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Emperor Franz Joseph among troops; mobilization of French and German forces; World War 1 refugees
Events early in World War I. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria gets out of the car and walks with military escorts in front of troop formation. French troops happily enter protected fortified area. Woven wooden supports for trench. French Colonial soldier smiles as he poses in trench with rifle. German Kaiser Wilhelm II leads procession in front of honor guard. Ladies are in attendance. German parade led by goose stepping military band. Russian cavalry and the mass of autos. German lancers. Sign posted in France, announcing general mobilization of Army and Navy. French street scene with notices being passed out among the population. French Legionnaires march in crowded street. British palace guards parade in London followed by British Horse Guards. Belgian refugees walking along a roadside and cattle pulling wagons loaded with refugee belongings.
Events and newspaper headlines leading to beginning of World War 1. Includes dramatization of Franz Ferdinand assassination.
Events that led to the beginning of World War I. Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand and his wife descending steps in Sarajevo Austria. Dramatization of assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Newspaper headlines from The Sun: "Austrian Archduke Assassinated at Serajevo"; The Washington Post: "Austrian Ultimatum to Servia"; Pittsburgh Gazette Times "Kaiser Calls Up Army"; the Oakland Tribune: "War! Germans launch French Attack". Views of mobilization of German troops. German troops march as people cheer them on. A small boy dressed as a German soldier gives a salute. Troops march with a dachsund dog wearing a German Army helmet. A German woman buys a brooch with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor, to put on her dress before a parade including Wilhelm II. German citizens waving at German military parade. Infantry and cavalry units march past a large crowd in streets on the way to war.
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand becomes the prelude to World War I. Portion of funeral procession of Archduke Ferdinand.
Newspaper headline declares Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Countess Sophie's assassination by a Bosnian youth in Sarajevo. The Archduke's bullet ridden uniform. The caskets carrying the bodies of the Archduke and his wife are taken to Vienna. The caskets wrapped in the Austrian flag at the port. Officers and soldiers salute in their honor. Priests lead the funeral procession followed by the caskets brought in horse carriages. Various New York newspaper headlines depicting beginning of World War I: Austria declares war on Serbia, Russia mobilizes against Austria, Germany declares war on Russia, France and England declare war on the Central Powers. Berlin: A large crowd gathered on the streets of Berlin. Mobilized German troops and band march on the streets. Crowd greets the German soldiers.
Russia, Germany and Romania mobilize for World War I.
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia mobilizes ten million men on the Eastern border during the early stages of World War 1. The Tsar inspects Russian troops and consults with his uncle the Grand Duke Nicholas. Russian troops and the military band march. The Kaiser, and the king of Wurttenberg step from a car in Germany. Officers and civilians gathered around. The Kaiser reviews soldiers in Germany. The Crown Prince of Germany readies to command an army. Field Marshall August Von Mackensen, readies to fight the Romanian Army.
French and German troops mobilize for World War I.
An order for mobilization of the French troops for World War 1. French troops march in the streets of France. A crowd cheers them on. Troops marching in a field. French President Raymond Poincare, General Joseph-Jacques-Cesaire-Joffre, and other officers inspect and salute the troops. The proclamation of a German general for the population of Luxembourg. Kaiser Wilhelm II with his military officers in Germany. The Kaiser inspects and salutes marching troops. German soldiers advance on cobbled streets.
British, Turkish, Belgian, Serb, French, and Australian soldiers mobilize for World War I.
Headlines in various New York and Belgian newspapers report the entry of Austria, Germany, Russia and Great Britain into the World War 1. A poster part of the recruitment campaign by Lord Kitchener, British Secretary of State for War. British troops in the streets of England, mobilize for the war. King George V, his son and uncle, inspect British troops. Turkey: The Sultan of Turkey and other military officials emerge from a building. The Sultan takes his seat in horse carriage and is driven away. Turkish troops at a port and soldiers seated in a ship. Belgium: Bombarded buildings and ruins in Louvain. People and soldiers on the street. People in carts on a road in search of new homes. Military officers study a map. Belgrade: Serbians bomb Belgrade. Soldiers fire artillery guns. Bomb explosions on a hill. British soldiers camp with French soldiers across the channel. Australian soldiers march ahead to join the war. Germany: Retired General Paul Von Hindenburg, commander of the Germans, and other military officers pose outside a building. The German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II ascends from the sand dunes of Belgium to inspect his troops in a field. France: French soldiers on alert in trenches and bunkers, defend the borders of Paris. General Gallieni and his troops leave Paris for the front in taxicabs.
