Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 17, captures the presentation of a gift Ï Ambulance Train no. 751 Ï from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to Adolf Hitler and the German army. The train handover took place at Prague Main Railway Station on 20 April 1942, the birthday of Adolf Hitler. Cars arrive in front of Prague Main Railway Station. Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich enters the train station. State President Emil Hácha gives a speech in the festively decorated railway hall. In response, Heydrich shakes his hand. The event is witnessed by a delegation of railway workers. The train crew lines up on the station platform. Heydrich enters the train with his entourage and inspects the sleeping cars, the operating carriage, the kitchen, and the sick bay. The inspection of the ambulance train is attended by Protectorate Prime Minister Jaroslav Krejčí and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec. According to the voiceover, the train was made in a railway workshop in Prague-Bubny in record time. It consisted of 28 carriages and 20 hospital carriages, was 410 metres long, weighed 545 tons and had capacity for 280 wounded.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 27A, captures the Pledge of Czech Theatre Professionals´ Allegiance to the Reich, a manifestation held at the National Theatre in Prague on 25 June 1942, which was to unequivocally condemn the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. Speeches are delivered by actor Rudolf Deyl Jr. and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec (silent). Actress Růžena Nasková and actors Karel Höger, Ferenc Futurista, and Stanislav Neumann are seen among the participants. The segment concludes with everyone performing the Nazi salute.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 1A from 1944 was shot during a Christmas exhibition organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and held in the hall of the Black Rose Palace in Na Příkopě Street in Prague from 18 to 22 December. The exhibition included a display of the 500 prettiest toys made as part of the Sewing Dolls initiative. Girls made 59,000 dolls, out of which 44,000 went to the children of the labourers working in the Reich and 15,000 to the children of the German soldiers fighting on the front. The exhibition was toured by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec and General Secretary of the Board František Teuner.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 38A from 1943 contains footage from the Days of Czech Youth event organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth from 11 to 12 September. A concert of three brass bands, led by Miloš Kuba, and the Kühn Children´s Choir was held on Peace Square at 5 pm on 11 September. A procession of the Board´s members set out from Peace Square and continued through the streets of Prague. The event culminated with a track and field championship at Strahov Stadium where the winners of district rounds competed against each other. The spectators were welcomed by General Secretary of the Board František Teuner. The programme included a dance performance by girls in folk costumes. The event concluded with a speech by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec, followed by a solemn oath "to the Führer and to the Fatherland".
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 52A, B from 1944 shows the distribution of Christmas presents to poor children, which was organised by Social Aid in collaboration with the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and took place in the Great Hall of Lucerna Palace on 18 December. The event was attended by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 25, depicts a public demonstration on Cabbage Market Square (Zelný trh) in Brno on 12 June 1942, which was to vociferously condemn the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The gathering was attended by 12,000 people. A grandstand in the middle of the crowded square is decorated with the Imperial Eagle and the national emblems of Bohemia and Moravia. The main speaker, Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec, encourages Czech people to take into account the past. The segment concludes with the Czech anthem (authentic sound and singing) with images of people with arms raised in the Nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 27A, depicts a public manifestation held at the Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua on Blatnická Mountain in Moravian Slovakia on 28 June 1942, which was to unequivocally condemn the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The gathering was attended by 35,000 to 40,000 people. Footage of the participants in festive folk costumes. The main organizer of the event, Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec, delivers a speech from a grandstand (silent). People wearing Moravian-Slovakian folk costumes with arms raised in the Nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 27A, captures a public manifestation held in Moravská Ostrava on 30 June 1942, which was to unequivocally condemn the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The gathering was attended by more than 80,000 people. Footage of miners in their uniforms. Miner Karel Juříček and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec (silent) speak from a grandstand. The segment concludes with the Czech anthem (authentic sound), supplemented with images of people with arms raised in the Nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 25, captures a public manifestation held on Hlavní náměstí (present day náměstí Republiky) in Plzeň on 16 June 1942. The manifestation was to demonstrate condemnation of the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The gathering was attended by approximately 60,000 people. The grandstand is decorated with the Reichsadler (Imperial Eagle) and the state emblems of Bohemia and Moravia. A speech by the Minister of Education and People's Enlightenment, Emanuel Moravec, follows. The segment concludes with the Czech anthem (authentic sound), supplemented with images of people with arms raised in the nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 23, depicts the so-called Manifestation of the Czech People for the Reich, organised by the Protectorate Government on Old Town Square in Prague on 2 June 1942. The gathering of 65,000 people, whose attendance was "highly recommended", was to unequivocally condemn the assassination attempt on Acting Reich Protector, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich as well as all of the activities of the Czechoslovak Government in Exile in Great Britain. Members of the Protectorate Government climb up a grandstand in front of Týn Church. High-angled shots of the crowded square. A speech by Prime Minister Jaroslav Krejčí. The footage shows Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Adolf Hrubý, Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour Walter Bertsch, Minister of the Interior Richard Bienert, Minister of Finance Josef Kalfus, Minister of Transport Jindřich Kamenický, and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec. A speech by the General Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth in Bohemia and Moravia František Teuner, and concluding words by Minister of Education and People's Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec. A wide shot of the crowded square. The segment concludes with the Czech anthem (authentic sound and singing) with images showing people with arms raised in the Nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 26, from a public demonstration held in Tábor on 20 June 1942, which was to unequivocally condemn the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The gathering was attended by 30,000 people. A wide shot of the town of Tábor. A view of the crowded square. A grandstand in the middle of the crowded square is decorated with the Imperial Eagle and the national emblems of Bohemia and Moravia. The manifestation is opened by Minister of the Protectorate Government Jaroslav Krejčí. A member of the National Theatre´s drama company, actor Jiří Dohnal, delivers a manifesto of State President Emil Hácha, followed by a speech by Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Adolf Hrubý. The manifestation is concluded by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec. The segment includes images of Tábor´s important monuments (the Town Hall Tower, Kotnov). The segment concludes with the Czech anthem (authentic sound) supplemented with images of people with arms raised in the Nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 28, depicts a public manifestation held on Wenceslas Square in Prague on 3 July 1942, which was to unequivocally condemn the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The gathering was attended by 200,000 people. Wenceslas Square is decorated with Protectorate and Nazi flags. Footage of the crowded square and onlookers in the windows and on the roofs of surrounding houses. State President Emil Hácha, Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Jaroslav Krejčí, Minister of the Interior Rudolf Bienert, and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec stand on a grandstand. Krejčí and Moravec deliver speeches on cancelling the state of emergency and the need for active collaboration with the Reich. The manifestation concludes with the Czech anthem and people performing the Nazi salute, among them Minister of Finance Josef Kalfus, Minister of the Interior Rudolf Bienert, Prime Minister Jaroslav Krejčí, and Minister of Transport Jindřich Kamenický.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 17A, B from 1944 was shot during a meeting of the leaders of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth with State Minister Karel Hermann Frank, which was held in the Great Hall of Czernin Palace on 17 April and attended by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec and General Secretary of the Board František Teuner. State Minister Frank addressed the participants and presented František Teuner with a sword of honour. The official event concluded with the participant paying homage to Adolf Hitler. The leaders of the Board of Trustees marched through the streets of Prague.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 52B from 1943 was shot during a meeting of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth, which was held in Lucerna Palace in Prague on 15 December 1943. The event was organised as part of the struggle against bolshevism. The event was attended by Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Jaroslav Krejčí, Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec, Minister of Finance Josef Kalfus and other guests, who watched the proceedings from the boxes overlooking the packed Great Hall. Journalist Karel Werner and General Secretary of the Board František Teuner addressed speeches to the audience. The ceremony was concluded with an oath "to the Führer and to the Fatherland".
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 51A, B from 1944 was shot during an anti-bolshevist gathering of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth held in the Great Hall of Lucerna Palace on 7 December. The participants included Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec. Speeches were given by General Secretary of the Board František Teuner and Eriks Rullis, the leader of Latvian Youth. The gathering was concluded with an oath "to the Führer and to the Fatherland".
