A tightrope wedding in La Rochelle, Bordeaux, France. Two tightrope acrobats, Roland Schmidt and Francine Pary, cross a tight rope fixed in between two ancient towers, the Chain Tower of La Rochelle (Tour de la Chaîne, 17000 La Rochelle, France) and Tour Saint-Nicolas de la Rochelle (Rue de l'Armide, 17000 La Rochelle, France), over the La Rochelle harbour. The bride climbs the stairs of a tower. A friend holds up the bride’s wedding dress. Claude Bejac, a well-known cabaret singer and deputizing for the mayor of the free community of Montmartre, climbs a fireman’s ladder. Crowds gathered to watch the couple cross a tight rope. A man helps the groom hold carry his pole. Groom walks on tight rope. The bride carefully crosses the harbor on tight rope on the other side. The bride and the groom meet in the middle of the tight rope. Bride and groom are perched on the ropes. Claude Bejac officiates the wedding of the tight rope acrobat couple. The mayor officiates the wedding while standing on a fireman’s ladder. Bride and groom getting married over the La Rochelle harbour. Harbor front of La Rochelle covered with crowds watching the tightrope wedding over the harbor. Groom puts wedding ring on bride’s finger, the newlywed couple kiss.
Numerous pieces of Allied heavy artillery lined up in the ordnance yard at Bordeaux, France, in World War 1. A Holts tractor towing a field piece and caisson across the yard, through mud. Another tractor towing a field piece and limber across the yard.
Allied military trucks unloaded at a port in Bordeaux, France during World War I. Cranes used to unload trucks and other military equipment at the port. A tank pulls a truck with a railroad car in the background. Tanks pull trucks at the port. A truck unloaded by a crane as soldiers look on. Soldiers move about on the port one of them rides a bicycle.
Allied military equipment like powder in wooden boxes unloaded from a freighter Arakan at a port in Bordeaux, France during World War I. Cranes used to unload military equipment at the port. Soldiers supervise the unloading process. Military trucks lined up with wooden boxes loaded onto it. Two Allied officers talk as unloading continues. Supply boxes piled up as soldiers unload them.
Allied military equipment like powder in wooden boxes unloaded from a freighter Arakan at a port in Bordeaux, France during World War I. Cranes lifts wooden frame boxes from the freighter as men look on. Boxes hoisted in a sling. Crane places the boxes on the ground.
Allied soldiers assemble a truck at a camp in Bordeaux, France during World War I. They turn it and put wheels. Water carts lined up at the camp.
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