Report from the celebration of the fourteenth anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic held in front of the Municipal House in Prague on 28 October 1932. The gathering was attended by troops and legionnaires. A Philips Radio broadcast vehicle stands in front of the entrance. The segment includes a silent recording of a speech given by the Former Secretary of the National Committee and current Chairman of the Senate František Soukup.
Report from the celebration of the fourteenth anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic held in Prague on 28 October 1932. An aerial view of a parade in front of the Old Town City Hall. Gathering in front of the Municipal House on Republic Square.
The segment captures the funeral of Bishop Antonín Podlaha held in Prague on 18 February 1932. The coffin with the deceased is loaded onto a horse-drawn hearse. The funeral procession with church dignitaries makes its way across Hradčany Square, the first and second courtyards of Prague Castle and then stops in the third courtyard in front of the St. Vitus Cathedral.
Short footage from the funeral of entrepreneur and head of the footwear imperium Tomáš Baťa and pilot Jindřich Brouček, who tragically died in a plane crash on 12 July 1932. On 14 July, crowds of people gather in the courtyard of the Zlín factory and look on as the plane in which Tomáš Bat´a and his pilot crashed passes by. This is followed by a speech by Jan Antonín Baťa delivered on 12 July 1933, on the first anniversary of his brother´s tragic death (original sound).
The segment captures the funeral of the Mayor of the Czechoslovak Sokol Society Josef Scheiner held in Prague on 15 January 1932. The segment starts with an image of the monument to Miroslav Tyrš and Scheiner´s funeral announcement. The funeral procession sets out from the historic Sokol building in Sokolská Street. The coffin is flanked by a Sokol guard of honour. The camera offers a close-up of the wreath from Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. The funeral procession comes out of the Sokol building in Sokolská Street and continues along Ječná, Žitná and Mezibranská Streets. After dusk, the procession moves on across Wenceslaus Square in the effective light of street lamps and burning candles.
Segment of the Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Newsreel) 1932 No. 49 captures the funeral of the former Minister of National Defence Karel Viškovský held in Prague on 24 November 1932. The coffin is carried out of the building of the House of Agricultural Enlightenment in Slezská Street in Vinohrady. The funeral procession moves along Blanická and Vinohradská Streets. Deputy of the National Assembly František Staněk, Prime Minister Jan Malypetr, Senator František Soukup and Minister of National Defence Bohumír Bradáč walk behind the coffin. The procession, where a cushion with the honours and orders of the late minister is carried, stops in front of the building of the Švehla Student Residence in Slavíkova Street in Prague-Vinohrady.
The segment captures the funeral of Senator of the National Assembly Gustav Habrman held in Pilsen on 26 March 1932. The funeral procession comes out of the Peklo Workers´ House and sets out along Jungmannova Street, past the building of the Pilsen Electricity Company. The camera focuses on Kramář Park and the crowds of onlookers in the streets. The procession continues through the streets of the city, across Wilson Bridge and towards the crematorium in Doubravka.
Abbot of the Strahov Monastery Metod Zavoral in his study in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1932, issue no. 36.