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Jazz being performed in a Paris night club after World War I

Zelli’s Royal Box night club in Paris, owned by Joe Zelli and located at 16 bis rue Fontaine. Several tables set in the club. People seated at the tables. The room is decorated. Bottles of alcoholic beverages are evident everywhere. An African American dancer performs in the center of the dance floor. Audience cheers and claps. An African American ensemble plays jazz and patrons dance. The trumpet player is Crickett Smith, and the drummer is USA Army Corporal Eugene Bullard. Patrons are seen on the dance floor under a chandelier with streamers. A balcony is seen above, where so-called "Royal Boxes"were arranged allowing patrons to watch festivities below. (Note: Bullard lived a storied life. Among other things, he served in World War 1 as one of 200 U.S. servicemen who flew for France. He was the first African American combat pilot and the first to shoot down enemy aircraft, and was decorated multiple times for valor. He was living in the Montmartre section of Paris after World War 1, which was known as a center for American Jazz music. He learned to play drums from the pioneer jazz musician Louis Mitchell and played in the house band at Zellis nightclub before taking over the management of a nightclub called Le Grand Duc, in 1924. The 2006 movie "Flyboys" portrayed members of the Lafayette Flying Corps and included a character based on Bullard.)

Date: 1920
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041688
Tightrope wedding between two acrobats over La Rochelle harbour in Bordeaux, France

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.

Date: 1959, March 3
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079815
Jewish refugees at a Jewish Hostel in Paris, France.

Paris, France. The entrance of the Jewish hostel located at 16 Rue Lamarck, Montmartre. People enter the hostel. Several men lie in cots in the men's quarters and a few walk around the room. View of a plaque on the end of one bed that reads (in French) "In memory of Colonel Alfred Dreyfus 1859-1935." A man at a blackboard teaches French and several men listen, write and learn French in the classroom. People enter the building and stand in line near the Director's office. Woman with a child along with others enters a room for registration. Director Beilin checks records and papers from the people and consults index cards. Two Jewish men cook using large pots on a stove. One chef samples the food from a small bowl.

Date: 1938, December
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031076
Exterior views of the Jewish hostel for Jewish refugees in Paris,France.

Exterior views of the Jewish Hostel in Paris France, located at 16 Rue Lamarck, Montmartre. A group of people wait in line to enter the dining room of the hostel. Sign on the exterior building wall stating 'Association Philanthropique - Asile de Muit, Asile de Jour et Creche Israelites - Reconnue D'Utilite Publique.". A tall building nearby under construction, and a cathedral dome and spire rising behind that. Various views of the hostel, the street in front, and people arriving and entering the hostel.

Date: 1938, December
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031077
Aged waiters participate in the Annual Wine Race in Paris, France.

Elderly waiters participate in the Annual Wine Race in Paris, France. Man fills glasses with wine. Group of aged waiters run to participate in the competition. Waiters rush to the booth to get wine glasses. Elderly waiters jump out of a restaurant window. They laugh and enjoy during the competition. 65-year-old veteran Pierre Jacques de la Fontaine wins the race in Montmartre.

Date: 1931, November 5
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022474
'Miss France of America' visits the Parisian set of 'Wild and Wonderful' in Universal City, California.

A party on Parisian set of 'Wild and Wonderful' at Universal City in California. People on the set. Woman clicks pictures. A car arrives. 'Miss France of America' Vivian LaForge steps down from the car. Actor Tony Curtis crowns Miss Vivian LaForge. Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress and wife of Tony Curtis, looks on. Veteran Canadian American actress Fifi D’Orsay meets LaForge on set. A dog named Bernardo Barkalot also appears on set. Sign of a Parisian cafe. Miss France of America stands with a woman. Aerial view of a set based on a Montmartre, Paris Street.

Date: 1963, June 10
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026468