The Ernst Denis Monument in Lesser Town Square

The segment from the 1928 weekly Elektajournal Issue No. 3 shows events preceding the installation and subsequent unveiling of a monument to the French historian and Slavicist Ernest Denis in Lesser Town Square (Malostranské náměstí) in Prague. Members of the Society for the Construction of Denis´s Monument use a maquette to find the best place for the statue. The event is attended by the author of the monument, sculptor Karel Dvořák. A shot of the author Dvořák in his studio, located in the courtyard of a house on Janáček Embankment (Janáčkovo nábřeží) in Smíchov, Prague. Digging works for the pedestal followed by shots from a segment from the 1928 weekly Elektajournal Issue No. 45 featuring the unveiling of the memorial on 27 October 1928, the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic. President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Minister of Education Milan Hodža, Prague Mayor Karel Baxa, General Jan Syrový, member of Parliament Antonín Uhlíř, French General Eugene Mittelhauser, French politician Alfred Oberkirch, and others are present on the stage. A speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs Edvard Beneš. A shot of President T. G. Masaryk and Edvard Beneš.