Celebrations on London's streets following Italy's decision to join the Triple Entente– Britain, France and Russia -- and declare war on Austria-Hungary, during World War I. Crowd on street gathers for demonstration, vehicles also on road. Crowd stand in front of building with flags. Kingdom of Italy flag flies.
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.
HMS Glow Worm of British royal Navy seen docked at Funchal, Madeira Island. Salute from ship guns is fired. At the Funchal wharf , Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles I (Charles I of Austria or Charles IV of Hungary) and his wife Zita, Empress Consort, are seen arriving from the ship during their exile. Police manage crowd of onlookers as Emperor Charles Zita leave a church with a Catholic Priest, and enter a waiting automobile. Views of the Austrian emperor's exile residence exterior and interior, including an ornate living room. Guard on duty outside the residence. Emperor Charles and Zita exit an automobile and walk together as onlookers watch.
Delegates of the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations converse inside a hotel in Geneva, Switzerland. Press, media, and public wait outside to get a glimpse of the delegates. The delegates exit the hotel after the meeting. Shows several dignitaries including French statesman Aristide Briand; Signor Vittorio Scialoja, representative of Italy; Dr. Gustav Stresemann and German Delegation; the Japanese representative Mineichirō Adachi; Giuseppe Motta representing the Swiss Confederation; Count Sándor Apponyi of Hungary; Czechoslovakian Minister for Foreign Affairs Edvard Beneš with his staff.
Hotel employees raise Delegation flags on the Beau Rivage Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates of the 7th Assembly of the League of Nations converse inside the hotel. Press, media, and public wait outside to get a glimpse of the delegates. The delegates exit the hotel after the meeting. Shows several dignitaries including Aristide Briand; Vittorio Scialoja, representative of Italy; Dr. Gustav Stresemann and German Delegation; the Japanese representative Mineichirō Adachi; Giuseppe Motta representing the Swiss Confederation; Count Albert Apponyi of Hungary; Czechoslovakian Minister for Foreign Affairs Edouard Benes with his staff.
The founders of the League of Nations. Shows Woodrow Wilson reading newspaper.; Lord Arthur Balfour; M. Branting, Sweden; Gustav Stresemann, Germany; Fridtjof Nansen, Norway; Aristide Briand, France; Count Albert Apponyi, Hungary; Vittorio Scialoja, Italy; and Ignaz Seipel, Austria.