Cardinal Josef Beran leads a procession with the skull of Saint Adalbert of Prague in a fragmented segment from film weekly newsreel. The procession starts at Saint Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle and walks through the Gate of Giants. Cardinal Beran blesses the remains of Saint Adalbert of Prague on Hradčany Square in Prague.
Footage from a manifestation in Uzhhorod in November 1919. Events following the General Statue that declared Subcarpathian Ruthenia as an autonomous part of the Czechoslovak Republic. Footage from a manifestation, from a ceremonial gathering on a square. Footage of soldiers and public speakers. A view of a bell covered with an American flag. Soldiers at the border. A military cemetery in winter. Ruthenians in fur coats and traditional clothes. People leaving a church. A group of people at a 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.
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.