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Film, Video[World War II color footage--Liberation of Paris]
World War 2 color footage--Liberation of Paris | World War Two color footage--Liberation of Paris | Inventory title: Liberation of Paris The Special Coverage Unit accompanies the Free French troops as they enter Paris. Crowds of French civilians wave and welcome the troops and military vehicles as they pass. General de Gaulle and General Leclerc meet General von Choltitz for the official surrender of the Germans. SPECOU members interact with French civilians. The SPECOU covers the American Forces parade on August 29, 1944, which is...- Contributor: Stevens, George - United States. Army. Signal Corps. Special Coverage Unit
- Date: 1944
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Film, VideoChamps Elysees
Title in Edison films catalog: Driving scene on the Champs Elysees "Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian buses are passing. 75 feet"--Edison films catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPanoramic view of the Place de l'Concord [sic]
Title in Edison films catalog: Panoramic view of the Place de la Concorde "Taken from an automobile. This picture was taken during the fashionable driving hour, making a complete circle of the Place de la Concorde, passing hundreds of carriages and busses. The beginning of the picture shows the historical church of the Madeleine in the background, the picture ending by approaching and running under the main entrance to the Paris Exposition. 100 feet"--Edison films catalog, no....- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPanoramic view of the Champs Elysees "The camera was mounted on a moving vehicle on a main street of Paris, France. The Arc de Triomphe can be seen in the distance. The vehicle carryingthe camera makes an abrupt turn and proceeds down a street heavily congested with horse-drawn vehicles, both public and private"--Early motion pictures.
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPanorama from the moving boardwalk
Panoramic view from the moving sidewalk | Panoramic view from the moving sidewalk at the Paris Exposition | Moving sidewalk, no. 2 "The camera is stationed on the middle walk of the Platform Mobile, as the French call it, and gives further views and incidents of this Paris Exposition novelty. 100 feet"--Edison films catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900-01-01
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ArticleGigi A young French girl is being groomed by her grandmother and great aunt to be a successful courtesan, but instead falls in love and blossoms into a lady.
- Contributor: Chevalier, Maurice - Minnelli, Vincente - Loewe, Frederick - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Jourdan, Louis - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Freed, Arthur - Caron, Leslie - Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress) - Lerner, Alan Jay - Gingold, Hermione
- Date: 1958
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Film, VideoEiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace "The single camera position is from the top of a building identified as the Trocadero Palace; the camera is pointed toward the Eiffel Tower. The film shows only up to the first arch of the Eiffel Tower"--Early motion pictures.
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoEsplanade des invalides
Title in Edison films catalog: Circular panoramic view of the Esplanade des Invalides "Beginning with the camera pointing toward the Invalides entrance, with the tomb of Napoleon in the background. The camera is slowly revolved until it rests upon the new and beautiful bridge of Alexander III, showing the immense crowds entering the Exposition. 100 ft."--Edison films catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPanorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine
Title in Edison films catalog: Paris Exhibition viewed from the Seine "This panoramic scene is taken from a Seine steamboat and gives a rapid view of the banks of the river. The launch steams under six bridges and past the Street of Nations. The United States Building is a prominent white domed structure, gay with national flags. The picture ends at the famous three million dollar bridge, the Point [i.e., Pont] Alexander III. 375 feet"--Edison...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPanorama of the moving boardwalk
Title in Edison films catalog, no. 105: Panoramic view of the moving sidewalk at the Paris Exposition | Title in Edison films catalog, no. 288: Panoramic view, moving sidewalk, Paris Exposition "This picture was taken from the stationary platform, showing the rapidly moving board walk on the outer edge, which has a speed of five miles per hour; also shows the middle platform moving two and a-half miles per hour, the third platform being stationary. At intervals there are upright posts to steady passengers passing from one platform to the other. By watching these uprights...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPalace of Electricity
Title from Edison films catalog: Circular panoramic view of the Champs de Mars, [no. 1] The camera pans around the Exposition grounds, providing views of the Champs-de-Mars, including a close view of the Palace of Electricity, a partial view of the Eiffle Tower, and views of many visitors to the Exposition.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPanorama of Eiffel Tower
Title in Edison films catalog, no. 105: Panoramic view of the Eiffel Tower taken from the outside "Showing the entire height of this wonderful structure from the base of the dome and return, with the great Paris Exposition in the background, looking down Champs de Mars. A most realistic picture. 90 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoPanorama of Place de l'Opera
Title in Edison films catalog, no. 105: Circular panoramic view of the Place de l'Opera "The busiest square in all Paris. 75 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoBreaking of the crowd at military review at Longchamps
Title in Edison films catalog: Breaking up of the crowds at military review at Long Champs | Variant title in Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Breaking up of the crowd at military review at Long Champs This picture shows thousands of people leaving their seats in the grand stand and going across the parade grounds toward Paris. A very sharp and clear picture. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoAngel. The guided tour
Guided tour Angelique, known as Angel, moves from France to the United States to marry American architect, John Smith. The newlyweds set up housekeeping in Los Angeles, California. She tries her best to be a good housewife but sometimes runs into problems as she learns English and adapts to her new life and culture. In this episode, Johnny has a business trip to Paris. He hopes...- Contributor: CBS Television Network - Feldman, Edward H. (Edward Henry) - Oppenheimer, Jess - CBS Films - Gordon, Gale - Keefer, Don - Davenport, William - Bruck, Bella - Molin, Bud - Singleton, Doris ... CBS Television Network - Feldman, Edward H. (Edward Henry) - Oppenheimer, Jess - CBS Films - Gordon, Gale - Keefer, Don - Davenport, William - Bruck, Bella - Molin, Bud - Singleton, Doris - Daniel, Eliot - Bonney, Gail - De Grasse, Robert - Love, Dorothy - Burlingame Productions - Stone, Ezra - Thompson, Marshall - Fargé, Annie - Alsberg, Arthur
- Date: 1961
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ArticleAn American in Paris Jerry, a struggling, but happy-go-lucky American artist, falls in love with Lise, a French shop girl. Unbeknownst to Jerry, Lise is engaged to Henri, one of Jerry's pals. Jerry proposes to Lise, who refuses sadly, explaining about Henri. Henri eventually bows out and the lovers are reunited.
