(Statement of Responsibility) de Haydn, (Ownership) Procvenience: Hudební spolek bohoslovců v ČB, koupil spolek hudebníků v theolog. semináři Č. Budějovicích, and (Version Identification) Fragment (chybí party houslí a violoncella)
The segment from a Degl film production company newsreel captures the 50th anniversary celebrations of laying of the cornerstone of the National Theatre. The celebrations took place on 16-18 May 1918 in Prague, with the participation of representatives of all Slavic nations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The first shots show the festively decorated building of the National Theatre. In the next part, the camera observes the events taking place in the upper part of Wenceslas Square. The staircase and the ramp of the National Museum, where the opening ceremony took place (specifically in its Pantheon), are filled with young people in national folk costumes. Shots of the crowded square. Cultural and political figures, such as poets Adolf Heyduk and Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, writer Alois Jirásek and the head of the National Theatre Opera Karel Kovařovic, are leaving the building of the National Museum. This is followed by the symbolic ceremonial removal of politician Karel Kramář from the building. Afterwards, the Slovenian writer and mayor of Ljubljana Ivan Tavčar is seen leaving the building, as well as Czech actors Eduard Vojan, Marie Hübnerová, Leopolda Dostalová, Marie Laudová-Hořicová, Karel Želenský, writers Ignát Herrmann, František Herites and Jan Herben with his wife Bronislava, poet Bohdan Kaminský, politicians Alois Rašín, František Soukup, Gustav Habrman, Václav Klofáč and other notable national figures.
An image of actor Ada Karlovský in an unidentified film. Karlovský with his colleague Terezie Javůrková in Pražští adamité (The Prague Adamites, dir. Antonín Fencl, 1917).
Footage of politician Alois Rašín during the 1919 currency reform from the compilation documentary Revoluce krve a ducha (The Revolution of Blood and Spirit, dir. J.A. Holman, 1936).
Actress Anna Sedláčková in Čtyři roční doby (Four Seasons, dir. Max Urban, 1912). Sedláčková with her colleague Bedřich Vevetka. Actor Rudolf Deyl congratulates Anna Sedláčková on her 80th birthday in a fragmented segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1967, issue no. 42. Sedláčková with her daughter Marcelka and actor Hugo Haas in the garden of her villa in Černošice.
Stage actor, director and producer Antonín Fencl on Bohumil Veselý's balcony. Actors Josef Šváb Malostranský and Antonie Nedošinská in Zlaté srdéčko (Heart of Gold, dir. Antonín Fencl, 1916).
František Fiala, better known by his stage name Ferenc Futurista, in Učitel orientálních jazyků (The Oriental Language Teacher, dir. Olga Rautenkrauzová and Jan S. Kolár, 1918). Studies of facial expressions by actor Ferenc Futurista captured by Bohumil Veselý. Futurista with actress Betty Kyslíková during the shooting of Proč se nesměješ (Why Aren´t You Laughing?, dir. Eman Fiala, 1922). Ferenc Futurista with his wife (actress Anna Filípková Ferencová), his brother Eman Fiala, his wife and their daughter Milena, and R. A. Dvorský on Bohumil Veselý's balcony.
The segment captures a commemorative act for General Milan Rastislav Štefánik held in Prague on 10 May 1919. The mourning procession moves along Na Příkopě Street and through the Powder Tower gate. The procession moves on towards Old Town Square and Invalidovna. General Otakar Husák delivers a speech from the stand. The event is attended by Deputy of the Revolutionary National Assembly František Udržal and Chief of Staff of the Czechoslovak Army General Maurice Pellé.