Sculptor Bohumil Kafka works on a statue of Josef Mánes in a fragmented segment from the Ufa žurnál (Ufa Journal) 1939, issue no. 200. The unveiling of the monument by the Rudolfinum, including a speech by Professor Vratislav Nechleba in a fragmented segment from Československé filmové noviny (Czechoslovak Film News) 1951, issue no. 52. Kafka at Prague Zoo working on a study of a lion for the Milan Rastislav Štefánik's monument in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1937, issue no. 5. Kafka with politician Milan Hodža in the artist´s studio in Prague-Dejvice.
Writer Bohumil Novák with an unidentified man on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Novák at an exhibition commemorating Jan Amos Comenius´ anniversary at Waldstein Palace in Prague in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1957, issue no. 29.
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.
Segment from the celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic held on Old Town Square in Mladá Boleslav. A ceremonial line-up of the local military garrison. General Šípek delivers a speech before the municipal council, soldiers and inhabitants of the town. This is followed by a parade through the town, attended by the troops, representatives of the Sokol community, the local fire brigade, the gendarmerie, nurses and members of other town associations. Footage from a footrace through the streets of Mladá Boleslav to the Monument to the Fallen, won by Mr Mlejnek. Footage from the celebration in Kosmonosy, the place linked with the ground-breaking ceremony for the Resistance Memorial. The ceremony was attended by representatives of local associations and corporations as well as the county association of Czechoslovak legionnaires.
The segment captures a military parade of new army recruits, held in the third courtyard of Prague Castle on 28 October 1930 as part of the celebration of the twelfth anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic. Prime Minister František Udržal and Minister of Defence Karel Viškovský attend the parade, standing in for the absent President Masaryk.
The segment captures a military parade of new army recruits, held in Bratislava on 28 October 1931 as part of the celebration of the thirteenth anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic. The celebration opens with speeches by General František Škvor and Vladimír Krno, the Mayor of Bratislava. The city of Bratislava honours the 39th Infantry Regiment with the Czechoslovak War Cross and the honorary title "General Graziani´s Infantry Regiment of Reconnaissance". The 54th Artillery Regiment adopts the standard of the 109th and 153rd Artillery Regiments, made by the residents of the Jedlička Institute in Prague. The cavalry and infantry together with the military band take charge of the following parade.
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 events preceding the installation and subsequent unveiling of the memorial statue of French historian and Slavonic scholar Ernest Denis on Lesser Town Square in Prague. Members of the Commission for the Construction of Denis´s Memorial use a maquette to find the best place for the statue. The event is witnessed by the artist, the sculptor Karel Dvořák. A shot of Dvořák in his studio in the courtyard of a house on Janáček Embankment in Smíchov, Prague. Digging works for the pedestal followed by the unveiling of the memorial on 27 October 1928, the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic. President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Minister of Education Milan Hodža, Prague Mayor Karel Baxa, General Jan Syrový, MP Antonín Uhlíř, French General Eugene Mittelhauser, French politician Alfred Oberkirch and others are present on the grandstand. Speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs Edvard Beneš. An image of the President T. G. Masaryk and Edvard Beneš.