Krize a stát za první republiky ve světle filmových pramenů
The Crisis and the First Czechoslovak Republic in the Light of Film Records

Summary/Abstract: The text offers a perspective on the crises of Czechoslovakia through selected films deposited in the National Film Archive. A large space is devoted to fires in Prague as part of the news film from 1934. A completely different type of recording concerns the town of Hradec Králové in 1929 visited by the first Czechoslovak president in the company of prominent politicians. This film closely reveals the specific security measures designed to prevent the crisis.Subsequently, two short films mapping sporadic protests and the mobilisation on the eve of World War Two are briefly described. The article concludes with information about films dealing with the army mobilisation. The greatest attention is paid to a more detailed characteristic of the film Neporažená armada (Undefeated Army) from 1938; although it should promote the idea of the homeland’s defence against the enemy, the occupation of Czechoslovakia not only required an amendment of the original title, but also the changes of the final scenes.

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