Events prior to World War II. President Edvard Benes of Czechoslovakia along with a dignitary in a car during a reception ceremony in Czechoslovakia. The car drives past a large crowd and soldiers lined up for the reception of the dignitary. President Benes maintains firm stand on opposition to German annexation of Sudetenland territory.
A dam under construction in Czechoslovakia. The President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Benes with other dignitaries listen as a man explains. Three men talk. A car driven on a rough road. The dignitaries disembark from cars. Their walk over the pier of a dried water body. A man pushes a handle of a water pump. Water pressure removes soil cover. Water flows from between the rocks. Trucks driven. Muddy water flows. Men remove stones from the path of water. Muddy water in a field.
Czech Prime Minister Klement Gottwald at an airfield in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Prime Minister Klement followed by military officials walks on the airfield. Prime Minister Gottwald shakes hands with Russian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Valerian Zorin. Gottwald boards an aircraft for Moscow. Russia. The aircraft takes off.
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.
The tomb of the first Czechoslovakian President's in Lana, Czechoslovakia. Two women and two children arrive at the tomb of Czechoslovakia's first President Thomas G. Masaryk and lay down flowers at the tomb. The tomb inside a fence. The women touch the land and cross themselves and pray. Views of the women and the children at the tomb. A wreath hangs beside the tomb.
National Sports Festival in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 16,000 gymnasts take to the field at the closing ceremony of National Sports Festival in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Gymnasts perform precision drill of mass calisthenics. Beautiful formations are formed.