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A large crowd gathers to celebrate independence of Austria as flags of occupying nations are lowered in Vienna.

Austria is liberated to independent self rule by the occupying nations, post World War 2. Exterior of Upper Belvedere Palace building in Vienna, Austria. Troops of the occupying nations parade. A large crowd gathers for celebrating the independence after Austrian State Treaty agrement. The flags of the big four occupying powers, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union, being lowered from the flag poles and the flag of Austria is raised. Officials stand amidst the crowd, including brief close up views of Theodor Körner, the President of Austria, and Julius Raab, the Chancellor of Austria. People cheering and celebrating.

Date: 1955, August
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062931
People greet Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab after his return from Moscow in Austria.

Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab in Austria. Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab back home from Moscow. Convoy of cars move on road. Guards on bike ride along the cars. People gather beside the road to greet the chancellor. Children wave flags. The Chancellor walks and tips his hat.

Date: 1955
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033808
People watch the enactment of a middle east skit by the rubber puppets in Austria.

Rubber puppets in Austria. People gather near the puppets. A man holding a puppet. A ventriloquist act conducted by the puppeteer. Enactment of a middle east skit by the puppets. People watch the performance.

Date: 1955, August 1
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675062934
A group of persons traveling and camping outdoors with a Setra bus and trailer in Austria

A Setra bus is seen pulling a trailer along a country road in Austria. The recreational vehicle (RV) combination drives into a meadow or field, where men open up a side of the bus to form a roof held by metal props. They drop other panels to form a protected area with windows (Narrator calls it a kitchen.) A woman walks along a curtained corridor in the bus. (Narrator says it can sleep a dozen people.) Occupants wave from 10 windows at the side of the expanded bus. (Steel supports are seen installed below the expanded section.) A woman opens the curtains to her berth and greets a man arising from another berth below hers. She rustles the curtain to arouse two girls in berth next to hers. A man is seen shaving with an electric razor. A man and woman receive breakfast on trays from a woman preparing the meal in the kitchen. They join a large group of persons already seated and eating under the expanded roof.

Date: 1955, September 5
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068827
Austrian Peace Treaty frees Prisoners of War from Red slavery and prisoners welcomed at railroad station by their families.

The signing of the Austrian Peace Treaty brings about the withdrawal of Soviet troops in Austria and the return of POW's from many years in Soviet prison camps, ten years after the end of World War 2. Shows repatriation of German Prisoners of War to Austria as the freed prisoners return in a railroad train. Families of prisoners wait for prisoners' arrival. Women hold hands of prisoners from train windows. A prisoner kisses his wife. A father hugs his son as the boy cries.

Date: 1955
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052622