A film on 1918 celebrations of independence as the Habsburg reign ends in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Czecho-Slovak troops look out from a railroad train window as they arrive in Prague. Troops stand holding their flag. The troops arrive from Austria. People cheer as troops march. People cover the statue of Joseph Radetzky von Radetz in front of the Radetzky Memorial at the Malostranské náměstí, the main square of Malá Strana (Lesser Town) at the foot of Prague Castle. Cartoons and caricatures of Kaiser and Crown Prince. Pictures of the cabinet members of Czechoslovakia. Troops depart from Slovakia to hold the Hungarian border on horse carts and horses. Battisti, the brother of the executed Italian deputy in a car. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Testing of Ford Motor Company's 3-Ton M1918 tank in the United States. A tank moves across a rough field. Trees in the background. Another tank moves in the background. A driver inside the tank. The tank moves on a field. The tank moves in reverse position and smoke rises from the engine. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Austrian dreadnaught battleship SMS Szent István seen sinking after being struck by Italian torpedo boats off the Dalmation coast in Adriatic Sea on June 10,1918, during World War I. She is seen listing to starboard as her crew members jump from the ship. Many crew remain on her upper sections. Sailors watch from another warship, nearby.The Szent István rolls over and many crew members scramble over her upturned hull and begin to jump from the sinking ship. An escort warship seen in background.
An Italian Navy Captain standing with a civilian and a colonel of the Italian Alpini (probably Colonnello Fossini Camossi, commander of the Italian Corpo di spedizione italiano in Estremo Oriente, that came to Vladivostok October 17, 1918, on its way to Manchuria, to guard the Tran-Siberian railway). The Navy Captain takes a paper from his coat and discusses contents with the Colonel. Brief view of a squad of Italian soldiers as they present arms, order arms, and assume parade rest, while standing on the sidewalk.
Entente Powers intervention in Russia during World War 1. Slate identifies Commander of British Forces General Henry Owen Knox. (Research indicates he was an honorary Brigadier General circa 1918-19, and may have been the ranking officer with British Forces aboard ship while en route to Russia.) He smokes a cigarette and talks with another British officer on the ship. (Note: the Commander of the British mission in in Russia during the Allied intervention was Major-General Alfred Knox.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A still photograph of a two place U.S. Navy Curtiss HS-1 or HS-2 flying boat, circa 1918. Men standing on the parked airplane.
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