Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. Three children pose with an American flag. American soldiers and French civilians along a street. Soldiers and French women ride on military vehicles around Rue de la Paix. A soldier plunges into a fountain at Place de la Concorde. Two American officers talk to each other.
Scenes in Paris, France during the 1937 "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne" (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life). Traffic on streets with Arc de Triomphe in the background. Eiffel Tower of Paris and grounds of the 1937 Expo in distance beyond. Crowd around Eiffel Tower and visitors riding on compact train cars or a transport trolley to view sites. Fountains of Gardens of Trocadero in distance. Camera pans from ground to top of Eiffel Tower. Next views show the Soviet Pavilion on left, with bronze statue "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" by Vera Mukhina. German Pavilion by Albert Speer is seen on right with Eagle symbol atop. Views of other pavilions and buildings at the Exposition. (Amateur home movie.)
American inventor Lee De Forest in his laboratory in Hollywood. American inventor Lee De Forest carrying out tests in his laboratory. He lights up a flame and uses an instrument.
Early historic aviation footage focusing on French aviation pioneers like Gabriel Voisin and Alberto Santos-Dumont. An early French float plane taking off and landing. Multiwing box-like aircraft. Two early French monoplanes. Early aircraft that set performance records. 1919 picture of Raymonde de Laroche, Baroness de la Rouche, world's first woman flyer. Additional scenes of historical French aircraft and a scene with American pilot Glenn Curtiss.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev arrives in Paris, France. French President Charles de Gaulle arrives with other officials at an airport to greet him. An airplane arrives at the airport. Khrushchev along with other officials disembarking from the airplane. He arrives for pre-summit talks with President de Gaulle. Soldiers standing in formation at the airport. Building in the background. Cameramen recording the event. Dignitaries seated in a car passing along a street. People gather along the sides of the street. People cheer. The dignitaries place wreaths at the memorial of unknown soldiers of France.
Allied officers in Brazzaville, Congo during World War II. Reception for French General Charles de Gaulle. Men and women talk. Trees in the background. General de Gaulle talks to soldiers.
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