The First World War - PT3
The First World War - PT3 - Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Title Card: Chapter III- Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated (June 28th, 1914): CU New York Times newspaper headline: "Heir to Austria's Throne is Slain with his Wife by a Bosnian Youth to Avenge Seizure of his Country." Photo of Princip being apprehended. Still of Archduke Ferdinand's bloody, shredded tunic.
The First World War - PT3 -Funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand & wife Sophie, Austria: MS caskets on dock as priest gives last rites & military officers stand by in salute. GV military officers standing quayside. GV carriage arriving at church. GV soldiers carrying casket into church.
The First World War - PT3 - Newspaper Headlines
CUs newspaper headlines proclaiming European chain of events culminating in war: Austria & Serbia Ready for War, Russia Gives Warning to Germany, London Still Sees Hope for Peace" (NY Times); "Russia Tells Kaiser She Will Fight"; "Czar Expects War Declaration Today, England & Germany Ready"; "British Ship (Lusitania) Sunk" (NY Times); "Kaiser Decrees State of War" (New York Journal).
The First World War - PT3 - Kaiser Wilhelm
Great GV/TLSs crowd waving hats in Berlin. GVs German Army marching in parade. TLS Kaiser Wilhelm riding in military parade.
The First World War - PT3 - Tsar Nicholas II
Russia: CU newspaper headline: "Czar's Forces Mass on Eastern Border." Panning MS Tsar Nicholas II of Russia inspecting Russian troops. MS Tsar Nicholas meeting w/ Grand Duke Nicholas (Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov), supreme commander of Russian armed forces. TLSs troops marching during inspection.
The First World War - PT3 - Kaiser Wilhelm II
MS Kaiser Wilhelm II & King of Wurttemberg Wilhelm II getting out of car, civilians on curb & balcony in BG. Great panning TLS German Army soldiers wearing spiked pickelhaube helmets, standing in formation. LS Kaiser, King of Wurttemberg & entourage arriving. TLS German soldiers raising helmets three times in a cheer. TLSs Crown Prince Wilhelm (with King Ludwig of Bavaria??) reviewing troops of the 5th Army. MS General August Von Mackensen (and wife?) walking through crowd. Nice MSs German troops marching through city, rifles shoulder bound, one shot w/ two young German women running beside them, handing flowers or garlands, other civilians keeping up with the troops' fast pace.
The First World War - PT3 - French Military
CUs French poster: "Order de Mobilisation Generale." TLS French soldiers marching past crowd of women & children. MS French troops in white overcoats & kepi hats marching in formation through field, rifles shoulder bound. TLS President of France Raymond Poincare and General Joseph Joffre reviewing troops. TLS/MSs French soldiers marching in formation with rifles & affixed bayonets. MS French colonial (Algerian Muslims?) troops marching. CUs poster (in French): "Proclamation from a German General to the population of Luxembourg." The poster says that all of the Kaiser's efforts at peace have been to no avail, and since France has violated Luxembourg's neutrality, we'll just have to come in too.
The First World War - PT3 - Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kaiser Wilhelm II & German officers (incl Wilhelm II's Adjutant General Baron von Plettenberg?) walking toward camera on country road, reviewing troops marching past. Nice TLS long line of German soldiers marching along cobblestone road through town.
The First World War - PT3 - Newspaper Headlines
German & English newspapers announcing declarations of war: "Great Britain Declares War on Germany. Recruiting poster: "More Men & Still More Until the Enemy is Crushed." CU engraved quote by King George V: "'We are fighting for a worthy purpose and we shall not lay down our arms until that purpose has been achieved."
The First World War - PT3 - King George V
High angle GVs British troops & new recruits marching in London, England. TLS troops marching past cam. GV King George V, Duke of Connaught & Prince of Wales on horseback, watching troops parade in field. Great TLSs British troops marching to & from cam, rifles w/ affixed bayonets shoulder bound.
The First World War - PT3 - Sultan Mohammed V
Sultan Mohammed V of Turkey & other dignitaries walking down steps, Sultan stepping into carriage, pulls away. MS German General Otto Liman Vin Sanders (sent as an advisor to Turkey) in carriage with unidentified Turkish general. LS Turkish troops marching along dock, boats in BG. Nice MS Turkish troops sitting on ferry with rifles & bayonets-- note the goggles on their caps.