Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who were good friends, are seen in animated conversation at a park in Vienna, Austria. They walk together down a slope from a path. A bicycle leans against a tree on the path. A photographer with camera on tripod is ready to record the event. The two imperial friends are dressed alike, in similar coats and hats. They both wear daggers and carry canes. Their conversation is quite animated.
The Orient Express luxury railroad train stopping over at Nazi German-occupied Vienna (Anschluss). View of Vienna as seen from inside a moving railroad train. Train slowing down near its arrival at the train station. The Colonnade Gloriette of Schoenbrunn Palace (Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47 1130 Vienna) is seen far in the distance. Passengers disembark and embark on the Orient Express train in Vienna. Conductor checks tickets of passengers before allowing them to board. The Orient Express train begins to move, departing from the station. An elevated view of a train at a station platform. Train number reads "01-089", identified as DRB - Deutsche Reichsbahn [D] locomotive "01 089". Conductors complete final preparations for departure and the Deutsche Reichbahn train pulls away from the station platform.
Nazi forces in German-occupied Vienna after the Anschluss. Stahlhelm helmets on top of packages and rifles on the ground. A woman pours coffee for German soldiers on a street. Nazi soldier lifts a child to ride a horse. Boy grinning while being held by a soldier. Soldier lifts a boy holding a Nazi German flag. The soldier shows an anti-aircraft gun to the little boy. Little boy views the inner portion of the anti-aircraft gun barrel. German soldier carries a boy and a girl. German soldiers engage in small talk. Soldiers and civilians in the balcony of Gasthof Schroll (Ulricusstrasse 13, Kirchbichl 6322 Austria) in Kirchbichl, Tyrol. Austrians sitting on top of a tank. The Nazi flag flutters. Nazi officials saluting to each other. A battalion of the German-Austrian 15th Infantry Division marching in Berlin. Crowds watch a Nazi military parade in Berlin.
Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini in Salzburg, Austria. Toscanini is in town for the Salzburg Festival. A view of Salzburg. Hohensalzburg Fortress (Mönchsberg 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria) atop Festungsberg. Salzburg Cathedral (Domplatz 1a, 5020 Salzburg, Austria) and courtyard. Cars crossing Staatsbrücke over the Salzach River. Arturo Toscanini stands outside the Festspielhaus with violinist Enrico Polo and is greeted by another man.
American fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker and Colonel Hunter in Europe during World War II. A United States Army Air Forces A-20 Havoc light bomber parked at the end of a ramp. A group of officers gathered around a truck mounted with a 50 caliber machine gun. The A-20 Havoc aircraft in the background. Eddie Rickenbacker shows pilots how to use the machine gun. Rickenbacker behind the gun. An officer in the background. Eddie Rickenbacker and Colonel Hunter. A bomb service truck with a bomb carriage and a trailer attached to it drives past. The truck stops in front of the A-20 Havoc. Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Hunter and the officers inspect the bombs as the bomb service crew unloads the trailer. Eddie Rickenbacker and Col. Hunter inspecting the bombs. They inspect the smaller bombs. Two 2000 pound bombs on the trailer. Eddie Rickenbacker and Col. Hunter inspect the 2000 pound bombs.
The 94th and 95th Aero Squadrons of the United States Army Air Service First Pursuit Group, at Épiez Aerodrome in Épiez-sur-Meuse France, during World War 1. Fabric curtains of a large aircraft hangar being pulled back as several ground crewmen roll a Nieuport 28c.1, of the 95th Aero Squadron, out of the hangar. Other Nieuport airplanes of the 95th Squadron, are in lined up in front of the hangar. The squadron's identifying black and white circular stripes seen on their aircraft cowlings. Scene shifts to ground crewmen working on a row of parked SPAD S.XIII aircraft of the 94th Aero Squadron. "Hat in Ring" insignia of the 94th Squadron is painted on the sides of all aircraft. American ground crewmen hold the wings of 94th Squadron Nieuport 28c.1 #18 with its engine running. Wheel chocks are pulled from under the wheels. The aircraft turns and starts taxiing.
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