- Title: V-9128
- Summary: PARIS 1900: PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF LIFE IN PRE-WWI PARIS USING OLD FRENCH NEWSREELS, THEATRE PROGRAMS, EARLY SILENT FILMS AND MELIES TRICK FILMS. TRACES THE GAIETY OF LA BELLE EPOQUE, THE MISERLY OF THE OTHER HALF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL, INTELLECTUAL AND THE CULTURAL TRENDS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. SHOTS OF SUCH FAMOUS PEOPLE AS RENOIR, RODIN, GIDE, COLLETTE, CARUSO, MONET, ETC. FRANCE.
- Description:00:47:24 - LS HUGE FERRIS WHEEL. 00:47:28 - LS & MS ANGLES WINDMILL. 00:47:41 - MOULIN ROUGE. BUSY PARIS STREET CARS, HORSES, BICYCLES. HORSE AND CART. BASTILLE. STATUES IN TOWNS SQUARE. 00:48:23 - SELLING FRUITS & VEGETABLES. MARKETPLACE, VENDORS. BASKETS OF FOOD. 00:49:07 - NARROW COBBLED STREETS. WOMAN STICKING HEAD OUT WINDOW 00:49:17 - POLICEMEN ON BICYCLES CHASE CROOKS INTO BUILDING. THEY CLIMB DOWN LADDER, STEAL COPS BIKES, KNOCK COPS DOWN. ALA KEYSTONE KOPS. SILENT COMEDY. 00:50:24 - MONTAGE PARIS LANDMARKS:EIFFEL TOWER. SEINE RIVER. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE. CU MUSICAL SCORES. 00:51:17 - MS MR. EIFFEL, TOWERS DESIGNER 00:51:20 - FANCY RESTAURANT. OFFICIAL BANQUETS. LINE OF WAITERS COME OUT WITH FOOD. 00:51:45 - POV VIEW FROM THE RIVER. 00:51:57 - CU SMALL TOY OF NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT. 00:52:11 - FRENCH PRESIDENT ON HUNTING TRIP. 00:52:33 - ON OFFICIAL TRIP TO TUNISIA, BEING RECEIVED 00:52:42 - OFFICIALS ON KIDDIE TRAIN. 00:53:00 - FRENCH PRESIDENT AT SUBWAY, METRO TRAIN OPENING PEOPLE GET ON TRAIN. 00:53:20 - POV RIDING ON ELEVATED TRAIN. 00:53:39 - PEOPLE COME UP FROM SUBWAY. KIOSK. CU INTRICATE IRON WORK. ELABORATE DECORATIONS OF FAMOUS ARCHITECT DESIGNER. NUDE STATUES, NEW TREND. 00:54:23 - WOMEN IN SALON. TIGHT DRESS. HOBBLE SKIRT MISS MANNERS. FEMALE GATHERING. 00:55:01 - WOMEN WITH HATS. MILLINERY TRYING ON HATS. FADS. HAT PIN. 00:55:23 - WOMAN TRYING ON HUGE HATS. PUTS HANDBAG ON HEAD, MAKES HAT OUT OF HANDBAG. 00:55:41 - JEWELS AT VANITY. BIZARRE JEWELRY, BELTS THAT SING & COME TO LIFE 00:56:05 - GOLD, SILVER, LAME CLOTHING. MODELS. THE LATEST FASHIONS. GOWNS. CU OF DETAILS OF DRESS. 00:56:51 - SKETCHES OF DESIGNS 00:57:02 - SPINNING DOLL. TOYS. 00:57:08 - ICE SKATING. SPORTS WOMAN. 00:57:17 - WOMEN PLAYING FIELD HOCKEY. 00:57:23 - WOMEN HITTING BALLOONS WITH FANS. 00:57:38 - WOMEN IN PANTS. WOMAN'S LIB. 00:57:48 - FEMALE TROLLEY DRIVER. 00:57:58 - FEMALE CARRIAGE DRIVER. 00:58:12 - MARCHING FOR EQUALITY. IN FURS. LIBERATION. SUFFRAGETTES. 00:58:52 - WOMAN WEARING CORSET 00:58:56 - WOMAN UNDRESSES. CLOTHES FALL TO THE FLOOR 00:59:00 - WOMAN MODELING FEMALE UNDERWEAR. 00:59:56 - FAMOUS ACTRESS. DANCING SPANISH DANCE. 01:00:17 - MONROE. EXOTIC DANCE. 01:00:41 - LEGS, FEET, SHOES. LOUIS HEELS FANCY TIGHTS. STOCKINGS. CHAINS ON THEIR ANKLES. ANKLE BRACELETS 01:01:02 - MAN CLIMBS UP BUILDING ONTO BALCONY. WEARING MASK. PEEPING TOM 01:01:23 - MAID GIVES WOMAN NOTE. 01:01:37 - FLOWERS DELIVERED. MANSION. 01:02:00 - DUELING WITH SWORDS. MAN FALLS DOWN CRYING AT WOMEN'S FEET. 01:02:33 - WOMAN OUTSIDE WITH CATS. PETTING DOMESTIC ANIMALS 01:02:39 - ROMANTIC COUPLE ON BICYCLES. THEY GO OFF INTO THE BUSHES FOR HANKY PANKY. 01:02:59 - WOMAN HYPNOTIZED. HYPNOTIST 01:03:11 - WOMAN SLEEPING, MAN WITH GUN NEXT TO HER BED RAISES GUN TO HIS HEED 01:03:20 - SMALL MAN. GIANT CATERPILLAR, TURNS INTO WOMAN BUTTERFLY. 01:03:50 - WOMAN WAKES UP. BOLTS UP HYPNOTIZED. HYPNOTIST WAKES HER UP FROM HYPNOSIS 01:04:10 - TAKING PICTURE OF WOMAN AS SHE SLEEPS. 01:04:31 - MEN IN BATHHOUSE. 01:04:39 - SOCIAL PARTY. 01:05:09 - WOMEN FISH. SUNDAY IN THE PARK. PEOPLE ON MINI TRAINS GOING THROUGH PARK 01:05:41 - WHITE CLOTHING FOR SPRING. 01:05:47 - FLOWER-COVERED WAGONS. SPRING PARADE. 01:06:02 - CARNIVAL. CONTESTS. PEOPLE ARRIVE AT RACETRACK. CARNIVAL GROUNDS. SPORT. 01:06:29 - HORSE RACE. 01:06:33 - ATHLETES. YOUNG MEN RUNNING. CROSS COUNTRY MILITARY RACE SPECTATORS. 01:06:56 - EUROPEAN FOOTBALL. SOCCER. 01:07:05 - OLD MAN POSING WITH BICYCLE. CHAINLESS CYCLE. 01:07:14 - AUTOMOBILE RACES. CROSS COUNTRY RACE 01:07:37 - HOT AIR BALLOON RACES. 01:07:50 - DUCHESS. PARSON. 01:08:04 - GREYHOUND DOG. CU GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO, ITALIAN AUTHOR W/HIS GREYHOUND 01:08:16 - PACK OF HUNTING DOGS ARE BLESSED BY PRIEST. 01:08:40 - WOMAN WITH PISTOL SHOOTS INTO THE AIR. FEMALE HUNTER 01:08:49 - HIGH SOCIETY. WEDDING. 01:10:10 - PEOPLE WALKING ALONG PROMENADE. 01:10:25 - BOATS COVERED IN FLOWERS. ORCHARDS. PEOPLE ON BANKS THROWING THINGS AT PEOPLE ON BOAT & VICE VERSA 01:10:43 - RAINING. FRENCH ACADEMY RECEPTION OF THE IMMORTALS. PEOPLE CARRYING UMBRELLAS 1910. 01:11:14 - RIVER OVERFLOWING. STREETS FLOODED. PEOPLE IN ROWBOATS ON THE STREETS. RUBBLE. HORSE SWIMS., MEN TRY TO GRAB IT FROM WATER 01:13:19 - CARNIVAL RIDE / ATTRACTION. GIDDY WOMEN. WOMEN GIGGLING, LAUGHING 01:13:34 - CROWDS GRAB FOR PLANTS. 01:13:48 - CITY COUNSEL MEN. ESCORTING QUEEN OF CARNIVAL 01:14:20 - QUEEN OF CARNIVAL ON BEAUTIFUL FLOAT. WAVES TO CROWD. 01:14:40 - HIGH ANGLE OF CARNIVAL. MERRY-GO-ROUND. 01:14:54 - CHINESE / JAPANESE SHOWS. WORLD'S FAIR MAGIC SHOW. 01:15:35 - BUFFALO BILL, WILD WEST SHOW. 01:15:38 - PARADE OF ELEPHANTS. 01:15:49 - BUFFALO BILL DOFFS COWBOY HAT TO FRENCH 01:15:52 - HS CONCERT IN THE PARK. BEAUTIFUL GARDENS. GREENHOUSE. EXOTIC, TROPICAL PLANTS. 01:16:23 - SUMMER TIME. ETE ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TO KEEP COOL. FAN THEMSELVES WITH HATS. 01:16:42 - PEOPLE ON RIVERBOAT WAVING BON VOYAGE WITH HANDKERCHIEFS 01:16:51 - BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATIONS. DANCING IN THE STREETS. ONE MAN BAND. 01:17:15 - ASSUMPTION DAY. AUGUST 15TH. WOMEN EATING ON STREETS OF PARIS 01:17:24 - MAN WASHING DOWN TEAM OF HORSES 01:17:31 - MEN GATHERED AROUND FOUNTAIN 01:17:34 - PEOPLE EATING AT OUTDOOR CAFE 01:17:39 - MS ADVERTISEMENT POSTERS HANGING IN STREET ON PUBLIC URINAL, BATHROOM 01:17:53 - CROWDS GET ON TRAIN FOR VACATION. TRAIN STATION 01:17:57 - PARISIANS AT RESORT IN SUMMER. MUSIC PAVILION 01:18:13 - MAN WAVING HAZEL WAND AROUND TO DETECT WATER. SPRINGS. THIRSTY PEOPLE DRINKING AT SPRING RESORT 01:18:32 - TRAIN STATION. FAMILIES GOING TO THE SEASHORE AT THE BEACH. 01:19:01 - ROCKY BEACH. STRIPED TENTS. 01:19:39 - CABINS ON WHEELS. HORSE-DRAWN CABANAS. CHILDREN GATHERING SAND IN BUCKETS. WOMEN UNDER UMBRELLAS. PEOPLE IN WATER 01:20:28 - HIGH SOCIETY RESTAURANT. PEOPLE ARRIVING. VIOLIN PLAYER ATTRACTED TO WOMAN AT TABLE. WOMAN SMOKING. 01:21:16 - COUPLE DANCES LIKE BIRDS. THE AERONET. BOW WITH APPLAUSE. 01:22:20 - MAN CRYING AT THE BEAUTY OF STRING ENSEMBLE. 01:22:32 - CHORUS GIRLS. CAN-CAN, CAKEWALK. STAGE SHOWS PONCHINELLES. ELABORATE FLOWER SETS. 01:23:27 - SISTER ACROBATS AT MUSIC HALL. BALANCING ON EACH OTHER. 01:23:42 - THE TUMBLING JULIETS. BOUNDING AROUND. MEN IN SUITS FLIP TUMBLERS 01:24:12 - PARADE IN SIZE HEIGHT. 01:24:19 - PARLOR TRICKS. ENTERTAINING COMPANY. MAURICE CHEVALIER. SILLY. 01:25:12 - PATHE EDITING FILM. PATHE WITH FERDINAND ZECCA. MONOCLE. 01:25:32 - CELEBRITIES OF THE PERIOD, MADAM RESAIN ?SP SARAH BERNHARDT 01:25:56 - BERNHARDT RECITES FOR FRIENDS. ACTING IN FILM 01:26:25 - PLAYWRIGHT EDMOND ROSTAND 01:26:34 - GEORGE COULTELE, ?SP. DRAMATIST 01:26:40 - LUCIEN GUITRY, CELEBRATED ACTOR TAKES OFF MUSTACHE & WIG. BRUSHES MOSTLY BALD HEAD WITH TWO BRUSHES 01:27:14 - CIRCUS TENT. 01:27:17 - GREAT ACTOR, LATER DIRECTOR OF THE ODEON. ACTING IN TENT 01:27:25 - CASSEVE ?SP. ACTRESS IN THE GIRL FROM MAXIM'S REGINA BADET ?SP OTHER ACTRESSES OF THE TIME 01:27:45 - WOMAN WITH TINY DOG. SHORT HAIR. 01:27:53 - SETILLE SORELL ?SP WALKING W/OTHERS 01:28:00 - TRAGEDIENNE DEMAX ?SP MAN READS POETRY OUTSIDE. 01 01 28 21 OEDIPUS REX PERFORMANCE. THEATRE. 01:28:49 - HAMLET. SHAKESPEARE. 01:29:04 - MEN LEAVING BUILDING TIPPING HATS. DOFFING HATS 01:29:10 - NELLIE MELBA, ENRICO CARUSO, 01:29:25 - CU GUSTAV CHARPENTIER 01:29:29 - MODERN DANCERS. NATIONAL TEMPLE OF MUSIC. HUGE HALL. STATUES. ART OF THE PERIOD. 