Bicycle riders participate in the 2800-mile Tour de France cycle classic event (bicycle race) in Le Vesinet, France. Large crowd gather along sides of the streets. Racers drive by city streets, country roads and bridges. City street decorated with decorative flag strings.
30th Automobile Club's Grand Prix in Montlhéry, France. The Automobile Club's Grand Prix of Formula One racing gets underway in Monthlery, France. Europe's top race car drivers compete at the race. F1 cars on the track as they speed away for the top spot. A car in flames along the track. Winner crosses the finish line.
Mass funeral ceremony at Notre-Dame Cathedral (Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris) in Paris, France. Numerous draped coffins are laid outdoors on the esplanade of the Cathedral's West Front. Countless floral wreaths are placed alongside the coffins, including one identified as coming from the President of France Albert Lebrun. A plain stone monument stands above the scene, holding a plaque on which a list of names is engraved. Pall bearers carry flag-draped coffins across the esplanade to various designated places. A large group of mourners stands together, including two Catholic nuns wearing white cornettes. The ensuing ceremony is entirely military in nature and includes military band and marching soldiers.
General Strike in France. Closed shops in city. Pedestrians move on streets. Long line of people outside a store waiting to buy. A woman walks along street. Aux Galeries Lafayette building. Crowd at railroad station. Crowd demonstrates with signs and banners. People parade in streets as musicians play instruments.French men and women dance to music from several accordian players.
French Marshal Philipppe Petain in France. French airmen lined up at an airfield. A Farman F.220 bomber takes off and flies past the military assembly. Marshal Petain reviews the troops. French Farman F.220 bomber aircraft parked in the background. An officer being decorated at a ceremony. The troops march past the reviewing party.
A train arrives at a station in France early in Spanish Civil War. Passengers leaving Spain, to escape the rebellion there, get off the train carrying their luggage and enter a room to undergo customs inspection. A sign outside the room reads 'Douane' ( Customs, in French).
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