Dr Emil Hacha, President of the High Court of Administration succeeds Edouard Benes as the third President of Czechoslovakia. Dr Hacha at his office in Prague, smokes cigars and reads important papers. A leading jurist of the dismembered republic of Czechoslovakia, Dr Hacha replaces Edouard Benes, who resigned following the ill-faired Munich Pact.
German civilians in a field in Prague, Czechoslovakia. They climb into United States trucks. The trucks parked beside a street. A large crowd stands near the trucks. The civilians carry luggage. (During period of forced expulsion of German citizens from Czechoslovakia.)
Celebration of VJ Day (victory over Japan day) in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II. Czech girls in native dresses dance in front of a reviewing stand. American, Russian and Czech troops parade through the streets. A Liaison plane drops pamphlets. U.S. Army Major General Ernest Nason Harmon speaks from the reviewing stand. American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Laurence A. Steinhardt, Russian Colonel General Zhadou and other dignitaries in the background.
A film on 1918 celebrations of independence as the Hapsburg reign ends in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Czecho-Slovak troops look out from a railroad train window as they arrive in Prague. Troops stand holding their flag. The troops arrive from Austria. People cheer as troops march. People cover the statue of Joseph Radetzky von Radetz in front of the Radetzky Memorial. Cartoons and caricatures of Kaiser and Crown Prince. Pictures of the cabinet members of Czechoslovakia. Troops depart form Slovakia to hold the Hungarian border on horse carts and horses. Battisti, the brother of the executed Italian deputy in a car. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The former President of Czechoslovakia Tomas Garrigue Masaryk with others in Lany, Czechoslovakia. Houses in the village of Lany. Trees in the foreground. Exteriors of the Lany Castle (Lány Castle, Zámecká 2, 270 61 Lány, Czechia). A path in between a garden. A fountain in the garden. The doorway of the castle. A staircase in the castle. Pillars in the foreground. Interiors of a room shows an office table, portraits, a bookshelf, and a bed. A flowerpot in the room. A woman places a tea pot in a tray and carries it away. Former Czechoslovakian President Tomas Garrigue Masaryk talks to others while having tea. A man talks to a woman. A boy shows books to Tomas Garrigue Masaryk. A horse drawn carriage moves through a mud road. Men take off their hats as they greet Masaryk from his carriage. Boys and Tomas Garrigue Masaryk sitting in the carriage. Women walk in a garden. Tomas Garrigue Masaryk seated on a sofa in the garden. A man reads newspaper and places it on table. A flag atop the castle.
President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Benes addresses a crowd in Zlin, Czechoslovakia. Edvard Benes talks to his wife Hana Benesova. Aerial view of troops marching and gathered crowds. Aerial view of the cheering crowd. Edvard Benes addresses the crowd.