Rough footage capturing both the mobilisation and the subsequent demobilisation of the Czechoslovak Army in 1938. The first part was shot on 23 September after the declaration of general mobilisation, and shows civilians as they are issued military uniforms. The second part shows the demobilisation authorised at the extraordinary meeting of the Ministerial Council on 6 October. Soldiers are shown in the barracks handing in their uniforms. An officer passes out certificates of praise for military service.
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).
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 18, from an event called National Health Week, organized by the Ministry of the Interior together with the Health Institute of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia on 3Ï10 May 1942. The official objective of the event was to highlight the importance of healthcare. The report discusses the establishment of anti-tuberculosis stations in a number of places in the Protectorate. Footage of height measurements and the weighing of patients. Examples of the use of an X-ray station in Moravská Ostrava. Footage showing handling of X-ray machines. A close-up of lung X-rays. The segment includes footage of X-ray vans used to care for child patients. Images from a solarium where children are treated using sunlamps.
Segment consisting of footage showing objects from the scene of the assassination of acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, which was screened in all cinemas throughout the Protectorate. The camera shots capture a woman´s bicycle, a man´s coat, a cap with a visor, two leather briefcases, and a submachine gun made in England. The subtitles urge the members of the audience to identify the owners of the items in question and to help the police catch the perpetrators. The film was part of an aggressive campaign to spread fear of the annihilation of the nation, reinforced through the daily publication of the names of the executed in the media.
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.
Painter Oldřich Blažíček on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Blažíček works at his villa in Prague-Hanspaulka. The artist with his young grandchildren Ï a girl and a boy Ï in the garden.