Cold water swimmer Alfréd Nikodém as the oldest participant in a swimming race in the Vltava River in a segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 36. Nikodém with a bouquet of flowers by Svatopluk Čech Bridge.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 28B from 1943 contains footage from the Youth Swimming Championship for Ages 14-18 organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and held at a swimming pool in Prague-Barrandov on 3 an 4 July. The participants consisted of 250 junior athletes who qualified in district and provincial races. Trophies were presented to the winners by General Secretary of the Board František Teuner.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 26A from 1944 was shot at the regional elimination swimming races organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth and held in Luleč near Vyškov on 18 June. The swimmer Kopřiva set a new record in the 100 m backstroke. The winners qualified for the Youth Swimming Championship held in Prague as part of the Board´s Week of Czech Youth.