Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1941, issue no. 40, captures events linked to the accession of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich to the office of Deputy Reich Protector of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia on 27 September 1941. Heydrich attends an SS military parade on Hradčanské Square in Prague. Military dignitaries and state officials welcome him in the first quadrangle of Prague Castle. The Nazi flag flies over Prague Castle. Reich Commissioner for the Sudetenland Konrad Henlein and Reich Secretary Karl Hermann Frank are present at the occasion. State President Emil Hácha receives Reinhard Heydrich at Prague Castle.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 12, captures the Memorial Day of Heroes events held as part of the celebration of the 3rd anniversary of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia at the German Opera in Prague on 15 March 1942. The gathering was to commemorate the alleged affiliation of the Czech Crown lands to the German Empire. In his speech, Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich highlights the political significance of 15 March (silent). The event is attended by Reich Secretary Karl Hermann Frank, Reich Commissioner for the Sudetenland Konrad Henlein, Reich Gauleiter Hugo Jury, and the chief of the Wehrmacht troops in Prague, General Rudolf Toussaint.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1943, issue no. 23A, from a ceremonial gathering held on 31 May 1943 to rename Klatovská Avenue in Pilsen as Reinhard Heydrich-Strasse after the late Reich Protector. The large-scale renaming of important traffic thoroughfares after Reinhard Heydrich involved 19 cities within the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Reich Secretary Karl Hermann Frank oversees the troops. A festively decorated grandstand with a Nazi flag stands in front of the city theatre. A speech by Waltr Sturm, the Government Commissioner of the City of Pilsen (silent). The event is attended by Georg Wollner, the district head of NSDAP. The unveiling of a sign saying "Reinhard Heydrich Strasse". While the German anthem is played, people perform the Nazi salute.