Segment of the Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1939 No. 1 caputres the funeral of writer Karel Čapek at Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague on 29 December 1938. The coffin with the deceased is carried out of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul and across the cemetery to the grave. Theatre director Vojta Novák delivers a speech at the grave. The coffin is lowered into the grave. The mourners include Karel Čapek´s widow, actress and writer Olga Scheinpflugová, his brother-in law, journalist Karel Scheinpflug, writer Ferdinand Peroutka, Karel Čapek´s brother, painter and writer Josef Čapek, actor Hugo Haas, poet and theatre critic Hanuš Jelínek, poet Josef Hora, sociologist Miloslav Disman and others. The segment conludes with the Czech anthem.
Painter Josef Čapek with his brother, the writer Karel Čapek, in the garden of his villa in Prague-Vinohrady, in the documentary Jaro v Praze (Spring in Prague, dir. Jaroslav Novotný, 1930).
Writer Karel Čapek and actress Olga Scheinpflugová on Peace Square in Prague after their wedding ceremony on 26 August 1935 in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1935, issue no. 36. Karel Čapek with his brother, the painter Josef Čapek, in the garden of his villa in Prague-Vinohrady in the documentary Jaro v Praze (Spring in Prague, dir. Jaroslav Novotný, 1930).