Color footage of Paris--touristy, some dirty, some home-movie look. Eiffel Tower and more. Looks late 1940s or early 1950s. LS Eiffel Tower in spring - flowers blooming, cyclists in park. CU-MS pan and tilt up to top of tower. Shot from elevator in Eiffel tower looking down to streets - nice. LS Tower on gray cloudy day. No people. Close shot under the tower with pedestrians and traffic. Tilt up to top of tower. LS Eiffel tower in spring. Eiffel tower on gray cloudy days. Base of tower - tilt up to top. LS top of tower, tilt down. LS Tower with another building in f/g. MS lower part of tower. MS around base of tower. People gathered. Extreme canted angle shot from base of tower looking up. MS Looking squarely at base of tower. LS top of tower shrouded in fog. CU details of the decorative work on parts of the tower structure. MS base of tower - 3 servicemen walk by - tilt up from base of tower. LS tilt down from top of tower - afternoon light. Shots from elevator. Nice overhead shot of sculpted greens and streets of Paris from the top of tower. MS tourists looking through telescopes at top of tower. More shots from elevator. Seine River from the tower. Ext. shot of the elevator. Canted angle of the tower from below. MS through the base of the tower.
Master 1495 - Tape 1 Nice TLS white people sitting at outdoor cafe by rippling manmade pond, some patrons sitting at tables beneath patio umbrellas; waiters wear white tuxedo suits. Great LS two-way traffic traveling along Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe in BG. (6-5) Traveling shot of Eiffel Tower from River Seine. Static LS Eiffel Tower. (7-6)
Buildings and street scenes in Paris. Traffic, pedestrians, crowd. Shot of oncoming traffic headed straight at camera - Arc de Triomphe in b/g. LS Eiffel tower (hazy), WS paris, elevated shot over Champs Elysses with Arc de Triopmhe. Over head shot of Paris. Nice MS of people at newsstand "Byrrh" logo. VS pedestrians and traffic around Arc de Tiomphe. MS people stand at the memorial - flame burning in f/g. Flowers on the ground. CU dedication "Ici Repose Un Soldat Francais Mort Pour La Patrie 1914-1918" with flame. Cu sculpture on the arch. MS Obelisk. Pan from bridge over the Seine River. Public bath? People gathered around a pool. Unidentified building with corinthian columns. TLS tilt up on Eiffel Tower. Overhead, elevated shots of Paris.
Master 1848 - Tape 1 LS Seine River in Paris, France, during dusk / sunset. Views of Paris from Eiffel Tower. Nice LS Eiffel Tower, silhouette of wrought-iron gate in FG. TLS steel trestle, view from Eiffel Tower.
TLSs of traffic driving in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France on a hazy day.
TLSs of traffic driving in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France on a hazy day.
President Wilson getting out of carriage in London. President Wilson in Paris. Treaty of Versailles, Paris scenes.
Post-war France, 1920s: TLS/MSs crowded outdoor caf (cafe) in Paris, waiters in white tuxedos zipping about packed tables; TLSs Caucasians dancing & carousing at a swinging jazz nightclub; MSs hammy motions of a traditional or hot jazz band, comprised entirely of African-American men, performing (drums, trumpet, guitar, sax).
Paris 1920s: Arc de Triomphe. Colonne de Vendome, cars and horse-drawn carriages passing before it. Street vendor hocking flowers. Traveling shot of Parisian boulevard at night, cars winding along it, news ticker in BG. Folks dancing to hammy hot jazz in Parisian nightclub. Empty outdoor cafe table, cut to waiter opening champagne bottle. Wide panning shot of the outskirts of Paris. Street life. Pan of rooftops, Eiffel Tower in BG. Montage of Parisian bohemian life: artsy folks sitting outside, drinking and talking and smoking and writing at Cafe La Rotonde. Cafe sign. Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and wife Zelda. Filmmaker-writer-playwright-artist Jean Cocteau smiling. Portrait drawing of his. Man feeding soup to his small snake. Woman in black mugging for camera, making faces and such. Traveling shot of crowded outdoor cafe in Paris. Shirtless Pablo Picasso working on a sculpture in an apartment studio. Writer James Joyce on street. (the Lost Generation)
Master 1791 - Tape 2 Excellent head-on TLS automobiles traveling along Champs Elysees, toward and away from camera, Arc de Triomphe in BG, early evening (headlights on cars, street slights lining street).
Shots of Paris streets, summer of 1900: well-dressed pedestrians walking about, horse-drawn carriages passing by, people walking by the base of the Eiffel Tower. Tilting LS of the Eiffel Tower. POV shot elevator ride up Eiffel Tower, looking out at Paris, girders passing in FG.
Master 1487 - Tape 1 Nice panning high angle LS scenic Paris, France, starting with Seine River and stopping at Eiffel Tower. Static LS Eiffel Tower.
