Opera singer, Giovanni Martinelli, preparing for a role in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. He puts on makeup in front of a mirror. Articles lay on a table. He partially covers his head and puts on make-up. Conductor Ettore Panizza prepares for his debut performance. Pages of musical score lay in front of him. He selects baton from amongst several. Musicians, including three violinists and a trumpeter, enter the orchestra pit. Stage director seen in foot of stage, providing direction to actor/singers.
Giuseppe Verdi's Opera, Aida, performed in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Stage-level view of performance. View from balcony of stage and performance. Curtain closes and then opens again. Scene inside the Temple of Vulcan the priestesses dance and processional ceremonies take place. Additional scenes and views are see.
A view of railway tracks with mountains and trees on the sides. A Steam locomotive train arrives. Men bend down and inspect the engine. They get down on the tracks from the platform and look underneath the engine. Another train in the background. Passengers carry luggage in the railway station. Stalls at the station. Van stands outside the railway station. A street corner in Paris. A car on a street. Police officers stand on sidewalk in front of tunnel entrance to a building.
Parisian street corner. Policemen stand in front of tunnel entrance to building. Cars pass on a street. Automobile on flat bed wagon being pulled by horses. Pedestrians stand on pavement. Several pedestrians pass by. Pedestrians pass in front of an iron gates of the Ministry of Interior and Hotel de Beauvau, on Place Beauvau, Paris. A uniformed guard stands in front . Several men enter the building. Cars and buses pass by. At train station, trainmen bend down and carefully inspect Steam Locomotive engine and driving wheels. Supervisors in suits and ties also look on during the inspection. A long train is seen traveling on tracks beside hills and woods.
Automobiles at Place Beauvau, Paris. Pedestrians pass in front of the decorative iron gates of the Ministry of Interior and Hotel de Beauvau. Several men enter the building. Several uniformed policemen stand guard and direct traffic. Cars and a bicycle pass by. View of a train station from afar, and then view from inside the train station. Steam locomotive positioned at platform in train station. Crowd at the railway platform. Passengers move about in the train station. A train arrives and stops in the station. Passengers get out and others get into the train. Arriving passengers enter the train station hall. A train arrives. Some travelers await it on platform outside the station proper.
A view, from park across the street, of a large building in Paris, with shops at street level and residential apartments above. Camera focuses on Address No. 6. Views of the apartments. Street corner with cars passing. Pedestrians stand on pavement. A sign reads 'Sens Interoit'. Policemen stand outside tunnel entrance to Ministry of Interior. Street corner sign on building reads: "8th arr" (for 8th arrondissement) and "Rue des Saussaies." Exterior views of apartments. Interior view up surrounding staircases to skylight at top. People walk through tunnel to street, where policement stand watch. Front view of Interior Ministry and Hotel Beauvau, with policemen on guard. Paris street corner with covered subway entrance. Pedestrians and cars and buses moving about. View of Paris from a tall building. Eiffel Tower and les invalides visible. Railroad worker walking along rails, marks section of track and places an ear to the rail to listen for oncoming train.