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Jazz being performed in a Paris night club after World War I
Zelli’s Royal Box night club in Paris, owned by Joe Zelli and located at 16 bis rue Fontaine. Several tables set in the club. People seated at the tables. The room is decorated. Bottles of alcoholic beverages are evident everywhere. An African American dancer performs in the center of the dance floor. Audience cheers and claps. An African American ensemble plays jazz and patrons dance. The trumpet player is Crickett Smith, and the drummer is USA Army Corporal Eugene Bullard. Patrons are seen on the dance floor under a chandelier with streamers. A balcony is seen above, where so-called "Royal Boxes"were arranged allowing patrons to watch festivities below. (Note: Bullard lived a storied life. Among other things, he served in World War 1 as one of 200 U.S. servicemen who flew for France. He was the first African American combat pilot and the first to shoot down enemy aircraft, and was decorated multiple times for valor. He was living in the Montmartre section of Paris after World War 1, which was known as a center for American Jazz music. He learned to play drums from the pioneer jazz musician Louis Mitchell and played in the house band at Zellis nightclub before taking over the management of a nightclub called Le Grand Duc, in 1924. The 2006 movie "Flyboys" portrayed members of the Lafayette Flying Corps and included a character based on Bullard.)
Armistice Day celebrations in Paris. Crowded streets, street lamps , flags everywhere.
Celebrations in Paris marking the signing of Armistice ending conflict in World War I, November 11, 1918. Open bus is packed to capacity with celebrants. Jubilant crowds are jammed together, waving flags, and shouting for joy. Man erects huge banner reading: "LArmistice est signe, La Guerre est gegnee, Vive La France, Vivent Les Allies!" Huge American flag is waved from center of crowd. Flags of the Allies are waved by people on balcony of building with lettering identifying it as "Mme Georgette".French sailors, in crowd, sing and wave flags. French Boy Scouts, in uniforms, run down the street towards the camera, followed by people of every age, size, and sort, all celebrating the end of war. Several French officers stand by as an impromptu parade begins.
U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team, the "Thunderbirds", performs at Paris Air Show, flying F-4E aircraft
Paris Air Show, Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France. United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team ("Thunderbirds") performs, flying their F-4E aircraft. Thunderbird ground crew watches the demonstration team perform precision formation flying.
Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, of the U.S. Military Airlift Command, demonstrates short takeoff and landing capabilities at Paris Air Show
Paris Air Show. Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transport aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command, demonstrates short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. C-5A taxis to the right, turns and makes short take-off with high performance climb. It flies low, extends flaps, with gear still retracted, and demonstrates slow flight. It then enters normal flight pattern for landing and makes a short landing to full stop on the runway, at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France. Other aircraft and buildings in the background.
Excerpts of concert by Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, performing Ravel's Concerto for the left hand.
Excerpts from concert performed by Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right hand in World War I. He plays Maurice Ravel's Concerto For The Left Hand, in Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, January 17, 1933. Wittgenstein is dressed formally, in white tie, for the occasion, with right sleeve hanging loose. He wears glasses and plays on a Baldwin grand piano. Camera views mostly from above keyboard and performer. Wittgenstein bows for camera, while seated, at end of performance.
Modern buildings and calm beaches in Normandy 20 years after invasion.
A view of beaches on Normandy where twenty years ago the Allied Forces had landed. Children play on tanks. Troops firing and bombing. Children play on the grounds where Allied Forces activities were taking place. Rubble and shattered buildings are replaced by modern buildings. A view of cemetery on 20th anniversary of D-Day invasion of France.
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