German occupation of Austria (Anschluss) prior to World War II. “Bundestaat Österreich” (“State of Austria”) sign at the German-Austrian border. German soldiers and cavalry march past the state border (“Staatsgrenze”) sign. The Commander of Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria shake hands with the German military official. A crowd gathers on a street and cheers. Soldiers seated on horsebacks move along the street. Soldiers march. An officer reviews the parade. Buildings along street sides. The crowd cheers. Soldiers march in formation. Exterior of a building.
The Anschluss. Germany occupies Austria. German cavalry cross a bridge and enter Passau, Austria. Civilians welcome them. They cheer and salute. Crowd waves German flags. Nazi soldiers remove the border gate amid cheers. Nazi flags hang from every window. Children and adults leaning out of the windows cheer the soldiers. Similar scenes show entry of German troops into Salzburg, Austria.
Archduke Charles of Austria-Hungary marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma on 21 October 1911 at Schwarzau Palace in Lower Austria. In attendance is Charles's 81-year-old great uncle, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary. Archduke Charles and Princess Zita speaks to Emperor Franz Joseph. Prince Gaëtan of Bourbon-Parma, the 6-year-old younger brother of the bride, joins his sister. Bridesmaids follow Princess Zita. Wedding guests Archduke Franz Ferdinand (the heir to the throne), Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal (mother of Princess Zita), and Emperor Franz Joseph, in the wedding party.
Hungarian refugees arrive in Austria, fleeing violence in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (also called the Hungarian Uprising) against the Soviets. The Hungarian refugees cross a canal in night. A red Hungarian border guard crosses the canal. The Hungarian guard waves to them. The refugees hide in marshland. The refugees cross the marshland. An Austrian guard stand at the border signal them. The refugees enter in Austria. Several views of the Hungarian families entering Austria. The refugees crowd outside the swamp rescue agency. Several close up of the refugees. The refugees at the Austrian refugee camps.
A documentary titled 'Red Legacy, Leave Rail Line Mined In Austria' in Austria. A building with a name board that reads ' Wolfsthal'. A train running on a rail track. View of a rail track, overgrown with bushes, running from the interior of Austria to Czechoslovakian frontier. Abandoned buildings beside the rail track. View of a wire fence and a danger signboard indicating mines. Small flags on the ground showing the position of mines. Two men beside the flags. One of them digging ground and taking a personnel mine and disarming it. The men disarming the personnel mines buried in the ground during the Russian occupation. View of the pile of personnel mines dug out. An explosion due to mine blast and smoke rises.
A 1939 Ford commercial advertisement, in technicolor, promoting the balance and performance of the 1939 Ford Automobiles. A motor boat is seen pulling a man on an aquaplane, in a harbor. A woman balances on the shoulders of a man aquaplaning. They are successful, but both fall off the aquaplane, close to the shore. They are met by three friends and they all get into a 1939 two-door sedan and drive away. They pass a wood-paneled station wagon parked at the side of the road.
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