British warship, HMS Glow Worm, arrives in Port at Funchal, Madeira Island, carrying Emperor Charles (Karl) of Austria and his wife Zita, Empress Consort, in exile. The ship fires a salute from its guns. Emperor Charles and his wife Empress Zita debark from a small boat at the Funchal wharf. They are joined by their family. Policemen control the crowd. Emperor Charles and his wife leave a church, escorted by a Roman Catholic Priest, and get into a car. Exteriors of the Villa Quinta de Monte, the Habsburg family’s residence in exile. View of a furnished room with harp and statuary at the Villa Quinta de Monte (Caminho do Monte 192, 9050-288 Funchal, Portugal). A guard marches outside the building. Emperor Charles and Zita get out of the car and walk. Crowd looks on.
Austro-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand meets and enjoys animated conversation with his friend Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, in a park in Vienna, Austria. Both are dressed in similar outfits and carry canes. (Note: opening slate refers to Wilhelm I. It should read Wilhelm II.)
The Imperial coach arrives for the coronation of Emperor Charles I (Karl I) of Austria (King Karoly IV, of Hungary) in Budapest, Hungary. Crowd lined up at the ceremony. Crown Prince Otto looks out from inside the royal coach. Empress Zita, steps from the coach on the opposite side. Two men in ceremonial regalia talking to each other. An attendant looking after Crown Prince Otto. The attendant moving the crown prince to the back seat and covering him with a coverlet. Emperor Charles is seen mounted on a white horse.
Protestors carry banners as they rally and demonstrate against the German occupation of Austria (Anschluss) shortly before the outbreak of World War 2. Signs seen include, "Help Democratic Spain," "Stop Fascism," and prophetic sign "Hitler Murders Catholics and Jews." An effigy of Adolf Hitler with a large Nazi swastika is carried by protestors. Police arrive on horseback to control the crowd. Various neon lights of Times Square in background.
Archduke Charles Francis Joseph in the European Theater during World War I. He is the Emperor of the Austria-Hungary Empire. Charles Joseph on a horse at the battlefield. Other soldiers on horses in the background. Trees in the background.
Gymnasts demonstrate in Bad Kissingen, Germany. Gymnasts from England, France and Austria perform during a demonstration using a trampoline. The same jumping technique is used in diving from a high platform. A diver dives from a high diving platform.
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