Panorama of Place de L'Opera (Place de l'Opéra - 75002 Paris) in Paris, France. Heavy traffic of horses and carriages. Horse-drawn Bus with routing painted on its roof edge reading: Gare-St Lazare-Opera-Bourse-Les Halles. The Opera House, itself, seen prominently. Only one horseless carriage is seen. It appears to be 4-wheeled bicycle with single driver on top and front open seat for passenger(s). It looks to be belt driven (right rear wheel) possibly electric.
Newsreel 'France torn by strikes'. Army guards and Police keeps vigil on labor strike in Lyon. Communists inspired striking workers at the Great Rail Center of Lyon. A train has been seen leaving. Empty trucks seen standing. Snowfall in Paris.
SPAD fighter planes of French Air unit fly over German lines at Chaux in France during World War I. A plane flying low near the ground. Formation of Spad biplanes in flight. Several men seen standing as a man in the basket of an observation balloon rises up. A French pilot getting into the cockpit of a SPAD fighter plane. Change to a different pilot seated in the cockpit posing for the camera.
Grand Prize Fair officially opened by President Doumergue at Versailles in France. The President surrounded by national officials, agriculture and breeding experts. President Doumergue displays interest in the exhibits. Cattle and swine also exhibited. Farm stock pass in review before notables at the exposition grounds.
Early flight airshow dare devil Clem Sohn in his wingsuit at Vincennes in France. He was known as 'Batman'. Planes in the background. He demonstrates flying with his ornithopter like wing suit. Clem Sohn then jumps in front of 55,000 spectators from 650 feet high in the sky. He plunges to death as his parachute fails to open.
Ceremonies to honor the King Leopold III of Belgium in Paris, France. French President Albert Lebrun and King Leopold III officiate and unveiled the memorial in the Cours-la-Reine, near the Place de la Concorde, Paris, to his father, the late King Albert I. The ceremony is climaxed by a military parade. A huge crowd gathers. Other members of the Belgian Monarchy are present.
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