FRANZ FERDINAND IN SARAJEVO [Allocated Title]


  • Title: FRANZ FERDINAND IN SARAJEVO [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1046a
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  • Summary: Hungarian language version of a newsreel showing events surrounding the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia, 28th June 1914.
  • Description: A pan over the town of Sarajevo. People walk past debris in the streets left after the wrecking of Serbian-owned shops by angry pro-Imperial mobs following the assassination. Hungarian troops, including dragoons, move through the streets. Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie arrive by car at the Town Hall having survived the first attempt to kill them on the way there. They get out, say brief greetings to the assembled dignitaries, and walk inside. (On their drive from the Town Hall they will be killed.)
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1046a)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1914-07
  • Production Country: France Hungary
  • Production Details: Éclair (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Franz Ferdinand (Archduke) (person) Sophie, Countess of Austria-Hungary (person) Austro-Hungarian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, Austro-Hungarian national - political (object name) politics, Serbian - alternative (object name) law and order, Austro-Hungarian - enforcement (object name) law and order, Austro-Hungarian - use of troops (object name) buildings, Austro-Hungarian - institutional: town hall (object name) Austria-Hungary & Sarajevo, Bosnia (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: Hungarian
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 133 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes: Technical: this film is currently held on the same reel as film IWM 1046b, the can is marked as IWM 1046 Remarks: the second subject is in long shot, but has every appearance of being genuine. As such, the significance of the events it depicts make it one of the most remarkable pieces of film ever taken
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