On 1st February 2008, an archive from the Security Service of the Czech Republic was created under the same statute as the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. Its collection contains approx. 17 km of archival material kept in special deposits in three locations in Prague and the village of Kanice (in the vicinity of Brno). The majority of archival material was taken from the former institution – the Archive of the Ministry of the Interior. The Archive now stores documents produced by the Czechoslovak Security Service, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and organizations of the so-called National Front from 4th April 1945 until 15th February 1990. The archives also comprise interesting audio-visual material produced by the Communist Security Service (StB). They were dispersed in different archives and often served as annexes under the proceedings conducted by the Security Service. For instance, the Operational Technique Division left behind 221 reels of various recordings. On the other hand, the collection of the Branch Office of the Intelligence Service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces comprises a series of 26 films on military equipment used by NATO. Similar issues are raised in 10 films gathered in the collection of the Military Counterintelligence Service. The majority of files have now been included in an archival collection called “Collection of films of the Security Service Archives”.