Eclair №14206 (1928)

Newsreel №59546, 1 part, Duration: 0:08:12

Reel №1

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Current events in the world.

French newsreel. 1928. 1. Bartender (waiter) competition in Paris.

Waiters run with trays in their hands, on which there are bottles of wine and glasses, trying not to knock them over, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers.

Close-up of the waiter's face with a tray. 2. Two ladies in fur coats are descending the stairs in the Montmartre district of Paris.

The ladies are talking.

Two ladies are walking in fur coats through Paris and getting into a convertible. 3. Footage of a factory destroyed by an explosion in Suresnes (a suburb of Paris).

Rescuers and firefighters are working in the ruins of the Factory, clearing away rubble and pulling large stones to the surface.

Close-up of an injured worker with a bandage on his head.

Four rescuers are carrying an injured worker out of the rubble on a stretcher. 4. Grape pickers in Saint-Emilion (France) gather in the main square of the town next to the church.

Fields of grapes where the harvest is being picked by hand.

A worker leans over a basket of grapes and carefully picks them from the bush, placing them in the basket.

A boy pours grapes into a large wooden barrel and a woman in a hat crushes the grapes in the barrel with a mortar.

A wooden cart harnessed to an ox carries barrels of grapes. 5. France.

Workers are picking grapes on plantations.

They carry large baskets of grapes on their shoulders.

A smiling boy eats grapes.

Two workers carry a wooden barrel of grapes on a yoke. 6. England.

Cardington.

The large English airship "R.101" rises into the air.

Passengers are lifted on board with the help of a special mast.

The airship hovers in the air.

The airship is pulled by a rope to a special mast and the passengers exit the airship. 7. America.

Washington.

People in robes and graduate caps exit the George Washington University building.

Close-up of Mr.

McDonald's face. 8. Germany.

Frankfurt.

A light crop duster (a light aircraft from the early 20th century) takes off.

The pilot sits in the cockpit and the mechanic pushes the aircraft by the wing.

The aircraft takes off and before it can make a circle, it falls. 9. Italy.

Spezia.

The sailors quickly climb up the king's mast and pull the ropes at the top of the mast.

The sailors deftly descend the mast to the deck.

Close-up of the mast.

The sailors unfurl the sails at the top.

The sailors climb the masts.

Close-up of a sailing frigate sailing on the sea. 10. America, Oregon.

Indians dressed in national feather costumes run across a large arena.

Next to them, Indians are galloping on horses in national costumes. 11. America.

Bullfight.

Bulls are running around the arena with riders sitting on them.

A white bull throws off the rider and runs forward, raising his hind legs high.

The arena is surrounded by typical Indian houses - wigwams.

People are galloping around the arena on horses and trying to stay in the saddle.

Some riders fall off their horses.

Keywords

competition of professions, vintage, Indians, aeronautics

Persons:

Mr. Mac Donald - possibly British Prime Minister James Ramsay (Ramsay) MacDonald

Calendar:

1928

Shooting locations:

Paris France Italy Germany

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