Bastille Day parade; World's Fair; touring Paris

Identifier
irn615349
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-60.1077
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Imperial War Museums

Scope and Content

HAS of the Bastille Day parade on July 14, 1937 in Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower and Trocadero fountains. Edita Hartmann poses in front of the Eiffel Tower. 1937 World’s Fair, including the German, Romanian, and USSR pavilions. Crowds at the fair followed by more tourist sites in Paris. Jiri and Jan play tennis against their father, launch a kayak. A few seconds of the Popeye cartoon that begins Film ID 4330.

Note(s)

  • The first 7 minutes of the reel contain postwar (1957) footage showing Jan Hartman (formerly Hartmann, who appears as a boy in the prewar footage), his wife Genevieve, daughter Eva and son Denis skiing in Verbier, Switzerland, and on a beach.

Subjects

  • FAIRS
  • FAMILIES
  • CROWDS
  • EIFFEL TOWER
  • PARADES
  • CITIES
  • VACATIONS
  • TOURISM/SIGHTSEEING
  • MARCHING
  • FRANCE
  • SPORTS/GAMES

Places

  • Paris, France

Genre

  • Film
  • Amateur.
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