German troops enter Austria. Newspaper headlines about earlier discussions between Hitler and Kurt Schuschnigg, the Chancellor of Austria, who unsuccessfully resisted the Anschluss. A sign reads 'state border 65'. German troops along with artillery advance forward towards the city. They cross a bridge and enter. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a car. A flag of the Nazis. Civilians gather at Heldenplatz . Hitler addresses the people. People around the Statue of Archduke Charles of Austria on the Heldenplatz . The civilians listen to him. A close up of Hitler addressing people. The civilians cheer. An unidentified aircraft in flight. Hitler and his party members look up in the sky. The soldiers parade and Hitler reviews the parade.
President of United States Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon are guests of Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, of the Federal Republic of Austria, for luncheon at the Kobenzl-Gaisberg Hotel (Kobenzl Hotel Salzburg, Am Gaisberg 11, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria, Salzburg, Austria). They mingle informally on the porch of the hotel. Chancellor Kreisky introduces them to several Austrian dignitaries, who greet and welcome the President and First Lady. Nixon shakes hands and talks. Austrian women hotel employees, dressed in traditional Tracht costumes, watch from an upper balcony of the hotel as the dignitaries pose for photographs. President and First Lady Nixon having drinks with Chancellor Kreisky and other guests. Press photographers take photos from behind.
German occupation of Austria, or Anschluss, prior to World War II. Swastika shaped paper confetti falling from the sky. Austrian people gather on a street in Linz and cheer German military forces. Dreifaltigkeitssäule or Holy Trinity Column (Hauptpl., 4020 Linz, Austria) in foreground with German bomber aircraft in formation flight behind. Boys march. Civilians gather in a large number on the street and cheer. German soldiers and officers gather. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a motorcade moving along a street. The crowd cheers and waves. Hitler stands with other officials. Buildings along street sides. Hitler seen at night on a balcony waving to the crowd in Austria.
First General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) opens in Vienna, Austria. Vienna Grand Hotel, next to the Vienna Opera House, serves as the Agency’s temporary headquarters. View of Vienna Grand Hotel (Grand Hotel GmbH c/o Grand Hotel Wien, Kärntner Ring 9, 1010 Vienna, Austria), where the conference is being held. Vienna Tram moving in front of Grand Hotel. The flag of the participating nations on the building. A United Nation flag on the building. The delegates seated in the conference hall. A delegate shakes hands with the delegation head. President of Austria Adolf Scharf arrives with other officials. The Austrian President welcomes the delegates. He shakes hands with the head of the delegates. People taking pictures. The head of the delegates stand at a podium.
German prisoners of war arrive at the town square or Hauptplatz (Hauptpl., 4020 Linz, Austria) in Linz, Austria during last few days of World War II. View of Dreifaltigkeitssäule or the Holy Trinity Column (Dreifaltigkeitssäule, Hauptplatz, 4020 Linz, Austria). Trucks bring more prisoners into the town. The prisoners climb off the trucks and stand in the town square. Trucks loaded with prisoners drive past on a road in the foreground. The prisoners unload from the trucks.
Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini in Salzburg, Austria. Toscanini is in town for the Salzburg Festival. A view of Salzburg. Hohensalzburg Fortress (Mönchsberg 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria) atop Festungsberg. Salzburg Cathedral (Domplatz 1a, 5020 Salzburg, Austria) and courtyard. Cars crossing Staatsbrücke over the Salzach River. Arturo Toscanini stands outside the Festspielhaus with violinist Enrico Polo and is greeted by another man.