A shrine in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Exteriors of an old Slovak church. A modern store in the foreground. An old woman and a girl walk in front of a sidewalk religious shrine made out of sheet iron into a figure of Christ. A yellow flower growing at the foot of a shrine at the corner of the street.
Dr. Josef Tiso in jail in Slovakia. Kraiska Sud jail of Bratislava. A warden opens a door of a cell. Dr. Jozef Tiso, a Monsignor of the Catholic Church and ex-Prime Minister of Slovakia during World War 2, is in the cell. The name 'Josef Tiso' written on the door of the cell. He sits at a little desk in his cell and reads and writes his memories. He then takes a book. He leaves his cell with the warden and walk in the courtyard of the jail. The warden watches him.
Showing background of Prague, Czechoslovakia. Signs read : 'Polarka' and 'Eskymo' in Prague. A band play musical instruments. People dance in pairs. View of the city of Prague. A sign reads : 'Bratislava'. Officials and dignitaries celebrate.
Early in World War 2, newsreel shows a Jewish refugee camp in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (shortly before it became part of the First Slovak Republic, or Slovakia). An open ground with tents as the refugee camp for Czech Jews in exile, whose land was taken over by Hungary (during its time of pro Nazi Germany foreign policy.) Starving Jewish women and infant children. Men cutting trees with a saw. Boy getting all hair shaved off his head. A number of Jewish refugees including children line up for a small amount of food kept on a table, and warm themselves by the fire.
Election eve in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Pavements covered with election literature. Czech citizens voting on the election day. Several views of people reading results of the elections on posters placed in the streets. Facade of the Social Democratic Party Headquarters - number 3. Facade of the headquarters of the Communist Party - number 1 written on a large linen. A poster shows a child arising from a sickle and a hammer. A tramway decorated with the number 1 passes in front of the Communist Party headquarters and the oldest tower in Prague.
Hungary gains control over Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia after the First Vienna Award. Czech civilians load their belongings onto carriages and leave the town as they head towards the interiors of Czechoslovakia. Soldiers load equipment on to vehicles and move away on carts or on foot. Picture of Miklós Horthy, the Regent of Hungary. The Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946). Hungarian cavalry units enter the city.