Famous tourist destinations and architecture in Vienna, Austria. A group of girls holding flags (depicting the Viennese coat of arms) performs an aerobic dance. A large crowd of spectators to see the performance. View of people outside the Vienna State Opera(Wiener Staatsoper Opernring 2, 1010 Wien, Austria). The Vienna Tram 71 passes by the Vienna City Hall (Wiener Rathaus Rathausplatz, 1010 Wien, Austria). View of the neoclassical Austrian Parliament Building (Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring 3, 1017 Wien, Austria). People walking in a busy street in the Innere Stadt district showing the Vienna office of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie. People visiting the Schönbrunn Palace (Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 47, 1130 Wien, Austria). A naiads fountain in a pond in front of the Schönbrunn Palace.
Austria is liberated to independent self rule by the occupying nations, post World War 2. Exterior of Upper Belvedere Palace building in Vienna, Austria. Troops of the occupying nations parade. A large crowd gathers for celebrating the independence after Austrian State Treaty agrement. The flags of the big four occupying powers, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union, being lowered from the flag poles and the flag of Austria is raised. Officials stand amidst the crowd, including brief close up views of Theodor Körner, the President of Austria, and Julius Raab, the Chancellor of Austria. People cheering and celebrating.
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro. Horse-drawn carriage awaits outside a building in Vienna. Emperor Franz Joseph and King Nikola climb into the carriage and are covered with carriage robes by attendants. Officers salute the kings.
Emperor Franz Joseph I, in Vienna, Austria. People stand beside a carriage on the road. The Emperor steps out of the carriage. Austrian soldiers salute him.
The Anschluss. Germany occupies Austria. German cavalry cross a bridge and enter Passau, Austria. Civilians welcome them. They cheer and salute. Crowd waves German flags. Nazi soldiers remove the border gate amid cheers. Nazi flags hang from every window. Children and adults leaning out of the windows cheer the soldiers. Similar scenes show entry of German troops into Salzburg, Austria.
German occupation of Austria (Anschluss) prior to World War II. “Bundestaat Österreich” (“State of Austria”) sign at the German-Austrian border. German soldiers and cavalry march past the state border (“Staatsgrenze”) sign. The Commander of Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria shake hands with the German military official. A crowd gathers on a street and cheers. Soldiers seated on horsebacks move along the street. Soldiers march. An officer reviews the parade. Buildings along street sides. The crowd cheers. Soldiers march in formation. Exterior of a building.
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