A selection of pre-war chronicle stories (1910-1919)

France.

Airplane.

Airship in the air.

A group of French officers accompany the Spanish King Alfonso XIII. Station.

Carriages.

A group of soldiers.

Emperor of Austria-Hungary Franz Joseph I with a group of escorts.

Germany.

France.

Russian Empire.

August, 1912. View of the Kremlin wall.

The highest exit to the Assumption Cathedral.

Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, and the heir, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, pass by, accompanied by the Grand Dukes, members of their retinue, dignitaries, and clergy.

Germany.

France.

Airship in the air.

An airship flies over the harbor.

France.

One of the pioneers of aviation in the air.

Airplane in the air.

Aerobatic maneuvers.

Germany.

France.

Juvisy /France/.

Pilot Chanteloup demonstrates aerobatics.

Pilot near an airplane.

Airplane in the air.

Demonstration of aerobatic figures.

Italy.

April 24, 1913. Launch of the battleship Duilio.

King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III and his entourage watch the launch.

General view of the battleship.

Germany.

France.

Airship on the ground.

Germany.

Berlin.

Brandenburg Gate - military parade.

German Emperor Wilhelm II rides in a carriage along the parade line.

Crews with retinue.

Infantry marching.

Germany.

France.

Johannisthal.

The crash of the pilot Breitbeil.

The pilot against the background of the airplane.

The airplane takes off into the air.

Aerobatic figures.

The crash of the airplane.

Germany.

France.

Airship in the air.

Below - a train.

Great Britain.

Ceremony of welcoming the guests of honor.

The carriage passes.

Children of the privileged guests.

Statesmen in the carriage.

Visit of the President of the French Republic to St.

Petersburg.

France.

July 1912. President of the French Republic R. Poincaré walks past accompanied by military and civilian officials. R. Poincaré stands in a carriage against the backdrop of the armored cruiser Conde, saying goodbye to those seeing him off before sailing to Russia.

Russian Empire.

Saint Petersburg.

July 28-30, 1912. President of the French Republic R. Poincaré walks down the gangway, accompanied by the Ambassador of the French Republic to the Russian Empire Georges Louis.

President R. Poincaré accompanied by Ambassador Georges Louis in a carriage.

The carriage approaches one of the entrances to the Peter and Paul Fortress, and President R. Poincaré and Ambassador Georges Louis exit the carriage.

President of the French Republic R. Poincaré and Ambassador Georges Louis are among those greeting them at the entrance to the People's House of Emperor Nicholas II. President R. Poincaré, Ambassador Georges Louis and their entourage at the entrance to the Boathouse in the Peter and Paul Fortress.

In Russian military uniform (to the left of Poincaré) assistant commandant of the Peter and Paul Fortress Lieutenant General Baron V. I. Stahl von Holstein, (to the right of J. Louis) founder of the Peter and Paul Cathedral Colonel Veryovkin. R. Poincaré and J. Louis leave in a carriage from the entrance to the Boathouse.

Poincaré in a carriage.

The carriage drives along the street.

Krasnoye Selo.

Emperor Nicholas II, President R. Poincaré, Commander of the Guard Troops and the St.

Petersburg Military District Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich walk along the front of the honor guard.

France.

Villacoublay.

Attempts by pilot Prevost to fire a machine gun mounted on board an airplane.

A pilot near an airplane.

Germany.

Johannisthal.

Takeoff of the Berlin-Leipzig flight.

Dresden.

Airplanes on the ground.

Airplanes on the takeoff line.

Pilot in the cockpit.

Airplane taking off.

Airplane taking off.

Germany.

Pilot Fokker performing aerobatics.

Pilot in the cockpit.

Airplane performing aerobatics.

Germany.

King Edward VII in Germany.

Ceremonial welcome.

Salute from a ship.

Ships.

Germany.

Johannisthal, 29 March 1914. Flights of pilot Pego.

Airplane performing aerobatics.

Germany.

Honor guard company.

German officers walking through the crowd.