A reportage about the First World War and the run-up to that war.
Die Aufnahmen zeigen vorwiegend Monarchen, darunter den österreichischen Kaiser Franz Joseph I. 1910 bei einer Militärparade in Wien, den österreichischen Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand bei einem Spazie...
The film freely interprets events occurring predominantly in Sarajevo between the 15th June 1910 to the 15th June 1914 that had preceded and caused breaking out of the Great War, i.e. World War I, whi...
First, the arrival by car and carriage of the various mourners at the west door of Sankt Stefan's Cathedral. Recognisable among the dignitaries arriving are Archduke Joseph, Archduke Friedrich, Archdu...
Emperor Karl and Empress Sofia arrive by train at the station in Sofia. The royal couple is welcomed by Ferdinand I. of Bulgaria, Crown Prince Boris and Duke Cyrill. Karl reviews the guard of honour. ...
Newsreel fragments showing a few moments of the wedding between Karl Franz Joseph of Habsburg and Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1911).
Anthology on the Kings of Europe at the beginning of the WW1
1. Stuttgart: Das erste Hindenburg-Denkmal in Deutschland…
2. … ein Monument aus Schnee.
3. Kairo: Krönung des neuen Sultans von Aegypten.
4. Batum: Die von den Türken zerstörte Fun...