Three hundred and fifty men and women swim in the Seine River in Paris, France during a swimming contest. The swimmers swim past boats. Spectators watch the race. The swimmers swim under a bridge. Notre Dame cathedral overlooks swimmers. French champion Jean Taris swims and wins the race.
French civilians, on a boulevard in Paris, France, look on as a pilot boards a British Avro Rota autogyro (Cierva C.30A, British Civil Registration number G-ACWH). The autogyro, one of a dozen built for the British Royal Air Force, by Cierva Autogiro Co Ltd of Hanworth, UK, makes a demonstration takeoff and landing on the boulevard.
Hairdressing by renowned Parisian hairstylist Fernand in his salon. A woman’s head is being shampooed before a haircut. Hairdresser massages the scalp of a woman. Fernand styles the curly hair of a blond woman inside the salon. Fernand, the hairstylist, explaining to a client. A woman turns her head showing curly coiffed hair after being styled. A blond woman with coiffed pixie hair. A blond woman with curly coiffed hair. Hairstylist combing blond curly hair.
A view of railway tracks with mountains and trees on the sides. A Steam locomotive train arrives. Men bend down and inspect the engine. They get down on the tracks from the platform and look underneath the engine. Another train in the background. Passengers carry luggage in the railway station. Stalls at the station. Van stands outside the railway station. A street corner in Paris. A car on a street. Police officers stand on sidewalk in front of tunnel entrance to a building.
A view, from park across the street, of a large building in Paris, with shops at street level and residential apartments above. Camera focuses on Address No. 6. Views of the apartments. Street corner with cars passing. Pedestrians stand on pavement. A sign reads 'Sens Interoit'. Policemen stand outside tunnel entrance to Ministry of Interior. Street corner sign on building reads: "8th arr" (for 8th arrondissement) and "Rue des Saussaies." Exterior views of apartments. Interior view up surrounding staircases to skylight at top. People walk through tunnel to street, where policement stand watch. Front view of Interior Ministry and Hotel Beauvau, with policemen on guard. Paris street corner with covered subway entrance. Pedestrians and cars and buses moving about. View of Paris from a tall building. Eiffel Tower and les invalides visible. Railroad worker walking along rails, marks section of track and places an ear to the rail to listen for oncoming train.
Trains operating through a railway station in France. A train at the railway platform. A man stands near a large steam locomotive engine. A freight train passes through the station. People stand on the railway platform. A train arrives. Engine and wheels of the train in view. Steam rises up from the train.