Seeing Paris: Part One: On the Boulevards (1920s)

Burton Holmes travelogue. looking out over Paris square. VS square and traffic Avenue de l’Opera Sidewalk Cafe de la Paix Scenes on Boulevard; pedestrians Porte St. Denis Bastille Day ceremonies soldiers marching Parc Monceau Cafe Life in Paris Cafe de la Paix VS people sitting in cafes Au Caneton restaurant caviar and pancakes (crepes) Robinson: tables in tree Couples dancing, including women dancing with women Man kissing woman’s neck Le Café du Dôme Patrons seated outside in sidewalk cafe (Dome) “Paris from a Motor“ Across the Pont Royal VS driving POVs: Notre Dame cathedral, over bridge toward the Tuileries, along the Rue de Rivoli following bus, up the Champs Elysées, by the Petit Palais and Napoleon’s tomb, the Rue Royale and Madeleine, the Rue Castiglione and Place Vendome, towards the Opera, the Rue Lafitte and the Sacré Coeur, We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Pre