Universal Exposition at Paris, 1900. A panorama of Moving boardwalk. Three platforms in view. Moving platforms with passengers. Several upright posts seen, for passengers to steady up when passing from one platform to the other. Some passengers are seen standing still, while some others are walking, running or stepping from one platform to the other.
A group of men and women dressed in traditional Swiss Alpine costumes marching down the street in the village. A man balances empty barrels on a board over his shoulders. He is followed by a man leading several cows. Behind them come several girls in white dresses with broad sashes. girls and women assemble in a square and demonstrate Swiss dancing to music from a Swiss band. .
A large group of women dressed in Swiss costumes walk into center of village square. They take up positions in a circle and demonstrate country dancing. Several men join in the circle and dance with them.
View of large crowd dispersing after a large outdoor event in a stadium setting in which many individual wooden chairs are arranged for the spectators. One woman is a particular focus of attention. She approaches the camera through the thinning crowd and steps up on a raised platform of some kind, while the cinematographer records. She then steps down and to the side. Women wear long dresses and elegant hats. Many women carry parasols.Two men wear large white kerchiefs, under their straw hats, that drape down their necks, for protection from the sun. They walk past the camera and look back.
Newsreel ' Pin point Para-jump in Paris'. World's championship parachute competition in Paris. Several parachutes in air. Jumpers from nine nations vie for a cloth target on ground. A double leap by a husband and wife team.
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh welcomed by huge crowd in streets of New York City as he flew successfully from New York to Paris. Charles Lindbergh with his mother Evangeline Lindbergh and separately in the cabin of his monoplane Spirit of St. Louis. Scenic aerial views of Paris including monuments, busy streets, Montmatre Sacré-Cœur basilica, and Eiffel Tower lit up at night.
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