Prague Music Weeks at the German Theatre

Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 21, from a concert held as part of Prague Music Weeks at the German Opera in Prague (now State Opera Prague) on 15 May 1942. Footage of the exterior and interior of the building. Prague´s German Philharmonic, conducted by Joseph Keilberth, performs the Finale of Anton Bruckner´s Eighth Symphony (authentic sound). Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich with his wife Lina, and the chief of the Wehrmacht troops in Prague, General Rudolf Toussaint, are present in the audience.