The smallest railroad engine built by a watchman in Vienna, Austria. The engine passes from under the legs of a man. The small engine moves alongside a moving train. A watchman and children on the flatcar of the small engine.
A mass assembly of 100,000 people headed by Austrian President Wilhelm Miklas pledges world peace in Vienna, Austria. The crowd assembled in front of a building. Dignitaries and bishops arrive. Flags are held by men. President Wilhelm Miklas stands with other dignitaries. Bishops at an altar.
Hitler reviews German military parade on Vienna's Ring Road, from reviewing stand near Museums of Art and Natural History. Formation of German bomber aircraft in flight. Adolf Hitler stands with German officials. They look up in the sky. Armored vehicles and motorbikes, followed by tanks, move along the road. Hitler gives Nazi salute as each passes. Military brass band, led simultaneously by two conductors, plays. View from stand, above and behind Adolf Hitler. Views of spectators, some clinging to lamposts. Cavalary troops on horseback bring up rear of parade. The military band, across the road from reviewing stand, performs close-order drill maneuvers, while playing. Young SS soldier, in helmet, seen amongst mixture of soldiers watching the parade. Older, war veteran, wearing uniform and medals, stands with group of older spectators.
Scenes from a horse racing Derby Day in Freudenau, Vienna, Austria. People sit on the bench and talk. Wealthy men in fine suits and top hats talking to one another. Society women in fine dresses, hats and carrying parasols are seen as they stroll near the race grandstand. Some of the ladies' hats are very large and have feathers and other tall decorations. Some men in Austrian soldier uniforms are also seen. Crowd strolling at the site. Members of Osterr Jockey club stand at the site, one man smokes a cigarette and talks.
Opening scene shows patients being cared for by nurses from an order of nuns (likely nuns of the Dominican order). Patients lying in beds in a modern hospital ward. Views of the attending nurses and several of the patients in their beds. Next scene shows Vienna Orthopedic Hospital in the Margareten (5th District of Vienna), established by medical Professor Hans Spitzy, devoted to treatment of crippled children and those suffering from tuberculosis affecting their bones. Boys who are patients in the hospital. Young boy with a tubercular elbow and tuberculosis of skin on the right breast. Two boys with tuberculosis of the bone and skin.
A young Hungarian refugee girl leans on her father’s shoulder. Refugee girl in deep though, chin on hand. A Hungarian grandmother looks on. A woman strokes the head of a tired refugee girl on her lap. Vienna Town Hall in morning mist ( Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1, 1010 Wien, Austria ) The Caritas Haus (presently at Albrechtskreithgasse 19-21, 1160 Wien, Austria) in Vienna. Hungarian family seeking help in the Roman Catholic-run Caritas Haus. Hungarian refugees speaking to a man at Catholic Relief Services. Poster behind man reads “Cath. Relief Services National Catholic Welfare Conference” with the United States and Austrian flags. Woman Hungarian refugee and her daughters speak with a female official to facilitate immigration to the United States. Men shake hands with a Caritas Haus official. A woman gives out free bags labeled “United States Escapee Program” to Hungarian refugees. Smiling Hungarian refugee girls opening their “United States Escapee Program” bags, inspecting the items included in the package. Welfare agency officials facilitate identification of refugees. Hungarian refugee family holding their passports. Official examining passports and recording information with typewriter. Hungarian refugee man introducing each family member to the official.