Vintage Video - 1914
This page of the Vintage Video section of the website contains archive footage of personalities and events filmed during 1914, both before and after the war had opened.
Footage includes the arrival at Sarajevo town hall of the Austro-Hungarian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand; shortly after he re-emerged he was assassinated, setting off a train of events that led to the onset of war a month later.
Each recording is titled along with a brief description.
All video files are in Adobe Flash format. As is to be expected given the age of the material no audio accompanies the film footage.
| Video |
Details |
 King George V's State Visit to France |
Paris, 1914 |
| Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra |
Russia, 1914 |
| Emperor Franz Josef I |
Austria-Hungary, 1914 |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo |
Sarajevo, 1914 |
| Joseph Joffre |
Paris, 1914 |
| Crown Prince Rupprecht |
Germany, 1914 |
| Pre-War London Peace Rally |
London, 1914 |
| President Poincare's State Visit to Russia |
Russia, 1914 |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand's Funeral |
Vienna, 1914 |
| Serbia's Regent Alexander |
Serbia, 1914 |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II Meeting His Generals |
Germany, 1914 |
| Cheering Crowds at Buckingham Palace |
London, 1914 |
| Tsar Nicholas II's Imperial War Declaration |
London, 1914 |
| Crown Prince Wilhelm |
Germany, 1914 |
| Sir John French |
Britain, 1914 |
| Public Reaction in Paris to War Declaration |
Paris, 1914 |
| Erich Ludendorff |
Germany, 1914 |
| British Recruiting Station |
London, 1914 |
| Austro-Hungarian Troops Marching |
Austria-Hungary, 1914 |
| Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff |
Germany, 1914 |
| Joseph Joffre in Paris |
Paris, 1914 |
| French 75 Gun |
France, 1914 |
| French Troops Marching |
France, 1914 |
| Canadian Troop Train |
Canada, 1914 |
| French Foreign Legion Troops Marching |
France, 1914 |
| Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff |
Germany, 1914 |
| Public Reaction in Berlin to War Declaration |
Berlin, 1914 |
| German Troops Entering Belgium |
Belgium, 1914 |
| Sack of Louvain |
Louvain, 1914 |
| German Troops Entering Brussels |
Brussels, 1914 |
| Joseph Gallieni |
Paris, 1914 |
| Joseph Joffre on the Western Front |
France, 1914 |
| Russian Prisoners at Tannenberg |
Tannenberg, 1914 |
| Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien |
France, 1914 |
| British Troops Receiving Rations |
France, 1914 |
| French Refugees |
France, 1914 |
| Taxis of the Marne |
Paris, 1914 |
| British Troops Pumping Water From a Trench |
France, 1914 |
| German Troops Preparing Trenches |
France, 1914 |
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