HOME MOVIES: 1930s OCEAN VOYAGE TO PARIS, FRANCE

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1930s

Format: 16mm

Description: 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 smaller vessel -- exterior shots of the ocean liner (4:00). Cars and shops in Paris shot from an open air tour bus (5:06). A large newsstand (5:24). A tollbooth (5:40). The guide speaks (5:50). Mountains and trees in the distance (6:37). Passing a bride and groom (6:40). Visit to the Barbizon School in rural France, founded by Jean-François Millet, a French artist (6:46). Bicycles go down a quiet street in Barbizon (7:09). Rural scences (7:35). French cafe with outdoor dining (8:03). A man gets into a car, other cars go by on a street (8:21). The Palace at Versailles (9:18). Swans on a lake (9:34). A fenced in home (10:22). Down quiet streets of France; people on sidewalks (10:31). Passing by troops who are walking on a road, they appear to be of a foreign extraction, possibly members of the Foreign Legion ? (11:12). A trolley car goes down a street, sign for Le Rhone (11:46). The Maison Carrée, an ancient Roman temple in Nîmes (11:51). A Roman aqueduct and mountain in the distance as seen from a moving car (12:14). A cliff and coastline (12:32). Homes on a hillside on the way to Monte Carlo (13:10). A musician plays a guitar while people stand near him, the sign behind them appears to be for a spa (13:20). French sign for a Buster Keaton film (Steamboat Bill, Jr.) Cadet D'eau Douce, playing in July at the Cinema at the Jardin du Casino in Monte Carlo. The film was released in 1928 (13:27). Women walking down steps (13:48). Women walk around on the boardwalk, a scenic background behind them (14:06). A view of the water (14:37).

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