Set to music from the time, this clip shows actual footage taken prior to and during WWI. From the funeral procession for Franz Ferdinand, to the mobilization of troops, this video is sure to give your class an idea of life in 1914-1919....

Why was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand significant enough to begin the First World War? Crash Course World History provides a video that covers the events of July and August 1914, including the political implications...

World War I was one of the more complicated and complex conflicts of the twentieth century—but who started it? High schoolers watch a video from Crash Course World History ponders whether Germany, Austria, or Russia were to blame...

How did World War I start? While tension was building for years, the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was what drove Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. Follow along as other countries started declaring war too, and...

In this non-narrated movie, your world history class can watch Archduke Franz Ferdinand's funeral procession, the movement of troops through Europe, the digging of trenches, and townspeople being forced to relocate out of the war zone.

Read a brief explanation of the contradictory status of the legacy left by Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand helped ignite World War I.