Men examine a plane in Paris. People gather in front of a hangar. Aviator Charles Lindbergh arrives with a group of men. They escort him by a French biplane and down a street past an honor guard. Large group gathers around the monoplane of Charles Lindbergh 'Spirit of St Louis'. Charles Lindbergh poses on steps next to French President Gaston Doumergue. He wears the Honor Legion medal awarded by the French President
Armistice Day celebration in Paris. Soldiers, women and others pose. One young woman wears a soldiers cap. Huge crowd gathered on either side of road. The streets are crowded with people who do a snake dance in the Avenue de l'Opera. Several men and women stand in a group on stairs. A woman carries flags. People cheer. Automobiles, carrying people on their roofs, pass through the street. Cars, horse drawn wagon and other automobiles on the street. World War 1 Allied soldiers pose on a step with a woman holding Crossed British and French flags. They remove their hats and wave. Celebrants ride on running boards of cars carrying flags. A group of women marches with arms linked together, shouting and smiling. Every kind of vehicle joins in the moving celebration and crowds swarm about them on the happy occasion.
Armistice Day celebration in Paris. A man plays guitar and others play violins. A pile of papers in front of a group of men. The streets crowded with people. French and American soldiers and sailors from World War 1 pose holding flags. Shops in the background. A military truck, carrying an unimaginable number of revelers,makes its way through the crowds. American and French aviators stand with women on the balcony of a building. One American, holding a model airplane in his hand, is hanging off the balcony. Crowd celebrates at entrance to the Palace Hotel.
Armistice Day celebration in Paris, marking the end of World War 1. Two women raised on shoulders of American soldiers, wave American flags. Other people wave United States flags. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles, on Avenue des Champs Elysees in the background. French soldier plays concertina. American soldier salutes a French woman, in a fur coat, who presents him a large bouquet of flowers. War veterans parade carrying flags of various Allied Nations.One veteran is in a wheel chair and plays a bugle.. An African American French Colonial soldier stands next to the French veteran in the wheel chair and plays his bugle.Passersby give the wheelchair veteran sprigs of flowers which he places in a bunch on his uniform pocket. Parade on the streets. Several French soldiers carry an American soldier on their shoulders. He waves an American flag. Soldiers stand with a French woman, who cheers and places a bunch of flowers on the uniform of one of the soldiers.
Armistice Day celebration in Paris at end of World War 1. Men and women hold hands and snake dance at Place de la Concorde. Egyptian Obelisk in background. Army truck, filled with celebrating soldiers, drives down the street, with well-dressed civilian men running behind. French troops march carrying rifles, as onlookers crowd the sidewalks and street. Group of American soldiers singing, behind Allied officer who smokes cigarette, and has arm around shoulder of small boy (his son?) who holds folded umbrella. He kisses the boy on the cheek. Two Parisian gentlemen drink beer and smoke cigarettes, at outdoor table of cafe. Civilians crowd around two French African Colonial soldiers. One holds a pipe. The other picks up a wine bottle and they both drink directly from the bottle. Team of six horses pulls wagon filled with merrymaking soldiers. . Young Parisian women let soldiers in truck reach down to kiss them.
Armistice Day celebration in Paris. French and American soldiers parade on streets of Paris celebrating end of World War 1. Men carry the United States flag and French flags. Group of parading Americans carry a young woman on their shoulders. Some women and children seen marching and dancing with the soldiers. A Parisian lamplighter begins descending his ladder, after lighting a streetlamp, but goes back up again to retrieve his wine bottle. Puffs of smoke waft over dense crowd, waving and shouting.
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