Ambassadors from Netherlands and Belgium in the United States. Official from Netherlands speaks about the German attack. He states that Germany has violated all norms. Netherlands is resisting the attack in its full power. Belgium ambassador talks about the German attack and the strategies to defend Belgium made by King Albert I of Belgium.
King Baudouin of Belgium, Queen Fabiola, Belgian Foreign Minister Henri Spaak and 11 members of the Royal Belgian Court arrive on a SABENA plane in Tokyo Haneda International Airport (4-3 Haneda-Kuko, 2-Chome, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 144, Japan). Line flags of both Japan and Belgium flying above airport terminal. Japanese Emperor Hirohito welcomes King Baudouin. King Baudouin shakes hands with the Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and his wife, Crown Princess Michiko. Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, Foreign Minister Masayoshi Chira and members of the Japanese diplomatic corps can be seen welcoming the King and Queen of Belgium. Crown Princess Michiko welcomes Queen Fabiola. A line of Japanese honor guards welcome the King and Queen of Belgium. The royal motorcade drives away from the tarmac.
British soldiers move ammunition by train car along small gauge railroad constructed in a field in Flanders, during World War 1. Soldiers form a line and pass artillery shells from the train to boats waiting in a nearby canal.
Portrait of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, who were assassinated June 28, 1914. Crowd at Franz Joseph Street in Sarajevo. The last residence of the royal couple, in Bad Ilidze, near Sarajevo. Trees, plants and fountain at the park. Arrival of the ship, "Viribus Unitis," on July 1, 1914 to transport the bodies of the Archduke and Duchess back to Austria. Austrian seamen carry coffins of the Archduke and Duchess to the pier. They place it on a platform. Priests stand near coffins and Austrian officers salute. Horse carriage, soldiers, officers and priests walk in funeral procession to railroad station in Trieste, where the coffins of the Royal couple are transferred for transport home to Vienna. View of Castello Miramare, on the water, in Trieste. Funeral procession with automobiles in Vienna. Views of Castle Artstetten in Austria, the final resting place of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie,Duchess of Hohenberg, laid to rest there on July 4, 1914.
French troops at the Flanders front during World War I. French soldiers move forward on the battlefield. Smoke arises due to bombardment. Soldiers rebuilding the defenses taken from the retreating Germans. Some of the soldiers sit outside a destroyed building.
The funeral cortege for Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier in Mechelen, Belgium at his National Funeral in Mechelen, Belgium. His remains are carried in a black hearse coach pulled by six black horses and followed by a long line of mourners, including French Marshal Ferdinand Foch and Belgian King Albert I along with many Roman Catholic church and Belgian officials. The procession moves slowly along a street. Closeups of some participants in the procession, including a contingent of military officers and soldiers. Very closeup view of the hearse and horses as it passes the camera. An honor guard of soldiers presenting arms is lined at the side of the street, maintaining separation from a large crowd of spectators. The funeral procession pass by the Grands Magasins du Congrès, a department store. Two mounted Army officers with swords occupy the road. Soldiers form a cordon around the bier outside a building. (Cardinal Mercier was buried in Saint Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen, Belgium.)