Opening Ceremony of the Čech Bridge

Country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1908

Production year

1908

Premiere

06/1908

Runtime

2 min

Category

film

Genre

reportage

Typology

documentarytheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Slavnost otevření nového Čechova mostu

Czech title

Slavnost otevření nového Čechova mostu

English title

Opening Ceremony of the Čech Bridge

Parallel title

Slavnostní otevření Čechova mostu / Slavnostní otevření nového Čechova mostu

Synopsis

View on the Čech Bridge from the Pařížská Street. At the bridge head there is a group of the city officials reading their speeches. The festive group of people walks over the bridge towards Letná. Then follows a scene from the opposite side of the bridge, from the right bank of the Vltava River. The group of people then walks back from the Letná side.

Note

The film was filmed and presented as a part of the Jubilee Exhibition of the Chamber of Trade and Commerce at the Prague Exhibition Grounds, which lasted from May to October 1908. – The event itself took place on 6th Juni 1908.

Performed by

Karel Groš

starosta pražský 1906 – 1918

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Jan Kříženecký

Locations

Praha, Vltava (Praha), Čechův most (Vltava), předmostí /dnes budova Právnické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy/ (Čechův most)

Production info

Original Title

Slavnost otevření nového Čechova mostu

Czech Title

Slavnost otevření nového Čechova mostu

English Title

Opening Ceremony of the Čech Bridge

Parallel Title

Slavnostní otevření Čechova mostu / Slavnostní otevření nového Čechova mostu

Category

film

Typology

documentarytheatrical distribution

Genre

reportage

Origin country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1908

Production Year

1908

Premiere

premiere 06/1908 (Jubilejní výstava obchodní a živnostenské komory na pražském Výstavišti)
renewed premiere 30 August 2018 /suitable for all ages without limit/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Národní filmový archiv (obnovená 2018)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

2 min

Original length in metres

30 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm, DCP 2-D

Aspect ratio

1:1,33, 1:1,26

Colour

black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

without subtitles