Newsreel 'France shows chapeaux for Madame'. Models display various French chapeaux (hats). The models are photographed by cameramen. A model wears a hat with veil.
Participants in the road bicycle racing event 'Tour de France'. The participants ride bicycles on the mountain roads and straight roads. A participant falls from the bicycle. Several other participants help him. Huge crowd including cameramen seen. The crowd cheers the participants.
A huge seal is a featured attraction at a zoo in France. The caretaker carrying a bucket of fish from which he feeds the seal. Crowd enjoys watching the seal at feeding time. Seal slides into pond and enjoys a swim. Underwater view of seal.
Women jockeys race in Prix Des Amazons after France lifts ban on female jockeys. Cameramen take photographs as the women jockeys weigh in before the race. A huge crowd gathers in the spectator area to watch the horse race. The women riders get ready to participate in the race. Crowd cheers the participants.
A newly devised non-skid tire is shown in France, 1934. The tire is shown up close and a machine is seen cutting grooves in the tire to aid with traction in all weather conditions. The non-skid tires tested on wet streets. Traffic on the streets. A woman is seen pushing a baby pram in front of a moving vehicle on rainy, wet streets. The car with older tires skids in the rain and hits the woman and baby carriage. Narrator indicates that it was a fatal accident.
German-occupied France. Officers gathered in a hall. Nazi flags on the walls. LVF (Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism ) sign in the background. Flags in the hall. A ceremony takes place. A speaker on the stage. Women volunteers in view.
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