Views of destroyed buildings in World War 1. French troops march into town on a road surrounded by completely destroyed buildings. They tow a covered heavy long gun behind a truck. French Army trucks moving in a line across barren fields. Battery of fortified French artillery guns firing. French infantry going "over the top" leaving their trench on the attack. No Man's Land, with shells exploding. French troops running on the attack. A line of French soldiers moving along the ridge of a hill. French troops assaulting fortified German positions on higher ground, partly obscured by battle smoke. Smoke (possibly gas) drifting across no man's land. (WWI; WW1)
Premier Joesph Laniel leaves the car and walks up the steps. Premier converses with his cabinet men.
Several curios in view. A stove in the shape of a snail. A woman and a child seen with a swan which can be used to bathe a baby of wash things. Knives seen upright. A woman seen smoking and with an umbrella cigarette lighter. A man seen with a gun which is actually a watch.
Motorbike riders in a race in the Buffalo Stadium. Some of the motorcyle riders fall down on the dirt track route. Ray Tauser out-distances his rivals and wins the race. Close-up view of the American winner Tauser at the end of the motorcycle race.
American veterans of World War 1 return to Paris not long after the war's end. They fill two open buses, each containing a cinematographer with camera, recording the events. A few women are included in the groups. They drive down the Boulevard Champs Elysees. Arc de Triomphe seen behind them.
Paris Air Show. Supersonic Aerospatiale-BAC (British Aircraft Corporation) Concorde takes off. Buildings in the background.
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