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.
Emperor Karl I (Charles I) of Austria-Hungary reviews Austrian or Austro-Hungarian troops during World War 1. Emperor Karl is in military uniform and converses with a contingent of Austrian Officers and soldiers in a field in Austria. A woman in apron and head scarf (probably a nurse) stands near the group of Austrian officers. One officer takes a photograph as the emperor converses with the group. Mountain in background.
Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl I and wife, Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma, meets military officials and commoners in Vienna shortly after their coronation. Empress Zita receives flowers, shakes hands with children. Austro-Hungarian citizens welcome the new emperor and his wife. Empress Zita and Emperor Karl receive more flowers from adoring children. Emperor Karl I meets Austro-Hungarian generals and infantry. Emperor Karl I speak to soldiers fighting for Austria-Hungary during World War 1, giving them reassuring pat on the back. Emperor Karl I rides a horse with retinue. View of Italian prisoners-of-war in Austria. Emperor Karl I onboard SMS Szent István, also known as His Majesty's Ship Saint Stephen (the last of four Tegetthoff-class dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy).