Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 39A from 1944 was shot during a training course for the regional leaders of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth, which was held at the Čeperka Guest House near Unhošť in connection with changes in the conditions of mandatory youth service resulting from the declaration of forced labour (Totaleinsatz) in August 1944. In addition to lectures, the programme included sports activities to improve the physical fitness of the participants.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 43 offers an insight into the lives of Czech railway workers in the aftermath of the Sudetenland annexation after they find makeshift shelter in decommissioned railway carriages in the Posázaví region. The footage also shows railway workers from Obrnice u Mostu living in railway carriages.
The segment of Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel), 1938, issue no. 22 captures the festivities held in Líšná u Zbiroha on 15 May 1938 in honour of the old Opatrný and Mudra farming families. The report shows the unveiling of commemorative plaques for both families, and audio records of the speeches given by the eldest member of the Opatrný family, Mr. Mudra, and MP Rudolf Beran, the Chairman of the Agrarian Party.
Director Václav Binovec and actress Blanka Waleská in the Theatre and Film Department of the Municipal Library in Prague in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 49. Footage of Binovec and actor Vladimir Chinkulov Vladimírov during the shooting of the film Plameny života (The Flames of Life, 1920) at the Weteb Film Studio. Binovec meeting Soviet actor Ivan Mozzhukhin in Prague. Binovec shows off his muscles on Bohumil Veselý's balcony.
Film director Václav Krška accepts a commendation as a model worker in a news segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1953, issue no. 5. At a table with actress Zdeňka Gráfová. With actor Eduard Cupák during the shooting of Mladá léta (Youthful Years, dir. Václav Krška, 1952).
Conductor Václav Talich with the Czech Philharmonic recording Petr Ilyich Tchaikovsky´s Pathétique Symphony on a vinyl record in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1953, issue no. 36. Talich in a newsreel segment from the documentary Velcí hudebníci a zpěváci (Great Musicians and Singers, 1931), now considered lost. Talich with Stanislav Mojžíž-Lom in his office in the National Theatre. Talich during the opening of the Municipal Theatre in Písek on 1 February 1940 in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1940, issue no. 7B. Excerpt from the speech given by Talich during the presentation of National Awards at the Municipal House in Prague on 12 July 1942 in a fragmented segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 29.
Actor Václav Vydra Jr. with his wife, actress Dana Medřická, during the election of National Front candidates in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1954, issue no. 21. The film obituary of actor Václav Vydra Sr. in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1953, issue no. 17. Actor Václav Vydra Sr. in Zlatý klíček (The Gold Key, dir. Jaroslav Kvapil, 1922).
Poet Vítězslav Nezval giving a speech at the 2nd International Film Festival in Mariánské Lázně in a segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1947, issue no. 33. The poet and his mother playing the piano in his parents´ flat in Brno in 1950. Nezval with French poet Jean Marcenac in the courtyard of Hrzán Palace in 1953.