Paris 1900 Part 2

[Music] who remain in town sexation by patronizing the fashionable B they get their exercise tangoing and listening to Gypsy waltes which offer No Escape From The [Music] Heat [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] the airplane has inspired a new Step called The aeronet Spectators find it exhilarating in spite of the fact that they themselves are grounded they like its takeoff its gliding its swaying its Defiance of gravity it's happy Landing [Music] [Applause] [Music] too the effects of a string Ensemble on a Lonely Heart are clearly [Music] indicated fortunately the corus girls here are still going through such time honored routines as the can can and the Cakewalk these have been in Vogue since the Second Empire [Music] the Amusements of Paris are of all kinds physical or intellectual here for example a sister team at a music hall please note their agility and fragile charm the program proclaims them a veritable vision of classic [Music] Beauty here with the tumbling Juliet this is strictly a family affair they seem to be throwing quite a party [Music] the Music Hall by the way is great ually replacing what was known as the cafe concer this is May singing with [Music] odar here look carefully is Maurice chaler not yet seeing Louise but already the possessor of a lower lip that is beginning to protrude encouraged by the famous mangette chaler is doing an imitation of [Music] mayol visits Ferdinand Zea actor cameraman director path a rash Pioneer is even fil filming actual news events the public still prefers the living theater Madame rean a great star admired especially for her Madame San Sarah Bernard the Divine Sarah with her golden voice and supreme skill has conquered the Civilized world on her estated bellart gives a recitation for some [Laughter] friends one of her greatest Parts was Camille this is her reading of the death sea her admirers are confident no one can ever play the part again berard's favorite modern playright is Edom roson author of legon and of course Siro de Bak George C is the most popular comic dramatist but Monier still holds the affections of Paris and Lucian gri father o Sasha is his most famous interpreter a player of immense Authority he doesn't undervalue himself the stage manager running to his dressing room cries M gitri everyone's on stage they'll wait he replies they can't start without [Music] me jier disciple of antoan and the the and one day to become director of the Odon hopes to win the widest possible theater public he heads the traveling theater the theater of the people and tours the provinces playing his classic roles in a tent [ __ ] is one of his outstanding characterizations here is Civ who is scoring a hit in the girl from Maxim Regina bad more celebrated for her charm her Contours and her smile than for her Talent pair is ah head of her time her hair is short her energy endless how she keeps a waste that would fit into a w wedding ring is a mystery colorful Cecile sorell is destined to become a French institution in the open air we again encounter the tragedian DX noted for his ability to read poetry munes Suli is more than an actor his audiences at the comedy are his subjects and he rules over them like an oldfashioned King who could do no wrong he is playing the final scene in edus Rex as he's plain to hear in see his is the grandstyle oh [Music] mun's Hamlet is highly respected at the [Music] comedy Paul mun Saw's latest work has opened Nelly melber creates a sensation her voice is more luscious than the dessert which takes her name kuso wellfed bursting with Vitality has every reason to smile he is acclaimed everywhere Gustav shante's Opera Louise has scored a Triumph having written of MRA and Miser he has Fad in the National Temple of Music the opening of the all French artists is one of The Season's major events the Hall of being official is resolutely unoriginal [Music] the president as usual is on hand to welcome approve and compliment his own picture has been painted by Bonar an Ardent enemy of the Impressionists this portrait of George fth King of England also confuses painting with photography the younger artists protest the reaction against academic art is violent but the rebels gain strength sculptor ogist Rodan famous for his thinker and the kiss he has not followed tradition he has created one from the heights of his home at mudon he looks down on the city which for so long ignored him ois Renoir one of the greatest Impressionists and one of the most Ardent and sensuous of modern painters is now growing old although he so suffers from arthritis he can scarcely hold his brush he continues to paint with the suppleness and vigor which distinguish his [Music] work Claude Monet Val with his nymphs when the Impressionists held their first exhibition in 1876 they had scandalized as the critics of the public the Impressionists I had said see only what others do not see but the Impressionists have triumphed they have taught people to see differently the painter says Monet is only an eye but what an [Music] eye a similar revolution has been taking place in music Claude deus's Pelos and Bell AR has been Jered by audiences preferring guno and [Music] mass here is perier with Mary Garden so memorable as Mell [Music] arm it doesn't matter that a few conservatives laugh so heartily the true conosur understand and applaud they know history will repeat itself and that tomorrow de's music will be acclaimed early in the morning in The Parks of Paris you could sometimes see a lonely figure deeply considering man and his Destiny like so many of the rising generation of