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Clip #: AD-18
Length: 11:42
Year: 1926
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Entertaining travelogue from 1926 promoting The French Line, a trans-Atlantic cruise line. This is
interspersed with narrative that focuses on a young middle-class couple who takes a trip on the ocean liner
and disembarks at Paris. Footage of a biplane being catapulted off the deck of an...
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Clip #: TFA-112D
Length: 12:22
Year: 1960
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1960s
Description:
A trip to Pakistan with Pan American Airways in 1960.
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Clip #: AD-21-1
Length: 10:59
Year: 1938
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
01:00:12:17
Title card: “Andre de La Varre presents: ‘A Journey to Normandy.’
Photography, script, narration by Andre de La Varre; Collaborator, Paul Devlin;
Music Arranged & Played by Lew White; Recording by HE Reeves;
Released by Compagnie Generale Transatlantique - French Line.
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Clip #: AD-20
Length: 10:35
Year: 1938
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Travelogue from 1938 of towns and historic sites along the French Normandy coast. Includes footage of castles
and churches, village street scene, and small town market places. Footage of the resort towns of Trouville
and Deauville with people relaxing on the beach and at the racetrack. ...
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Clip #: AD-21-2
Length: 11:03
Year: 1938
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Travelogue from 1938 of towns and historic sites along the French Normandy coast. Cathedrals and religious
ceremonies in towns along the River Seine, such as Fecamp, Rouen, Les Andelys, and Lisieux.
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Clip #: TFA-156C
Length: 10:47
Year: 1938
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Travelogue from 1938 of towns and historic sites along the French Normandy coast. Extensive footage of
the port town of Le Havre (which would be heavily bombed during WWII) with ocean liners arriving to the port,
vistas of the city, and 1930s old European street scenes. Resort towns such as...
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Clip #: AD-19
Length: 30:51
Year: 1926
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Entertaining travelogue from 1926 promoting The French Line, a trans-Atlantic cruise line. This is interspersed
with narrative that focuses on a young middle-class couple who takes a trip on the ocean liner and disembarks
at Paris. Excellent footage of romantic couples sightseeing around...
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Clip #: TFA-1D-7
Length: 1:20
Year: 1949
Decade: 1940s
Description:
French Riviera, France
Women (models) modeling beachwear / resort wear () to people seated at tables in fashion show.
Audience applauding.
Bikini competition
Conga band provide lively accompaniment to dancers / Conga Line
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Clip #: TFA-1D-12
Length: 2:19
Year: 1949
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Monte Carlo, Monaco
VS adults & children swimming, sunbathing (sun tanning) & lounging next to luxury hotel swimming pools (including Monte Carlo Beach Hotel).
Cap Ferrat, France
Bathing beauties in one-piece swimsuit & bikinis standing in line next to pool.
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
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Clip #: TFA-1D-11
Length: 2:19
Year: 1949
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Juan-les-Pins / Golfe Juan, France
Promenade & coastal view.
International nautical flags.
VS beach w/ people sunbathing, wading in water.
French Riviera, France (Cannes?)
VS women of different ages wearing bikinis on beach.
Sign for “Bikini Beach.
Overweight women wearing swimsuits &...
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