Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 25, depicts a public demonstration on Cabbage Market Square (Zelný trh) in Brno on 12 June 1942, which was to vociferously condemn the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The gathering was attended by 12,000 people. A grandstand in the middle of the crowded square is decorated with the Imperial Eagle and the national emblems of Bohemia and Moravia. The main speaker, Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec, encourages Czech people to take into account the past. The segment concludes with the Czech anthem (authentic sound and singing) with images of people with arms raised in the Nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 25, captures a public manifestation held on Hlavní náměstí (present day náměstí Republiky) in Plzeň on 16 June 1942. The manifestation was to demonstrate condemnation of the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The gathering was attended by approximately 60,000 people. The grandstand is decorated with the Reichsadler (Imperial Eagle) and the state emblems of Bohemia and Moravia. A speech by the Minister of Education and People's Enlightenment, Emanuel Moravec, follows. The segment concludes with the Czech anthem (authentic sound), supplemented with images of people with arms raised in the nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 26, from a public demonstration held in Tábor on 20 June 1942, which was to unequivocally condemn the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The gathering was attended by 30,000 people. A wide shot of the town of Tábor. A view of the crowded square. A grandstand in the middle of the crowded square is decorated with the Imperial Eagle and the national emblems of Bohemia and Moravia. The manifestation is opened by Minister of the Protectorate Government Jaroslav Krejčí. A member of the National Theatre´s drama company, actor Jiří Dohnal, delivers a manifesto of State President Emil Hácha, followed by a speech by Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Adolf Hrubý. The manifestation is concluded by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec. The segment includes images of Tábor´s important monuments (the Town Hall Tower, Kotnov). The segment concludes with the Czech anthem (authentic sound) supplemented with images of people with arms raised in the Nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 25, shows a meeting at the railway workshops in Pilsen held on 10 June 1942, at which the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich was meant to be publicly and emphatically condemned. The meeting was attended by 12,000 people. Minister of Public Transport and Technology Jindřich Kamenický addresses employees in the public transport and technical services sector. Foreman Josef Fajfrlík expresses loyalty to the German Reich on behalf of railway and postal workers.
Segment from Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel 1942, issue no. 24, captures the memorial ceremony for Acting Reich Protector Heydrich held in Prague on 7Ï8 June. The camera follows a night-time funeral procession across Charles Bridge. SS officers carry the coffin draped in the Nazi flag. The procession is illuminated with burning torches. The following footage shows a bier with Heydrich´s coffin in the first quadrangle of Prague Castle. The surroundings are decorated with eternal flames, Nazi flags and SS flags. A view of Heydrich´s military decorations and the guard of honour, made up of SS soldiers. The ceremony at Prague Castle continues with a speech by the newly appointed Acting Reich Protector Daluege (silent). The event is attended by Reichsführer of the SS Himmler, State President Hácha, and members of the Protectorate Government. The funeral procession with the coffin, organised as a military parade, moves along Mostecká Street in Prague´s Lesser Town. The procession includes members of the Protectorate Government and continues across Charles Bridge, along Smetana Quay, National Avenue, and through the Wenceslas Square towards Prague Main Railway Station, where the coffin is loaded onto a train. The segment concludes with the train departing for Berlin.