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).
The Automobile Club's Grand Prix in Montlhéry, France. Europe's most fearless Formula One race car drivers compete in the Grand Prix. People gather to watch the race. Participants drive F1 cars on the track.
A festival in Cannes, France. Crowds watching parade.Several bands parade and play, including some representing French colonies, one in berets, another in yarmulkes, and yet, another, in fezes, carrying a Moroccan symbol on a pole .View of horse track and a horse race. Women in costumes on carriages drawn by horses along street. Flowered covered floats of various kinds,including one of an airplane, with boys riding in it. Views of palm lined streets and waterfront in Cannes. A woman in traditional hat of French Indochina.
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