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 16A from 1944 was shot at a big on-request concert held in the Great Hall of Lucerna Palace on 4 April as the 3000th performance of the Art for Youth initiative of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth. The event was attended by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec and General Secretary of the Board František Teuner. The diverse programme included the aria "While a Mother´s Love Means Blessing" from Bedřich Smetana´s The Bartered Bride performed by Marie Budíková and Oldřich Kovář as well as performances by young accordion players and a children´s choir.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 28A, B from 1944 was shot during the official opening of the Week of Czech Youth organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and held in the courtyard of Karlštejn Castle on 1 July. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec and SS officer Ferdinand Fischer. General Secretary of the Board František Teuner spoke to the participants.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 10, captures the opening of a proagandistic anti-Soviet exhibition with the ironic title The Soviet Paradise (Das sowjet Paradies), held at the Prague Exhibition Grounds from 28 February to 28 March 1942. A view of the gate of the grounds with the sign The Soviet Paradise. The opening of the exhibition is attended by Reich Secretary Karl Hermann Frank, Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Jaroslav Krejčí, and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec. Footage of the exhibits. Karl Hermann Frank and the others examines a Russian tank and a RATA fighter plane in front of the Industrial Palace. An image of a poster saying "People Who Gave Up Laughing".
The segment from the 1943 Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) No. 40B captures the event 'Art for the Youth' organised in the National Theatre by the Curatorium for the Education of Youth in Bohemia and Moravia. The event starts with a premiere of Bedřich Smetana's newly staged opera Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride). Among the audience is the Minister of Education and National Enlightenment, Emanuel Moravec. Following are short excerpts from the performance and a shot of conductor Václav Talich giving his thanks to the audience.
Segment from Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel 1942, issue no. 24, captures the memorial ceremony for Acting Reich Protector Heydrich held in Prague on 7Ï8 June. The camera follows a night-time funeral procession across Charles Bridge. SS officers carry the coffin draped in the Nazi flag. The procession is illuminated with burning torches. The following footage shows a bier with Heydrich´s coffin in the first quadrangle of Prague Castle. The surroundings are decorated with eternal flames, Nazi flags and SS flags. A view of Heydrich´s military decorations and the guard of honour, made up of SS soldiers. The ceremony at Prague Castle continues with a speech by the newly appointed Acting Reich Protector Daluege (silent). The event is attended by Reichsführer of the SS Himmler, State President Hácha, and members of the Protectorate Government. The funeral procession with the coffin, organised as a military parade, moves along Mostecká Street in Prague´s Lesser Town. The procession includes members of the Protectorate Government and continues across Charles Bridge, along Smetana Quay, National Avenue, and through the Wenceslas Square towards Prague Main Railway Station, where the coffin is loaded onto a train. The segment concludes with the train departing for Berlin.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 25B from 1943, shot on 30 May, shows Prime Minister Jaroslav Krejčí, Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec, General Secretary of the Board František Teuner and other guests of honour during their visit to a recreation camp for working youth aged 14-18, which was held in Semice nad Lužnicí near Týn nad Vltavou. Just as in nearby Protivín, young apprentices put on a collective sports performance for them.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 30A, B from 1942 captures the first training camp for future instructors of the newly established Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth, which took place at Slapy Chateau from 10 to 17 July. Forty-five young men attended training and sports activities as well as theoretical education in the form of lectures. On the last day, Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Emanuel Moravec visited the camp.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 23A from 1943 was shot on 30 May during the official opening of a training camp organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth at Protivín Chateau. The ceremony was held to mark the first anniversary of the Board. The importance of the event was highlighted by the presence of Prime Minister Jaroslav Krejčí. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Adolf Hrubý and Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec spoke to the participants in the chateau courtyard. In the afternoon, the course participants put on a collective sports performance in the park adjoining the chateau.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 29A from 1944 was shot during the Week of Czech Youth event organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and held from 1 to 9 July. The programme included a concert held on Old Town Square on 8 July. The orchestra and choir consisted of several hundred young musicians and singers. Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec and Deputy Mayor Joseph Pfitzner watched the event from the balcony of the Old Town Hall. The Board of Trustees´ youth set out from the square in a parade through the streets of Prague. The following day, a sports afternoon took place at Strahov Stadium. Guests of honour included Prime Minister Jaroslav Krejčí and the General Secretary of the Board František Teuner. Emanuel Moravec spoke to the participants. The programme included women´s floor exercises, track and field races and women in stylised costumes dancing to folk songs. The event was concluded with the athletes and audience paying homage to Adolf Hitler.