremony for the victims of the air raid is held on Pernštýn Square on 25 July. The bereaved gather by the displayed coffins at the site of the commemoration. Local official Adolf Želízko delivers a funeral speech.
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.
Recording of Jan Wenig´s radio interview with film director Gustav Machatý during his visit to Prague in late 1946. Machatý with his fiancée Helga in front of the Alcron Hotel on Štěpánská Street in Prague.
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.
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.
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.