The change of Ministry in Paris. Albert Sarraut, new President of the Council of Ministers poses with officials and members of the cabinet. Dignitaries talk together. French Minister, Leon Blum, steps from a car and enters building. Leon Blum, holding papers in his hand, speaks into a microphone, and draws laughs from his comment.
Film opens showing a Paris street scene. Cars and buses pass on the streets. A man peruses publications on a newsstand. Camera moves to the newsstand. Traffic flows past. Pedestrians walk past. Customers patronize the newsstand.Camera moves across the street to reveal flowers on a Chestnut tree looming above the newsstand. Scene shifts to the flower market on the Cite Island in Paris. The Palais de Justice; La Conciergerie; Tour de l'Horloge are in the background. Vendors bring wares to the flower stands. Views of patrons walking amongst the various flower stalls.
Promenading on Avenue Des Champs-Elysees in Paris. Horse-drawn double-decker buses with passengers riding in the open, on top, as well as in the enclosed carriage below. People wearing hats and carrying parasols, seen sitting in numerous horse-drawn carriages. Several pedestrians cross the avenue, between the moving carriages. Carriage traffic is heavy in both directions. Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris) and the Obelisk can be seen in the distance.
People stroll the grounds of the Paris Exposition, in 1900. Huge gardens and paths. The paths are lined with numerous chairs upon which only several people can be seen sitting. Women carrying parasols and wearing hats. The Palace of Electricity has large display of water fountains in front of it. The Eiffel Tower dominates the grounds.
Views around the Champs de Mars during the Paris Exposition of 1900. Women strolling with parasols. The Eiffel Tower and pavilions at the Trocadéro Square are seen. The Trocadéro Palace is opposite the Eiffel Tower. View of the Globe Céleste or Celestial Globe.
The Paris Exposition, 1900. A view of Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace in Paris. Several other buildings in view. Smoke seen rising from smokestack of a building at a distance. Large numbers of visitors stroll about the Exposition grounds.
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