1930s OCEAN VOYAGE TO PARIS, FRANCE HOME MOVIE RMS MAURETANIA BARBIZON SCHOOL NIMES 53014

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Shot by an unknown American tourist, this black & white silent home movie shows a trip to France via an ocean liner, possibly RMS Mauretania, in the 1930s. Opening: The film begins before the voyage at a house (number 1977), probably people saying “bon voyage“. Women and a little girl wave to the camera (:08). A little girl skips and runs up some steps, twirls around (:48). A man holds a little girl while standing next to two women (1:11). Standing on the ocean liner at sea (1:23). A won practices putting on a life jacket as part of an evacuation or lifeboat drill (1:44). Filming the ocean and other ships at sea, while people play a game on deck (2:03). Shuffleboard on deck (2:32). Men dance with one another and clown around; a man and a woman then dance (2:55). A lighthouse, possibly at LeHavre (3:41). Departing the ship by a sm
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