(Only Fragments of Sound.) Night time in Paris, France. A neon sign at a night club in Paris for Le Rat Mort. Visitors seated at tables. Acrobatics performed on stage. Neon signs at clubs and cafes. People seated at tables inside a restaurant. Women follies dancers perform in the center. Men and women seated and talking. A woman dances. Couples dance with each other. The moon over a lit tower. People outside a club in the rain as a car approaches. Workers on a raft in the water and in a tunnel carrying hand lanterns.
Dawn and morning time in Paris. Sunrise in Paris. A bridge over the River Seine. Clouds over the city. A Statue of Liberty replica on the Ile aux Cygnes Island (Pont de Grenelle, 75015 Paris, France). Men sleep on the riverbank. The Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France) on the riverbanks. Two pillars flank a road. Smoke from a stack. The Rue Royale, the Obelisk and a fountain at the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). Trucks spray water around the fountains. A man sweeps the street. Women push a cart full of baked goods. A busy market street. Men carry heavy load, push, and pull carts. A mail man at a window. Children walk to school with book bags. 1920s and 1930s cars moving on the roads, as seen from unusual point of view of a moving camera at low level, just a few feet above the road surface.
A platform clock at the railway station in France. Sign in French and English stating that platform is reserved for rail cars carrying passengers to the SS Isle de France. A steam locomotive at the station. Luggage passed into the train. The station master blows his whistle and signals. The train leaves the platform. A last minute passenger jumps onto the moving train. People watch the train as it passes under a bridge.
A U.S. Military Policeman (MP) directs traffic at the U.S. Army Communications Zone Europe Headquarters in France. Aerial views of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military force base. A map shows locations of NATO bases in France. An aircraft flies overhead. Officials communicate over the wireless and telephone in the Chateauroux Air Base control tower. U.S. military airplanes parked on an air strip. U.S. Air Force trucks. Narrator discusses impact on French economy and social issue related to departure of so many Americans from France. French men employed at the base walk as a group heading to or from work at the base. American soldiers with their French wives and families. Soldier with wife and son walking on street with Eglise Saint-Andre church in background. A soldier and his wife in a shopping center as a sales woman helps the couple look at silverware. Closeup view of a LP vinyl record playing on a phonograph record player turntable. An American soldier by the microphone at a Armed Forces Radio network military broadcasting installation. View of the DJ and the control room in the radio broadcasting studio. French people gathered on the streets to witness a marching band on parade from Chateauroux American High School in Châteauroux, France. Flag corps dancers and marching band members playing musical instruments are seen in the parade. View from ground looking upward as an American flag is lowered from a flagpole. View of a triangle folder American flag being held by a U.S. Army Military Police man, as he carries it away.
A couple exchange marital vows during the matinee performance of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus in Madison Square Garden, New York. Performers and elephants in the ring. The bride to be, a dancer from England seated on an elephant. Women dancers on elephants. An elephant performs. The center ring. A tiny clown with the wedding ring. The bride in her wedding gown escorted by an elderly man. The groom, an acrobat performer from Morocco. They exchange vows and kiss. The other performers witness the ceremony. The bride kisses a clown.
Charlie Chaplin celebrates his 77th birthday during the filming of 'A Countess from Hong Kong' in London. A Charlie Chaplin figure on top of a cake. Charlie Chaplin puts his hat on the figure. Hollywood actors including Sophia Loren and Tippi Hedren present. Photographers take pictures. Oona O'Neill arrives with her daughters Josephine and Victoria. Charlie Chaplin's family including Sydney Chaplin and the cast of 'A Countess from Hong Kong' near the cake. He cuts the cake as they look on. Veteran movie maker, director John Huston offers his congratulations and speaks to Chaplin.
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