01:29:50 - PRESIDENT OF FRANCE AT THE HALL 01:29:53 - PIERRE BONNARD PAINTING PORTRAIT 01:29:59 - ARTIST PAINTING PORTRAIT OF KING GEORGE V PALETTE 01:30:05 - MONTAGE PAINTINGS 01:30:17 - AUGUSTE RODIN WALKING AROUND PARIS 01:30:34 - PEIRRE AUGUSTE RENOIR SMOKING PAINTING 01:31:05 - CLAUDE MONET. PAINTING BY LAKE SIDE WITH PALLET AND BRUSHES. IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER 01:31:38 - CU PAINTING 01:31:45 - CU MUSICAL SCORE. CLAUDE DEBUSSY 01:32:03 - PERIER & MARY GARTEN 01:32:17 - MONTAGE PARIS PARKS 01:32:46 - ANDRE GIDE WALKING THROUGH PARKS 01:32:59 - GIDE & PAUL VALERY WALKING THROUGH LUXEMBURG GARDENS 01:33:14 - MEN POSING FOR ANIMATED PHOTOGRAPHS. EARLY FILMS. 01:33:24 - CU SELF PORTRAIT OF PICASSO. MONTAGE PICASSO PAINTINGS 01:33:35 - HUGE PAINTING PULLED ON CART THROUGH THE STREETS. 01:33:41 - MONTAGE FAMOUS PAINTINGS OF THE PERIOD BY MATISSE, BRACQUES ETC.. 01:33:49 - OBSERVATORY. TELESCOPE. SCIENTIST. DOME ASTRONOMY. CAMILLE FLAMARRION LOOKING THROUGH TELESCOPE 01:34:25 - FOLKS WAIT FOR ECLIPSE. 01:34:39 - 1912. AVIATION. MAN IN BIZARRE OUTFIT JUMPS FROM THE EIFFEL TOWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO FLY. HITS THE GROUND. MEN CARRY AWAY HIS BODY. 01:35:41 - EARLY AIRPLANE AND PILOT BLERIOT FLIES ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. 1909. HUGE PARADE IN PARIS FOR BLERIOT 01:36:27 - PEACE CONFERENCE. THE HAGUE. HEADS OF STATE 01:36:51 - ALPHONSO THE YOUNG KING OF SPAIN. 01:36:58 - KING EDWARD THE VII. MEETS HIS NEPHEW KAISER WILHELM 01:37:27 - QUEEN WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND. FOREIGN DIPLOMATS. 01:37:53 - ANDREW CARNEGIE WAVING GETTING IN CAR. 01:38:06 - CAPED FRENCH POLICEMEN GUARDING ENTRANCE 01:38:14 - JEAN JAURES FRENCH SOCIALIST POSES WITH ARCH ENEMY 01:38:24 - DEL CASSE ARISTIDE BRIAND 01:38:38 - MEN DUEL WITH SWORDS. 01:39:00 - MAN ANSWERS TELEPHONE. 01:39:05 - CROWDS PROTEST. 01:39:12 - PARIS COUNCIL MEN WALKING IN PARIS SLUMS. 01:39:15 - SLUMS. DOG EATS OFF STREETS. POVERTY. WOMAN HANGING LAUNDRY. DIRTY CHILDREN JUMP ROPE. SHACKS. OFFICIALS VISIT THE POOR PART OF TOWN. 01:39:49 - HORSE DRAWN HEARSE. FUNERAL PROCESSION. 01:40:16 - MEN LINE UP AT SOUP KITCHEN. MEN EATING LONG LINE OF HUNGRY CITIZENS. CHILDREN EAT. STARVING. 01:40:36 - RICH CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS TIME. HIGH SOCIETY 01:40:53 - DEMONSTRATIONS IN STREETS OF PARIS PLACARDS 01:41:03 - NON COMMISSIONED ARMY OFFICER STRIPPED OF HIS RANK. MEDALS PULLED OFF. 01:41:32 - REBELLION IN PARIS SMASHING WINDOWS OF SHOP. 01:41:37 - APRIL 28, 1912. POLICE TRACK ASSASSIN. PUSH HORSE CART BACKWARD. WAGON FILLED WITH STRAW. 