Adolf Hitler in Vienna, Austria around time of the Anschluss. Hitler stands in open car. A huge crowd gathered at Heldenplatz. Adolf Hitler gets out of the car. The crowd cheers. German military officers salute him with traditional right-hand salute, while SS officers, in black, give Nazi salute. Army officer, officially greeting Hitler, salutes in standard military manner, while Hitler extends Nazi salute. Adolf Hitler shakes hands with him and converses at length, after which, the officer, again, salutes traditionally, while Hitler extends arm in Nazi salute. (Throughout, German Army officers are seen rendering traditional hand salute, while SS officers, in black uniforms, give Nazi salutes.) Nazi flags hung from the buildings.Hitler reviews the troops. Large memorial wreath shown with Officers attending. Hitler participates in wreath-laying at the Austrian War Memorial near the Burgtor of the Hofburg (HabsburgPalace). Accompanied by an SS officer, Hitler converses with civilian officials. View of enthusiastic young women spectators.
High government officials from Austria attend the funeral services held for the fifty soldiers and police killed during a Socialist revolt, Vienna. Austrian soldiers lined up in front of the building. Priests move ahead during the funeral procession. Austrian government officials lined up. Men attend funeral services. Soldiers march along road followed by government officials and trucks loaded with caskets and wreaths.
The First World War. Austrian cavalry troops, horse carriages and infantry troops in World War 1. Charles I of Austria leaning over from a horse and talking to royal family members in a carriage. Very brief shot of Japanese funeral forJapanese Navy Admiral Heihachiro Togo, Tokyo, Japan. German Army troops in formation marching to battle in 1914. Newspaper headlines showing outbreak of World War 1. British Army soldiers in trenches fix bayonets on rifles and advance on a battlefield, taking refuge in a bomb crater. Gas shells and or smoke explode nearby as they advance on the battlefield. Explosions occur and smoke rises in the background. Medics with stretchers stop to assist some injured soldiers.
Nazi forces in German-occupied Vienna after the Anschluss. Stahlhelm helmets on top of packages and rifles on the ground. A woman pours coffee for German soldiers on a street. Nazi soldier lifts a child to ride a horse. Boy grinning while being held by a soldier. Soldier lifts a boy holding a Nazi German flag. The soldier shows an anti-aircraft gun to the little boy. Little boy views the inner portion of the anti-aircraft gun barrel. German soldier carries a boy and a girl. German soldiers engage in small talk. Soldiers and civilians in the balcony of Gasthof Schroll (Ulricusstrasse 13, Kirchbichl 6322 Austria) in Kirchbichl, Tyrol. Austrians sitting on top of a tank. The Nazi flag flutters. Nazi officials saluting to each other. A battalion of the German-Austrian 15th Infantry Division marching in Berlin. Crowds watch a Nazi military parade in Berlin.
Tourists in town of Velden am Worther See, in Carinthia, Austria. A group of tourists swim in the Worther lake, near the Hotel Kointsch. Some dive off a board. Others step into water from a dock. Views of the lake with Hotel and other buildings in background. (Amateur home movie.)
Refugee family carrying their luggage and belongings at train station platform in Vienna, Austria. The family boards the train before departure, some carrying “United States Escapee Program” bags. A man and his daughter (holding a doll) looking out from the train car window. A smiling woman refugee with her two daughters, both holding dolls, looks out from a railroad car window. Train underway, a woman refugee, identification tag still on her clothes, grabs a snack from a white paper bag and hands it her daughter. Girl eating a chocolate inside railroad train car. A man and his granddaughter eating snacks together on train, girl holding doll. Elderly Hungarian refugee woman with identification tag on clothes takes a nap next to train window. Man sleeps during train ride.
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