1914: Kaiser Wilhelm II inspects his troops in Berlin, Germany. He shakes hands with military officers and greets other officials. The Kaiser's cousin and heir apparent to the Austrian thrown, Archduke Franz Ferdinand trains Teutonic soldiers. The troops on horses march. Officer greets ladies and children in horse carriages. The Kaiser and the Archduke hunt together. The two standing in a forest with their kill.
Automobiles carrying Emperor Franz Josef and family members arrive at Opernplatz, where all step from cars to enter Chapel of St. Hedwig's Cathedral on the occasion of the Emperor's 84th birthday (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Adolf Hitler's personal Junkers Ju 52 airplane "Immelman II" lands at Tempelhof Airdrome, Berlin. German Hitler, Hermann Goering and other officials leave the airplane. As a band plays the National Anthem, Hitler reviews an honor guard of various contingents, including Hitler Youth (Their banners display the Germanic Sig-Rune "S" symbol). Berlin citizens line sidewalks and cheer as Hitler drives from the airport in an open car.
Embassies in Washington DC, United States. A flag displayed on a building. A motorcade led by motorcycle escorts moving on a road. Several vehicles moving on the road. A sign stone outside a building reads '3006, Brazilian Embassy'. View of the cars moving down the road. A sign on the sidewall of the entrance to a building reads 'Australian Embassy'. Views of the Austrian Embassy, the Embassy of Madagascar and the Embassy of Finland. Flags displayed on buildings. Cars moving down the road. The Embassy of Yugoslavia in view. Vehicles moving on a road in the city. The U.S. Capitol in the background. People walking on a road. A man jogging on a path lined with street lamps on one side. A monument in the background.
Crown Prince of Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst, being interviewed by an American reporter. Asked about unemployment in Europe, he blames the Treaty of Versailles and opines that until the Treaty conditions are fundamentally changed there will be no peace and no quiet, commercially or economically, in Europe. Questioned about the future of Germany, the crown Prince affirms his confidence in Germany's future, suggesting that if America had not entered the war, Germany would have defeated the Allies. The interviewer asks if he had ever visited America. He responds that he had hoped to go for the Olympic games, but the political conditions prevented him from leaving Germany.
Dr. Konstantin Theodor Dumba, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United States USA, exits a row house and tips his hat toward the camera. Dr. Dumba was expelled from the USA during WWI after having been accused of espionage.
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