News of the Day

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1956

Production year

1956

Runtime

14 min

Category

film

Genre

educational

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Události dne

Czech title

Události dne

English title

News of the Day

Synopsis

The editor is struggling to get the news of the day together. This time it is about the danger of fire. Short scenes depict careless people who are evidently putting their health and lives in danger. A woman leaves an iron plugged in without attendance and this causes a fire. A man goes to bed with an electric blanket in poor condition and causes a fire in which he dies. A warehouse man warms up his meal on a stove at his workplace. The stove is not placed properly and the fire that breaks out swallows up the whole warehouse. Another man installs electricity in his apartment without expert help and causes more problems. Repairing a plugged in radio at home is not recommended either. A certain lady pays a lot of attention to her new hat and forgets to turn off the small electric stove before leaving the apartment. The danger also threatens the villages. Tractors are driven over electric cables loosely stretched across the road and cables set the straw on fire. The editor and his secretary laugh at the stupid people but in the end their office catches fire.

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Jiří Karásek

Screenplay

Jiří Karásek

Director of Photography

Alois Jiráček

Film Editor

Milada Sádková

Production Manager

Josef Soukup

Consultant

Antonín Švitorka, Václav Burda, Ing. Rudolf Hubalovský

Production info

Original Title

Události dne

Czech Title

Události dne

English Title

News of the Day

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

educational

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1956

Production Year

1956

Production specifications

projection approval 15 November 1956

Premiere

premiere 1957 /suitable for youths/

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

14 min

Original length in metres

400 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, commentary

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech