Views of rides and entertainment on the Midway at the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, United States. An amusement ride called 'The Funnies'. African American jazz musicians and dancers perform a minstrel show in costume and blackface on stage at the "Old Plantation." A covered ride called "Bozo" spins around a track. Fire eater performs. Moving robotic animatronic models of a dinosaur and a bear at the Sinclair Dinosaur Exhibit. Children stand near them. Night views of the Exposition and fireworks show. Fireworks at night.
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.
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.
Dijon-Ville train station in Dijon, Cote D'Or, France. Horse drawn carriages and cars on the street. Several buses in the parking area by train station. Pedestrians cross the open square between station and Hotel Morot et de Geneve (15-17 Av. Maréchal Foch, 21000 Dijon, France), on Avenue du Marechal Foch and Rue du Dr Albert Remy. Side of Hotel is painted with sign reading: "Hotel Morot, et de Geneve Deumis." Several men stand on a pavement. An Ambulance bearing red cross insignia drives through the square. A sign reads 'Hotel Morot Garage'. Other buildings in the background. Bar and Restaurant of the hotel. Chairs arranged at hotel sidewalk café. man pulls hand cart and another rides bicycle through the square. Dog approaches camera, for a moment.
Reenactment: A Speakeasy where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold during prohibition. Man carrying paper bags of liquor leaves by way of secret door through clothes closet. An investigator opens the door of the closet and looks inside. He searches the wardrobe thoroughly but does not find the secret door. Bottles of alcoholic beverages in a store room and displayed behind the bar in the hidden Speakeasy. A sign reads 'Open Sundays'. Agents force their way into the building housing the Speakeasy. They climb up stairs to the room with clothes closet, but find nothing. Other agents decent into the basement, but find nothing and come up again..
Opera star, Lawrence Tibbett, gets ready for his performance, as Amonasro, in the Opera, Aida. He puts on make-up in the dressing room. An announcement for a performance of 'Aida' composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Stage director seen following score and directing performers from stage pit. Another production coordinator talks on in-house phone. Lawrence Tibbett in his dressing room. Cars arrive and patrons enter the Metropolitan Opera House. Another View of Playbill for Aida. Taxis deposit some patrons at stage door entrance of the Opera House.
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