Troops firing French 75 artillery pieces at point blank range. American troops going "over the top" (charging out of their trenches) in France during World War 1. Newspaper announces: "Yanks are Coming!" American General John Pershing on horseback leading a contingent of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Declares War !!" U.S.troops marching in Washington, DC, with Capitol building in background. View of a ship's bow as it sinks beneath the ocean, is covered by newpaper headline announcing the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, by a German submarine. Newspaper swirls into the image, with headline announcing their assassinations. Opening scene shows Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. Royal family members and other dignitaries, such as the Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (mother of Princess Zita), Prince Xavier of Parma (brother of Princess Zita) and the Spanish Infante Don Jaime Duke of Madrid, are present for the wedding.Īmerica mobilizes for World War I and confronts demobilization afterwards His wife Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg, stands beside Emperor Franz Joseph during the ceremony. Archduke Franz Ferdinand attends the wedding of Archduke Karl to Princess Zita at the Schwarzau Palace in Lower Austria. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary inspects troops in Vienna. Queen Mary leaves the palace in a horse carriage. Royal guards among the large crowd gathered to witness the ceremony. In London, King George V and Queen Mary arrive in the royal carriage for the King's coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey (Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom). United States President Theodore Roosevelt addresses a crowd. Views of Castle Artstetten in Austria, the final resting place of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie,Duchess of Hohenberg, laid to rest there on July 4, 1914.Īrchduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg attend a wedding at Habsburg House in Austria.Īrtillery mounted on rail cars. Funeral procession with automobiles in Vienna. View of Castello Miramare, on the water, in Trieste. Horse carriage, soldiers, officers and priests walk in funeral procession to railroad station in Trieste, where the coffins of the Royal couple are transferred for transport home to Vienna. ![]() Priests stand near coffins and Austrian officers salute. Austrian seamen carry coffins of the Archduke and Duchess to the pier. Arrival of the ship, "Viribus Unitis," on Jto transport the bodies of the Archduke and Duchess back to Austria. The last residence of the royal couple, in Bad Ilidze, near Sarajevo. Crowd at Franz Joseph Street in Sarajevo. Portrait of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, who were assassinated June 28, 1914. Assassination and funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, of Austria, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
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