Several horse carriages at Avenue Des Champs-Elysees in Paris. Arch of Triumph in distance. Women wearing elaborate hats and carrying parasols, seen sitting in the carriages. A team of horses pulls a large double-deck carriage with sightseers on the top. The avenue is lined with trees on both sides.
View of large crowd dispersing after a large outdoor event in a stadium setting in which many individual wooden chairs are arranged for the spectators. One woman is a particular focus of attention. She approaches the camera through the thinning crowd and steps up on a raised platform of some kind, while the cinematographer records. She then steps down and to the side. Women wear long dresses and elegant hats. Many women carry parasols.Two men wear large white kerchiefs, under their straw hats, that drape down their necks, for protection from the sun. They walk past the camera and look back.
Officer of the 28th Escadrille and the 79th Division of the U.S. Army Infantry (functioning as observers) during World War I. They are seated at a small table smoking, talking, and reviewing notes. Large group of French and American military personnel inspect a crashed biplane. French crew repairing a SPAD aircraft.
Newsreel ' Pin point Para-jump in Paris'. World's championship parachute competition in Paris. Several parachutes in air. Jumpers from nine nations vie for a cloth target on ground. A double leap by a husband and wife team.
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh welcomed by huge crowd in streets of New York City as he flew successfully from New York to Paris. Charles Lindbergh with his mother Evangeline Lindbergh and separately in the cabin of his monoplane Spirit of St. Louis. Scenic aerial views of Paris including monuments, busy streets, Montmatre Sacré-Cœur basilica, and Eiffel Tower lit up at night.
Evacuation of the British and Allied troops from Dunkirk beginning May 26, 1940. The troops at the beaches of Dunkirk. Smoke rising from Dunkirk with views of houses in foreground. British troops helped aboard boats in the water, some jumping down from large ships. View of smoke rising from Dunkirk on horizon as troops depart. The soldiers sleeping at sea after being rescued from Dunkirk. Wounded helped from boats as they return to British soil. The soldiers smoking after successful evacuation and giving the 'thumbs up' sign. Troops looking out windows of railroad car and smiling. (World War II period).
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