[Home Movies: Medicus Collection: Paris International Exposition, 1937]

[Home Movies: Medicus Collection: Paris International Exposition, 1937]

Rejissyor: Medicus, Philip. Extensive coverage of the Exposition, including buildings and exhibits; fireworks; the amusement area; and the "French Colonial Section" The Paris International Exposition, 1937. 21:19:59:08 The Paris International Exposition; the Eiffel Tower; pan down the Eiffel Tower; tower with latin word “Pax” on bottom in center of semicircle of various national flags; VS Eiffel Tower; great shot from elevator ascending the Eiffel Tower, great footage of exposition grounds from top of Eiffel Tower. 21:23:42:18 LS huge soviet statue by Vera Mukhina woman and man heroically holding out sickle and hammer; plaque on bottom of Soviet Union pavilion statue. 21:24:21:20 Great low-angle shot of Vera Mukhina’s soviet pavilion statue, red soviet flag waves across frame in foreground of shot occluding part of the statue; soviet flag waving in the air; low-angle Soviet pavilion statue; great shot base of structure in Soviet pavilion, URSS sign with huge Soviet emblem beneath it; Soviet tractor combine on display at the exhibition. 21:25:38:00 Alfred Speers Tower with eagle on top at the Nazi Germany’s pavilion, pan down tower, Nazi flags waving at base of tower; cult of the body bronze statues of nude men and women in front of Nazi pavilion. 21:26:36:19 Great shot of two probably German girls standing between the legs of two giant nude statues of man and woman in front of the Nazi German pavilion. 21:26:46:07 LS pan from British to American pavilions; VS German pavilion; Canadian pavilion. 21:28:44:05 VS Egyptian pavilion, stone relief narrative at Egyptian pavilion; people crowded around Egyptian pavilion, men seated at sphinx bench in front of pavilion entrance. 21:30:04:21 Entrance to the Louvre pavilion. 21:31:26:13 LS man looking into home movie camera facing camera filming him. 21:32:09:27 Man drinking glass of Coca-Cola at soda fountain counter, huge coca-cola sign. 21:32:27:09 French Pavilion; Italian pavilion; Hungarian pavilion and Hungarian restaurant; United States pavilion. 2

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