01:42:35 - GARAGE EXPLODES. CROWDS RUN TO SEE. PULL OUT A CHEST. BURNING BUILDING. 01:43:25 - TROOPS MARCHING. PRISONERS LED TO SHIP. BOUND FOR DEVIL'S ISLAND. 01:44:07 - POV IN ROWBOAT LOOKING AT SHORE 01:44:12 - SAILORS COMING ASHORE FROM SHIP IN ROWBOAT. 01:44:21 - HIGH ANGLE OF SMOKE STACKS. INDUSTRY. FACTORY. HUGE TURBINES. FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS . MEN STOKING FIRE. 01:44:54 - INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS. HUGE FIRE. T 01:45:12 - TRADE UNIONS ORGANIZED. MASS DEMONSTRATIONS. LABOR UNIONS. 01:45:25 - UNION MEMBERS MOVING INTO VACANT APARTMENTS LIFTING BELONGINGS THROUGH SECOND STORY WINDOW 01:45:37 - MEN FIXING ROOF 01:45:41 - TRAIN STRIKE. RAILWAY STRIKE 01:45:52 - HUGE FUNERAL FOR SLAIN STRIKER. 01:46:07 - TOLSTOY WALKING ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS 01:46:21 - HEADS OF STATE OFFICIALS ETC MARCHING PAUL DELLADE ?SP GIVING SPEECH. ARMY TRAINING. 01:47:07 - SEA OF BLACK UMBRELLAS. STRAUSSBERG MONUMENT. 01:47:33 - POV FROM BEHIND PILOT IN PLANE FILMING BEHIND PILOT. 01:47:41 - INVENTOR OF EXPLOSIVE BELENITE, TURPIN 01:47:51 - MAN FIRES SMALL CANNON FROM THE EIFFEL TOWER. 01:47:58 - HUNTING PARTY. INCLUDES KAISER WILHELM HUNTING. DEAD BUCK WITH BIG RACK. PILE OF DEAD BIRDS 01:48:28 - 1913 NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT POINCARE RIDES THROUGH STREETS W/ENTOURAGE. 01:49:13 - POV DRIVING DOWN STREET IN PARIS 01:49:18 - MONTAGE VIOLENCE. IN PORTUGAL. BUILDINGS DESTROYED. GREECE. TURKEY. DEAD. THE BALKINS TROOPS. CITIZENS. PRESIDENT REVIEWING TROOPS 01:50:04 - GERMAN SOLDIERS POSE FOR PHOTOGRAPH WILHELM II. 01:50:24 - HUGE MILITARY REVIEWS. 01:50:53 - SUMMER OF 1914. PRESIDENT POINCARE BOARDS SHIP FOR RUSSIA. STEAM SHIP OCEAN LINER. 01:51:17 - NEW RECRUITS. MILITARY TRAINING. BLACK SOLDIERS. 01:52:19 - JUNE 28, 1914, ASSASSINATION OF AUSTRIAN ARCHDUKE AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA. TROOPS REVIEWED. 01:52:52 - ST. PETERSBERG SQUARE. CZAR. IMPERIAL PALACE IN RUSSIA. AMBASSADORS. 01:53:36 - BLIMP FLIES OVERHEAD. SUNSET IN PARIS. 01:53:47 - GAS LAMP. 01:53:58 - AUGUST 2, 1914. NOTICE ON WALLS. 01:54:03 - NEWSPAPER BOYS RUNNING HANDING OUT PAPERS TO CROWDS. READING NEWSPAPERS. 01:54:18 - TROOPS MARCH THROUGH CITY. TROOPS MOBILIZED. 01:55:03 - BELGIUM ARMY MOBILIZING, MARCHING. 01:55:11 - ENGLISH ARMY."" "" 01:55:19 - RUSSIAN TROOPS "" 01:55:35 - CROWDS TO SEE THE TRAIN OFF. WAVE GOODBYE TO MEN GOING OFF TO WAR. 01:56:05 - SOLDIERS GOING OFF TO WAR WAVE FROM TRAIN. TRAIN LEAVING STATION
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1900
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: V-9128