Funeral of the heir presumptive of the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination was the immediate cause of World War 1. Arriving in Trieste (now in present-day Italy), Roman Catholic priests bless coffins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin, the Duchess of Hohenburg. Austrian officers observe as priests fling holy water onto couple’s coffins. Austrian guards unload a coffin from a funeral horse-drawn carriage. Austrian guards of the 7th Uhlans and 4th Dragoons march alongside funeral carriages of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Countess Sophie in Vienna, to be buried in their family crypt at Artstetten Castle in Artstetten-Pöbring, Lower Austria. Brief shot of Franz Joseph I of Austria.
A guest enters the hotel to check in in Vienna, Austria. A woman works as a telephone operator for the hotel. A man reading a newspaper takes a call from his portable walkie-talkie. A woman answers a call from her bath. Hotel staff, chef, and chambermaids use their walkie-talkies. Hotel staff and guests talk on the Walkie Talkie. 04 August 1958.
Scenes in Vienna, Austria, during the Anschluss (annexation by Nazi Germany). German Luftwaffe aircraft fly overhead. View of St. Stephen's cathedral. Several agitators climb scaffolding at construction site and throw down signs identifying the project. (Narrator says Jews flee the city.) Two men seen hurrying into train station. Signs displayed announce trains to "Wien Nordbhf -- Breclav, Zebrzydowice; and Katowice- Warszawa." Exuberant crowds fill the streets. Local police work to maintain order. Local official gives Nazi salute from balcony. Hitler youth leader, Baldur Benedikt von Schirach, strolls down center of street with entourage. Large formation of youth jump up and down in unison, led by a director. Citizens parade in the streets. Some carry placards and banners. A poster with Hitler's image is carried. German soldiers in a Torchlight parade of army vehicles are cheered by mass of spectators. The gathering becomes highly emotional and singing of the German National Anthem begins. The German troops are besieged by well-wishers shouting Zieg Heil.
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.
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.
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.