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Scenes in Paris, 1918 - 1919

Reel Number: 220745-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1918-1919

Country: France

Location: Paris,Versailles

TC Begins: 05:17:05

TC Ends: 05:29:43

Duration: 00:12:38

Scenes in Paris, 1918 - 1919 (WWI) French General, other military VIPs looking at camera w/ men behind. 05:18:20 Italian gymnasts, martial arts, tug of war. English boxers & wrestlers, and boxing champion Jim Driscoll give exhibitions in the gardens of the Tuileries. Traffic; people at exhibition of wartime military equipment. 05:20:10 Statue Claude Chappe, inventor of semaphore visual telegraph. Sandbags are removed from a huge statue as people stand around the base watching. Other statues & sculpture. 05:21:33 Street traffic in front of Grand Palais w/ many decorative statues where exhibit of military hardware is taking place. US sailors & soldiers look at statue. The Champs Elysees w/ Arc de Triomphe, pedestrians & cars. Grand Palais w/ traffic around it including horses & cars & various types of cars. 05:23:28 Seine River bridges & barges. US soldiers sightseeing outside the Luxembourg museum and gardens, the Eiffel Tower, 05:24:44 Giant ferris wheel. Monuments. Palaces & the Hall of Mirrors and gardens at Versailles. (VERY GOOD). Formal gardens; reflecting pools; Post-WW1;

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