The international situation before the First World War (1910-1913)

The King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, drives up to the entrance to the palace in a carriage.

The King greets the people gathered in the square from the balcony.

The President of France, R. Poincaré, gets into the carriage.

A parade on a Berlin street.

The German Emperor, Wilhelm II, gets into the carriage.

The British royal retinue exits.

Emperor Nicholas II passes by, accompanied by his family and officers of the retinue.

The motorcade of the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, passes by, the King and Queen are at the palace window.

Nicholas II awards the officers of his convoy after the inspection.

Nicholas II and members of his family get into the carriage.

The Emperor of Austria-Hungary, Franz Joseph I, inspects the line of troops lined up for the parade in Vienna.

Franz Joseph I gets into an automobile.

Franz Joseph I and Archduke Charles on a hunt.

The wedding of Archduke Charles.

Clergymen pass by during celebrations of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov in St.

Petersburg and Moscow.

Emperor Nicholas II passes by with his retinue.

Workers' demonstrations in European cities.

Faces of the demonstration participants.

Dispersal of the demonstration.

Locomotives on railway tracks.

Working machines with an electric drive.

View of part of a workshop with a conveyor.

Mechanization of manual labor, workers in factory workshops.

Workers carry their comrade who has received an industrial injury, faces of people standing around.

Views of European industrial enterprises, smoke billowing from a chimney.

Manufacturing barrels for naval artillery.

Newspapers being published in a printing house.

Articles in foreign newspapers about the escalating political situation in Europe.

French President Poincaré arrives for a military review.

Poincaré reviews the parade of the French cavalry.

Patriotic demonstration in France, a speaker speaking from the rostrum.

Patriotic procession in Paris, people carrying tricolor banners.

Speakers give speeches at patriotic rallies, people greet the next speaker.

Emperor Wilhelm II at maneuvers.

Parade of German horse artillery.

German and Austrian generals observe the actions of the troops.

A German soldier throws a grenade, generals conduct an analysis of the maneuvers.

German ships on a military campaign.

A couple dancing tango in a Parisian restaurant.

A signalman gives signals during military operations on one of the fronts of the Balkan War of 1912. Montenegrin infantry and cavalry move into position.

Montenegrin officers at an observation post.

Artillerymen load guns and open fire, the infantry rises to attack.

The face of a French general commanding a military expedition to Morocco.