Wrecked houses and buildings at a mountainside along a lake or sea in the Austria-Hungary empire soon after end of World War I. Close views of rubble of homes. Civilian men walk on the street with their luggage and belongings on horse-carts.
A busy avenue in Vienna at night. Vienna tram 59 moving towards Lainz. Christmas lights decorate the streets of Vienna. Store signs displaying brands such as Bally, Julius Meinl and Regent Schuhe (Light only reads “Regent Schu”). People passing by a Viennese women’s fashion store “Lady Moden”. A bus passes by. Men and women window shopping in one of the shopping arcades near Stephansplatz. Mannequins and bags on display in storefronts. A Christmas tree light design decorates a building. A group of Hungarian refugees flee Hungary at nighttime. A young man crosses a stream over a fallen tree at night while holding his bag with his teeth. Another man helps the young man stand up after crossing. Hungarians running towards the Austrian border during day. Refugees reach the Austrian border by dawn. Two men supporting a tired old man to the Austrian border. Man removing his shoes after his arrival to Austria. A Hungarian family from Budapest arrives in Austria. Austrian immigration policeman greets the family at gate. Policeman directs the family to the refugee camp. Hungarian family joins other refugees inside camp. Man, woman, and their daughter kiss the cheeks of a young child held by father as refugees families reunite. Hungarian refugees are interviewed inside their room in the camp.
Professor Archibald Cary Coolidge of Harvard University, special assistant to the Department of State, assigned to the American Commission to negotiate peace after World War 1. He is seen in this sequence, with members of his staff, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, from where they assessed postwar political conditions in Austria-Hungary and neighborhood countries, and made recommendations for the U.S. participants at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. The sequence begins with staff members walking from the Hofburg (Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel 1010 Wien). It is January, and snow is on the ground. Professor Coolidge holds gloves in his left hand and warms his right hand inside his coat in Napoleonic manner, as he chats with others. Staff members are predominantly military officers and include both U.S. Army and Navy personnel.
Austrian troops moving cautiously along area of shallow trenches, during World War 1. King Charles IV of Hungary (Karl I, Emperor of Austria) on a hillside with his military staff, watching Austro-Hungarian troops in action. The troops running down a hillside towards trenches.
During the Second Balkan War, King Nicholas I of Montenegro converses with Austria-Hungary embassy staff personnel. King Nicholas walks away. A soldier salutes him. Officers stand at side.
Artillery mounted on rail cars. United States President Theodore Roosevelt addresses a crowd. In London, King George V and Queen Mary arrive in the royal carriage for the King's coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey (Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom). Royal guards among the large crowd gathered to witness the ceremony. Queen Mary leaves the palace in a horse carriage. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary inspects troops in Vienna. Members of the Habsburg royal family. Archduke Franz Ferdinand attends the wedding of Archduke Karl to Princess Zita at the Schwarzau Palace in Lower Austria. His wife Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg, stands beside Emperor Franz Joseph during the ceremony. Royal family members and other dignitaries, such as the Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (mother of Princess Zita), Prince Xavier of Parma (brother of Princess Zita) and the Spanish Infante Don Jaime Duke of Madrid, are present for the wedding.