musicians and Painters the newer writers and philosophers are ignored by the masses No One turns to look at the celebrity of Tomorrow this however is Andre J meditating at B Shon jid's answer to the die hards is we are about to enter and Conquer New Fields walking in the Luxburg Gardens J meets Paul Valerie a poet as yet little known G poire poses for animated photographs the only moving pictures taken of this is leading the art of his times in New Direction Picasso is painting his self-portraits Ari mat is a colorist of astonishing virtuosity the first Salon de creates a scandal protests of the traditionalists are loud and angry against the work of matis bra dofy [Music] indeed all those who are banded together in the heart of Paris exploring the new field by G not far from Paris at JVC another experimentalist Camille flamarion explores other new [Music] Fields he is popularizing the science of astronomy and developing public interest in the study of the universe a sensational announcement is made Paris will see an eclipse of the Sun the plast Opera is suffused with an eerie light there are those who see in this phenomenon an omen at the end of the world is approaching this Eclipse will be forgotten but Aviation will really put an end to the world as it was in 1912 This Modern Icarus a tailor by trade designs an elaborate costume to sustain him in the air at dawn he goes to the first tier of the Eiffel [Music] Tower a few Spectators are on hand to watching he [Music] hesitates finally he jumps his body makes a hole almost 6 in deep at the foot of the tower they carry away the remains of this premature bird man but others have been luckier in conquering the sky in 199 blero has successfully completed the first flight across the English [Music] Channel his return to Paris is a Triumph president fer hails this miracle of the century what an irresistible Force for peace says he all the people of Europe are neighbors all the countries of the world will be friends the peace conference at the ha promises an era of goodwi War seems safely outlawed the rulers and their Statesmen set out on their travels here is Alonso the young king of Spain with his retinue in buan King Edward 7th meets his nephew Kaiser vilhelm second sovereigns of the Central Powers [Music] confir M sh Fier offers his arm to the most peaceloving Queen in the world will helmina of [Music] Holland succumbing to the charms of Paris foreign diplomats salute the third Republic on the job as always M fer salutes peace Andrew carnegi the American philanthropist seems convinced his efforts in behalf of Peace are not in vain world peace is assured the Pres in the neither so simple nor so friendly ha the left the left the right socialist J poses with Arch Enemy milvo jorz has defended captain trius in his world shaking trial Del C and arist Bon a promising young Deputy Marcel Casher thetic already immersed in politics challenges his colleague Pierre Weber seen from the back charl moras ferocious editor of Laxon Fran his opponent Paul deak Leon doe likes nothing better than a good fight the weapons don't matter but Arthur mayor who edits legola pretends all these differences of opinion are not as serious as they see things however are not so rosy as he believes why these crowds what are they protesting the Paris councilmen are dous they visit the scene of the trouble there is another side to these years which the sentimental and the comfortable are calling the happy time these wounds are real this is a Paris which tourists do not see animals children men and women live here as best they [Music] can the councilmen are forced to realize that such a life is a living [Music] death their action a site is Select Som how everything will come out all [Music] right meanwhile there are lions at soup kitens observers ask themselves how such poverty can be [Music] overcome the hungry who wait in the streets aren't so certain the problem will be solved by charity bazaars or garden parties for the benefit of starving [Music] children they aren certain either that the Poetry of Jan carar appealing for sacrifice will dissolve the misunderstanding between capital and labor the red herring of the day is anarchy whenever demonstrations are held they are denounced as foreign propaganda or a radical conspiracy a non-commissioned army officer convicted of unfranchised even watching it is painful [Music] Paris remembers that many of her most Ardent Advocates of social change and progress have been recruited from the ruling classes in the revolt against human misery there's always a lunit in 1912 is excited over the pursuit of Bono a thief and an assassin on April 28th the police track him to schwaz Lura in the knee Rouge a cameraman just happens to be present our old friend prefect of police lepine takes personal command of The Siege several infantry battalions the Republican guard and all available police as well as members of rifle clubs for 10 miles around have been mobilized in the knee Rouge are two men Bono and his accomplice dubis a wagon load of straw behind which a soldier is hiding is set off a charge of dynamite at one end of the garage after two fruitless attempts the question is will the garage explode this [Music] time the crowd gathered at a distance breaks through the police lines Bono is fatally wounded dub is killed the Curious ransacked the knee Rouge the police search for incriminating evidence they find a paper on which the dying Bono wrote in his own blood his last words so much the worse for society so much the worse for you the two bodies are carried away amid the howls of the mar the corpses are