German occupation of Austria, or Anschluss, prior to World War II. Swastika shaped paper confetti falling from the sky. Austrian people gather on a street in Linz and cheer German military forces. Dreifaltigkeitssäule or Holy Trinity Column (Hauptpl., 4020 Linz, Austria) in foreground with German bomber aircraft in formation flight behind. Boys march. Civilians gather in a large number on the street and cheer. German soldiers and officers gather. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a motorcade moving along a street. The crowd cheers and waves. Hitler stands with other officials. Buildings along street sides. Hitler seen at night on a balcony waving to the crowd in Austria.
People sing the famous Christmas carol ' Silent Night ' at a Church in Austria. People enter the Silent Night Chapel (Stille Nacht-Platz 1, 5110 Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria) in Oberndorf, Austria where the famous Christmas carol ' Silent Night' was composed. Children sing the carol Silent Night, in German, as other parishioners look on. A sculpture of Mother Mary with Jesus Christ. A man playing a guitar accompanies the singing. A Christmas Tree with lighted white candles on it. Close up views of boys and girls singing the carol.
The city of Salzburg, Austria. View of Salzburg Altstadt and Fortress Hohensalzburg (Mönchsberg 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria). Various views of buildings and surrounding mountains. Aerial view of Salzburg Cathedral (Domplatz 1a, 5020 Salzburg, Austria). Traffic on a bridge and along streets. Italian musician and conductor Arturo Toscanini stands outside a theater with a man.
German prisoners of war arrive at the town square or Hauptplatz (Hauptpl., 4020 Linz, Austria) in Linz, Austria during last few days of World War II. View of Dreifaltigkeitssäule or the Holy Trinity Column (Dreifaltigkeitssäule, Hauptplatz, 4020 Linz, Austria). Trucks bring more prisoners into the town. The prisoners climb off the trucks and stand in the town square. Trucks loaded with prisoners drive past on a road in the foreground. The prisoners unload from the trucks.
Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini in Salzburg, Austria. Toscanini is in town for the Salzburg Festival. A view of Salzburg. Hohensalzburg Fortress (Mönchsberg 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria) atop Festungsberg. Salzburg Cathedral (Domplatz 1a, 5020 Salzburg, Austria) and courtyard. Cars crossing Staatsbrücke over the Salzach River. Arturo Toscanini stands outside the Festspielhaus with violinist Enrico Polo and is greeted by another man.
Distinguished officials and guests are arriving in the garden of the Schwarzau castle, on Sunday, October 22, 1911, for the wedding breakfast, following the marriage, the day before, of Archduke Charles of Austria-Este and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. An outdoor altar has been set up and Roman Catholic clergy are engaged in ceremonial preparations. Princess Zita kneels at a singular pew and is joined by Charles, who stands beside her. (A small dog is seen briefly in the foreground.) From a different camera angle, the couple are seen kneeling side-by-side, as Priests proceed with their ministrations. Camera pans left to 81-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria standing, in the center of the yard, surrounded by the rest of the participants, including a group of girls in white dresses. A floral wreath with an organza bow and tails is suspended by one of the castle windows. Some staff watch the ceremony from a window.