Socializing and shopping in Paris, France. People sit in a bar. French barmaid smiles as she serves bar regulars their drinks and chats with them. Men and women walking near inexpensive shops along the Avenue Champs-Élysées. Woman enters a shop with sign reading 'Soldes' (‘Sales’ in English). French civilians walk in a flea market on the outskirts of Paris. Shops on either side of the market. Men buy goods from the shops. Customer purchases antique items from an antique shop. Two women browsing for chinaware. Antique items displayed on tables. A man looks at the antique items. The Café de Flore on the left bank of Seine. Men seated at tables drink at the Café de Flore (172, BOULEVARD SAINT-GERMAIN 75006 PARIS).
Leisure activities in Paris, France in the mid 1950s. Men sit at cafe Aux Deux Magots on left bank of Seine. Men drink and eat at tables in the cafe. People walk near the cafe. Frenchmen stand in a group and play Pétanque or Bocce Ball in a park. Other men watch a French boules player take his turn. Three balls on the ground. Man throws ball and hits one of the balls.
View from street of a bar and the Hotel Cité du Midi Pigalle in the Montmartre, Paris, France. Men and woman stand at the doorway of bar. Man and woman come and enter the hotel next door. A woman approaches a man and talks to him as he walks down the street. The man shakes his head and continues to walk. Man and woman enter the Hotel. Neon signage “PIGALLE”.
Parisian nightlife in Rue Pigalle. A sector in Pigalle, Paris. A sign highlights the name 'Pigalle'. Traffic on the street. People cross the street. A restaurant named 'Narcisse'. A neon sign reads 'Sphinx'. Le Sphinx nightclub across Pigall’s. Pigall’s on the right side of Rue Pigalle (77 Rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 75009 Paris, France).
Students gathered for a sit-down strike in Paris, France. Three thousand students riot in the Latin Quarter in Paris protesting the mandatory military service draft and Conscription laws regarding the Algerian War. More reservists are called for Algerian Service. French Police Force restores order after student riots. French police men hit students with gendarme capes and restrain them.
View of heavy vehicular traffic of 1950s cars and buses on street of Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. The Arc de Triomphe seen in the far background.