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The Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden on arrival at the airport in Brussels, Belgium on September 2, 1935 to attend the funeral of Queen Astrid. (AP...

Left to right : Lieutenant Vittorio Mussolini, son of the Duce; Captain Ciano, the Duce's son in law, and Minister of Propaganda for the Italian Gover...

Regent Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, centre, chatting with Dr Eduard Benes, Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, in the grounds of his Summer villa at Bohin...

Prince Henry, the Duke of Gloucester, with his then fiancee, Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, driving to Crathie Church from Balmoral, Scotland on Se...

View of the ancient mid-Summer festival of the Tsukuda Shrine showing fisherman carrying the Mikoshi across the river to Tokyo's water-front, witnesse...

The parents of Queen Astrid of Belgium - Prince Charles and Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, center, followed by her sister Princess Martha and her husban...

Pilgrims paying homage to Queen Astrid of Belgium at the Little Shrine on August 31, 1935 on the spot where she died beside the lake in Kussnacht, nea...

Signor Mussolini and General Badoglio ahead of their staff, photographed on a visit to the artillery at Galdano on August 29, 1935. (AP Photo)

The Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent in the grounds of the Summer Palace in Bled, Yugoslavia on August 29, 1935, with...

Ramon Novarro, the famous Mexican actor, left Croydon, London on August 29, 1935 for Switzerland. (AP Photo/BEAD)

Queen Mary leaving Leeds Art Gallery after her surprise visit on August 28, 1935. (AP Photo)

Diana Churchill, eldest daughter of Winston Churchill, and MP Duncan Sandys on August 28, 1935, in London, during their engagement. Their romance bega...

Troop ship Neuralia at her berth in the dock at Southampton, England on August 26, 1935, where she was being prepared to take troops and families to M...

A bi-plane being catapulted from HMS Sussex during exercises at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia on August 26, 1935. (AP Photo)

Major Emil Fey, the Austrian Minister of the Interior and Commandor of the Vienna Heimwehr, third from left, together with some of his staff from the...

Edward J. Cronin, center, Director General of the League of Youth - Blueshirts - returning the salute accorded him by the Guard of Honour on his arriv...

Edward J. Cronin, Director General of the Blueshirts, addressing the annual Convention of Blueshirts at the Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland on August 2...

The celebrated Mexican stage and screen actor Ramon Novarro arrived in Southampton on August 23, 1935 on the Berengaria ship. He was in the UK to appe...

A Japanese tank during manoeuvres on the drill ground in Narashino, near Tokyo, headquarters of the Japanese First Tank Company on August 22, 1935. (A...

Politician Lord Hailsham arriving at Downing Street, London for a cabinet meeting to discuss the Italo-Abyssinian crisis on August 22, 1935. (AP Photo...

Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm seen drinking tea. Next to him on the right is Baron von der Heydt, and facing camera, Princess Hermine, partaking of tea in the ope...

The 53rd Infantry Regiment shown during manoeuvres in the Japanese Alps on August 22, 1935 - part of a programme for accustomising the troops to mount...

Left to right : Baroness von Maltzahn, wife of former German Ambassador to Washington; Frau von Pannwitz, and the Princess Hermine, during the visit t...

Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm being greeted on his arrival in Zandvoort, Holland on August 22, 1935. He was visiting Baron von der Heydt. (AP Photo)

Dr Nahum Sokolow, the President of the Zionist Organisation and of the Jewish Agency, making his inaugural speech at the Kunsthaus in Lucerne, Switzer...

Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II, seen in foreground. Background, left to right : Baron von Grancey, Prince Oscar of Prussia, Baron von der Heydt, Princess Oscar...

His Majesty, King George V, inspecting the Guard of Honour of the Black Watch on arrival in Ballater for Balmoral Castle on August 21, 1935. He is acc...

Major Gilmour, Officer of the Guard, right, greeting King George V on arrival in Ballater, Scotland on August 21, 1935. (AP Photo)

Chancellor Neville Chamberlain on arrival at No 10 Downing Street, London on August 21, 1935 for a cabinet meeting regarding the Abyssinian crisis. (A...

Baron Aloisi, left, Italy's delegate to the Three-Power Conference on the Italo-Abyssinian dispute, shaking hands with Anthony Eden on leaving the Qua...

American heiress Doris Duke Cromwell and her husband American diplomat James Robert Cromwell arrive in Manilla, Australia on August 15, 1935. (AP Phot...

Julius Streicher, in car, acknowledging the salute of the Nazi Guard of Honour on arrival at the Sport Palace in Berlin, Germany on August 15, 1935 to...

Portrait of actress Katherine Hepburn on August 15, 1935 displaying her boyish haircut - her sacrifice for a Hollywood film. (AP Photo)

The Duke and Duchess of York arriving for the Freedom of the City ceremony in Perth, Scotland on August 10, 1935, accompanied by the Provost and Mrs H...

The Duke of York, left, inspecting the Guard of Honour of the Black Watch during his visit to Perth, Scotland on August 10, 1935. (AP Photo)

A detachment of Ethiopian soldiers, newly equipped about to leave Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the front on September 8, 1935, after having saluted the...

Princess Juliana of Holland, furthest from the camera, enjoying the sunshine in the quiet lanes around St Fillans, Scotland whilst on vacation on Augu...

Princess Juliana of Holland at St Fillans, Perthshire, Scotland on August 7, 1935, after a walk over the hillside. She was on vacation with her mother...

Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd inspecting the 1st Tank Brigade in training on Salisbury Plain on July 29, 1...

Admiral of the Fleet Earl John Jellicoe carried out the annual inspection of the Royal Merchant Navy School at Bear Wood, Wokingham, Berks on July 27,...

Hans Hinkel, Director of the Reichs Culture Chamber, was appointed by Dr Goebbels as a special commissioner for watching and supervising the artistic...

Richard Halliburton, the American writer, on Dally his elephant, receiving an Official Welcome on arrival in Aosta, Italy after their crossing of the...

Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg, with cane, left the Vienna War Memorial on July 25, 1935 after attending the military memorial service for Dr Engelbu...

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and Princess Juliana visited the Belgian Royal Children, Princess Charlotte and Crown Prince Boudewijn, at the house of JB...

Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales arriving in the Admiral's Barge at St Peter's Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands on July 24, 1935. (AP Photo)

Imaginary "battles" were waged between "Northland" and "Southland" Air Forces in the great Royal Air Force Aerial Manoeuvres, which continued for four...

Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales, being cheered by school boys on his arrival at Victoria College for a tour, Jersey, the Channel Islands on July 23...

Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales, inspecting a guard of royal militia of Jersey, on his arrival in St Helier on July 23, 1935. (AP Photo)

Edward, the Prince of Wales, addressing school children from a platform during his visit to Jersey, the Channel Islands, on July 23, 1935. (AP Photo)

Field manoeuvres of the Ethiopian soldiers as the Empire prepares for any eventuality in its quarrel with Italy, July 23, 1935. (AP Photo)