- Contributor: Kelly, Gene - Minnelli, Vincente - Gershwin, Ira - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Mgm/Ua Home Video (Firm) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Freed, Arthur - Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress) - Caron, Leslie - Levant, Oscar - Gershwin, George - Lerner, Alan Jay - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Loew's Incorporated
- Date: 1979
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ArticleNinotchka A romantic comedy in which Ninotchka, a humorless, dedicated Soviet envoy, and Leon, a gigolo, are transformed when they fall in love in Paris.
- Contributor: Brackett, Charles - Lubitsch, Ernst - Reisch, Walter - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Douglas, Melvyn - Garbo, Greta - Rca Corporation - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Lugosi, Bela - Loew's Incorporated ... Brackett, Charles - Lubitsch, Ernst - Reisch, Walter - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Douglas, Melvyn - Garbo, Greta - Rca Corporation - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Lugosi, Bela - Loew's Incorporated - Wilder, Billy - Gibbons, Cedric - Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Rumann, Sig - Lengyel, Menyhért - Daniels, William
- Date: 1981
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Film, VideoSwiss village, no. 2 "The scene opens by showing the village girls driving home a herd of cows, and shows the native peasantry of Switzerland returning from their daily occupation--watching the herds. After driving the cattle to their shelter, the boys and girls congregate in front of the old barn and go through a native dance, to the amusement of the spectators. These pictures are marvelously clear and...
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, VideoScene from the elevator ascending Eiffel Tower
Title in Edison films catalog: Panoramic view from the Eiffel Tower, ascending and descending | Variant title from Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Scene from the Eiffel Tower, ascending and descending | Variant title from AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910: Eiffel Tower, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 "A marvelously clear picture taken from the top of the elevator of the Eiffel Tower during going up and coming down of the car. This wonderful tower is 1,000 feet in height, and the picture produces a most sensational effect. As the camera leaves the ground and rises to the top of the tower, the enormous white city opens out to the view of...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Film, Video[World War II color footage--American troops move through northeast France, Luxembourg, and Belgium to Germany]
World War 2 color footage--American troops move through northeast France, Luxembourg, and Belgium to Germany | World War Two color footage--American troops move through northeast France, Luxembourg, and Belgium to Germany | Inventory title: Chateau Thierry In the fall and winter of 1944-1945, the SPECOU is embedded with American troops as they move through northeast France--from Chateau-Thierry to Reims, through Luxembourg and Belgium, and then to the area in and around Aachen, the westernmost city in Germany. Scenes include bombed buildings and streets, refugees, German prisoners and Christmastime scenes. There are two out of sequence segments of the August 1944...- Contributor: Stevens, George - United States. Army. Signal Corps. Special Coverage Unit
- Date: 1944
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Film, VideoChamps de Mars
Title in Edison films catalog no. 105: Circular panoramic view of the Champs de Mars, no. 2 | Champ de Mars "Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with the Trocadero Palace in the background. 135 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900
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personal narrativeMajorie Elizabeth Bryan Collection Sergeant, WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps), World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Fort Custer, Michigan; Camp Crowder, Missouri; Paris; France.
- Contributor: Green, Andrew A. - Bryan, Majorie Elizabeth - Ypsilanti District Library and Ypsilanti Rotary - Chapman, Mimi
- Date: 1942
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Film, VideoBuying a cow
Achat embarrassant | Embarrassing purchase An urban husband and wife, walking in the countryside outside Paris, are so impressed with the delicious taste of a cow's milk that they buy the cow and try to bring it back to their Parisian apartment. After many misadventures, the cow is stolen right after they reach their front door.- Contributor: Société Des Établissements Gaumont - Afi/Marshall (George) Collection (Library of Congress) - George Kleine (Firm)
- Date: 1908-01-01
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Film, VideoScene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition
Title in Edison films catalog: Scene in the Swiss Village at the Paris Exposition "The picture opens with a crowd of Swiss boys and girls dressed in native costumes, marching down the street in this very unique and picturesque village. Each happy and smiling face is clearly shown as they pass the camera. The scene ends by the boys and girls congregating in the square and dancing to the strains of an accordion played by one of the...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
- Date: 1900