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).
Opening scene shows statue outside Le Musée des Monuments Francais, at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower is in the background. Tourists take pictures of the tower from another building. Views from atop Notre Dame Cathedral, of paris, and of the Seine River and several bridges over it. Sightseeing boat cruising on the river. View from atop the Arch of Triumph of traffic on the Champs-Élysees. Traffic encircling the Arch (Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile). View of bridge over the Seine.
Zelli’s Royal Box night club in Paris, owned by Joe Zelli and located at 16 bis rue Fontaine. Several tables set in the club. People seated at the tables. The room is decorated. Bottles of alcoholic beverages are evident everywhere. An African American dancer performs in the center of the dance floor. Audience cheers and claps. An African American ensemble plays jazz and patrons dance. The trumpet player is Crickett Smith, and the drummer is USA Army Corporal Eugene Bullard. Patrons are seen on the dance floor under a chandelier with streamers. A balcony is seen above, where so-called "Royal Boxes"were arranged allowing patrons to watch festivities below. (Note: Bullard lived a storied life. Among other things, he served in World War 1 as one of 200 U.S. servicemen who flew for France. He was the first African American combat pilot and the first to shoot down enemy aircraft, and was decorated multiple times for valor. He was living in the Montmartre section of Paris after World War 1, which was known as a center for American Jazz music. He learned to play drums from the pioneer jazz musician Louis Mitchell and played in the house band at Zellis nightclub before taking over the management of a nightclub called Le Grand Duc, in 1924. The 2006 movie "Flyboys" portrayed members of the Lafayette Flying Corps and included a character based on Bullard.)
Paris Air Show, Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France. United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team ("Thunderbirds") performs, flying their F-4E aircraft. Thunderbird ground crew watches the demonstration team perform precision formation flying.
Paris Air Show. Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transport aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command, demonstrates short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. C-5A taxis to the right, turns and makes short take-off with high performance climb. It flies low, extends flaps, with gear still retracted, and demonstrates slow flight. It then enters normal flight pattern for landing and makes a short landing to full stop on the runway, at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France. Other aircraft and buildings in the background.
Several scenes of the Spirit of St. Louis airplane in flight. People in various places and pursuits looking up as if watching Lindbergh flying overhead. Scenes of news being transmitted about Charles Lindbergh via radio, short wave, and teletype. Men moving about in a radio studio broadcasting news of the flight. A man broadcasting the new speaks into a microphone. Scenes of American citizens at home in front of their console radios listening to news about the flight. Multiple different aerial views of clouds, ice on the water, ocean below the aircraft, and other things that one might imagine he encounters in the flight. People relaxing at home listen to radio and others in public places and streets seeking news about Lindbergh. Men selling newspapers and running with extra editions that tell the news of Lindbergh's trip. Crowds of men and women at a news stand buying newspapers. View of Paris, the City of Light with fountains and the Arc de Triomphe seen at night. French men in a bar listening for news on the radio. French people at home listening to news on console radios. View of building and street signs at corner of Rue de Petit Pont and Rue la huchette in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Finally, Lindbergh arrives and lands at the Le Bourget Airport in France, as crowds greet him. Newspapers report his arrival with headlines, including: "Oh What a Welcome for that boy Lindy."
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