Goods Exchange Centre

Unused footage from the 1945 Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) Issue No. 4 features the opening of the Goods Exchange Centre in Rytířská Street in Prague. Ministerial councillors Erich von Wedelstädt and Wilhelm Denler are present on behalf of the Ministry of Economy and Labour, Hans von Busseon is present as the chairman of the Supreme Pricing Bureau, mayor Alois Říha and deputy Josef Pfitzneron are present on behalf of the Capital City of Prague, alongside the representatives of economic associations and groups and the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce. The chairman of the Central Confederation of Commerce, O. Essler, delivers the opening speech. Shots of shelves with various goods up for exchange - a camera, a stove, buckets, clothes, shoes, quilts, cutlery, tableware, baby clothes, children's skates, etc.