The year 1964 is spent in an atmosphere of continued political relaxation. However, some things do not change: public transport is still overcrowded, trains run late, washing machines take months to repair, and construction projects drag on for years. But at the same time, we can also look forward to a lot of news, discoveries and sporting successes.

At the beginning of the year, Czechoslovak ice hockey players manage to win bronze at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, which is held despite bad weather and a lack of snow. Shortly afterwards, the World Figure Skating Championships take place, where the Roman siblings win. In October, the Summer Olympic Games are held in Tokyo, and Věra Čáslavská shines here, winning three gold medals in a row.

They are not idle in the field of culture either, and films are produced that find their place on television to this day. These are, for example, the first Czech musical Starci na chmelu, If a thousand clarinets or the timeless film Lemonade Joe. The political relaxation is evident in this area as well, as quite a few films that are shot this year end up in the vault a few years later.

In a completely new factory in Mladá Boleslav, the Embéčko, one of the most successful cars in our history, begins production.

The United States is actively involved in the war in Vietnam, humanity is still trying to conquer space, photographs of the moon are taken and satellites are launched to fly to Mars. The first mainframe computers are deployed in Czechoslovakia.

So let's take a walk through the year when traffic lights for pedestrians with figurines are tested, the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare is celebrated and the world starts wearing miniskirts.