A segment from the Paramount Sound Newsreel 1939 captures the funeral of Catholic poet, teacher and cleric Xaver Dvořák held in Hostivař on 25 November 1939. The funeral procession proceeds towards the local cemetery. The solemn ceremony concludes with the interment of the coffin with the remains of the deceased in his grave.
The segment captures the funeral of politician and Chairman of the Agrarian Party Antonín Švehla held on his farm in Hostivař on 15 December 1933. The coffin with the body of the deceased is loaded onto a horse-drawn hearse. The mourners include President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Senator František Soukup, former Prime Minister František Udržal and Deputy of the National Assembly Rudolf Beran. The memorial event opens with a speech by Prime Minister Jan Malypetr (silent). The funeral procession exits the farm and heads to the Hostivař Cemetery. Mayor of the Czechoslovak Sokol Society Stanislav Bukovský and Senator František Soukup deliver speeches over Švehla´s grave (silent).