taken to the morg their accomplices rounded up tried convicted and sentenced to Devil's [Music] Island [Music] fore [Music] but parisians are still Believers in those magical words Liberty equality fraternity they can't understand why all this new progress is failing to eliminate depressions and mass [Music] poverty hardworking men and women who are neither anarchists nor Communists complain they aren't adequately protected against industrial accidents explosions [Music] fire inevitably they organized themselves into trade unions as their forefathers did in 48 and 71 they hold Mass demonstrations in the streets of Paris labor unions are finally recognized as instruments for protection and the maintenance of order union members move into vacant apartments with the help of their [Music] friends they learn the wisdom of taking action and sometimes not taking action a railway strike breaks out tracks are guarded by soldiers a striker has been killed his funeral occasion is a demonstration which is given added importance by the presence of socialist leader [Applause] jorz in Russia the Aging count Tolstoy is dreaming of the Brotherhood of Man which will guarantee peace others everywhere entertain the same hope pacifist demonstrations are constant occurrences these people dream of Happiness they want no part of War other men speak a different and a terrifying [Music] language Paul dered exorts his countrymen to think of coming battles for 10 years this dream everything delays it yet nothing interrupts it God grant that one day a Frenchman will achieve it as for me I only sound The Call to Arms but it is not through cowardly egotism that I withdraw my arm from the ore a thousand oresman stand ready for the task as for me I only sound the call to arm other writers express the same sentiments but they are more serious and realistic Maurice Barz standing before the Strasburg reminder of French defeat in the Franco Prussian War appeals to the pride of the officials and industrialists c i to i m mishan establishes a prize for the best military plane equipment where are the dreams of Peace an inventor of tan perfects bellite a chemical with extremely satisfying and encouraging results small cannon is fired from the Eiffel Tower does it signal that the happy years are over shadier is now in his 70s he goes hunting at rambu for the last time at the same time elsewhere a less kind man examines his Gunsite Kaiser Wilhelm also goes hunting but he's after bigger game than M Fier few [Music] Birds M fer returns to Paris for the installation of his successor the new president M [Music] prank still the symbol of a happy France the ex-president is no longer conton I greatly fear says he that war will follow me in the 80s a the times are changing even the weather is changing Mr Carnegie back in Paris no longer finds out the boulevards that gity and faith in the future which once encouraged him he is anxious his thoughts Center on the war trends which are apparent everywhere riots revolutions minor battles the first storm signals in [Music] Portugal the Balan gree [Music] turkey [Music] the new president has less time than his predecessor for social [Music] functions he reviews the troops across the frontier bam II poses before his favorite [Music] Panorama the huge official reviews attended by all the military attaches future enemies or future allies still resemble peaceful parades but those in the noome suspect their tog is approaching fateful summer of 1914 has overtaken Paris and the world president pranker accompanies the British sovereigns leaving the ad after a state visit self-bound for Russia with president of the council Vivani England Russia and France are now allies [Music] while pranker reviews troops the tension mounts throughout the [Music] world new recruits arrive in Fr quickly these raw Colonials are put through intensive [Music] training beyond the r they are playing the same Dangerous [Music] Game the Crown Prince parades with the famous death head huzar on June 28th the assassination of the Austrian Arch Duke at Saro sets off the spark everyone has dreaded Austria declares war on [Music] Serbia official visits come to an abrupt end the austrians anxiously await the order to attack troups are reviewed for the last time before leaving for the front in St Petersburg great crowds mass in the Square before the Zars Palace these people like the people everywhere May hate War but they have little to say in the final decision the attention of the world is on the Imperial Palace what will the Zar [Music] do officials ministers ambassadors try to put a good face on things they make a bad job of [Music] it isv the Russian Ambassador has his last bill with his family in the garden of their Parish residence the world has only a few more moments of peace to enjoy the sun sets for the last time on a peaceful Paris it is the evening on which jores the Socialist will be assassinated the morning of August 2nd 1914 fate still seems to hesitate and suddenly on the walls a notice by decree of the president of the Republic the mobilization of the armies of the land and seas is hereby ordered as well as the requisition of animals vehicles and harness necessary to fit Out These Arm PR is everywhere in Europe at the same moment men are on the mark the [Music] belgians the English the Russian the train which takes these Russians to the front receives a blessing at the Gest the last kisses the last efforts at laughter the last goodbyes even as they say farewell to one another they are also saying goodbye to those peaceful those Carefree years those Happy Times Are Over [Music]