Entertainment and nightlife attractions in Paris France during the 1920s "roaring twenties." Many buildings and places of entertainment. Neon lighted signs and marquees of various nightclubs. A lighted sign advertising Campari bitters liqueur is seen atop a building. Sign advertising Florelle, a French artist of cinema and theater at the casino of Paris. The Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergere, where a tableau of beautiful girls is seen dancing. Josephine Baker performing. Wealthy people watching a performance from boxes in a theater. Audiences watching and applauding performances. People in fine clothes drinking in bars and nightclubs. Dinner party at Le Rat Mort. Various activities and parties being enjoyed by men and women in Paris.
French communist party leader Maurice Thorez addresses a crowd in Paris, France. French communists march along streets with banners. Thorez and some communist leaders walk along the streets. A large crowd marches in a procession with the communist leaders. Maurice Thorez addresses the assembled crowd. Sign seen in crowd reads, 'Vive Le PCF', translated as 'Long live the PCF' PCF stands for the Parti communiste français, or French Communist Party. Very short shot of the ruins of a train accident are seen at the end of the clip, possibly the aftermath of the collision between the Paris-Nancy Express and the Paris-Strasbourg fast train.
The anniversary of the D-Day at Utah Beach in Normandy, France during World War II. Girls in U.S. and French flag dresses. Wreaths are placed at the foot of a monument by U.S. and French representatives. U.S. and French troops pass in review. A crowd at the ceremony. U.S. and French representatives stand beside the D-Day monument to U.S. Army's 1st Brigade of Engineers and salute. They climb down stairs. French General Paul Le Gentilhomme salutes. Artillery guns in the background. Soldiers stand beside the monument and salute. The soldiers hold the U.S. and French flags.
Report on the atom in Paris, France. Joliot-Curie's car enters AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) office. Signs "Commission", "Haute Cour De Justice, Dans Le Hall Ascenseur" and "Commissariat A Lenergie Atomique". Joliot-Curie and Bertrand Goldschmidt talk. Jean Frederic Joliot-Curie, French physicist in office talks with Pierre Biquard and dictates to a secretary. A meeting of French Scientific committee. Frederic Joliot-Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie, Lew Kowarski, Francis Perrin are present. The members examine a piece of Uranium ore on a desk.
The activities of French soldiers (likely 407th Infantry Regiment) during World War I in Verdun, France. Battlefield sites shown include Vaux Chapitre, Le Bois Fumin, and La Haie Renard. French soldiers stand outside pillboxes in a battle fort area. French artillery fires from a pillbox dug into the hillside. Smoke rises in the foreground. Battlefield landscape views.
Civilian writes on wall "Vive Les Americans" in Troyes, France. Scenes after destruction. Scenes of street signs. French civilians destroy German street signs.
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