00.00.01 Three children skipping rope
00.00.07 Peasant women plowing some land
00.00.17 Horse drawn carriage preceded by three soldiers and followed by a group of women
00.00.49 People in a meal line eating out of tin dishes
00.01.05 Elegant party, two little girls carry a tray
00.01. 14 Title card- Paris 1900
00.01.20 Ferris wheel
00.01.24 Windmill
00.01.36 The Moulin Rouge.
00.01.46 Man crossing busy street
00.02.02 Statue in the Plaza de Republique in Paris
00.02.40 Crowd scene in flower market
00.03.10 Policemen on bicycles chase child thieves, thieves in turn steal the bicycles
00.03.40 Slapstick comedy of strong man fighting all of the policemen
00.04.46 The Eiffel Tower, including upward shots of its architecture
00.05.20 Men at a banquet table
00.06.10 Bizarre- statue of fat man spins around quite quickly
00.06.18 Nicholas II in a car
00.07.03 Train arrives in a station
00.08.02 Statue of woman posing spins around
00.08.30 Women are introduced to one another in a drawing room
00.08.54 Shots of beautiful women posing
00.09.30 Bizarre- woman pulls out pendant/cameo necklaces and jewelry, the women pictured in it move/dance around
00.10.0 Women model Edwardian dresses
00.10.24 Fashion drawings of men in suits
00.10.36 Statue of child in clownish costume spins around- these are possibly music boxes?
00.10.40 Ice skating
00.10.50 Womens field hockey
00.11.02 Bizarre game where women hit balloons around with paddles
00.11.40 Women with instruments and banners- possibly suffragettes
00.12.18 Extreme bodice/corset training
00.12.26 Large woman shows off her corset
00.12.40 Edwardian man checks pocket watch, poses for camera
00.12.53 Mustachioed man in front of camera, looks a lot like a young Einstein
00.13.20 Man paints nude woman in Impressionist style, possibly Matisse? I get the feeling the men posing in this sequence are all famous
00.14.14 More beautiful women posing, preceded by two women in elegant
costume 00.14.38 Woman doing a sort of showgirl dance 00.15.03 Woman in headdress does Indian dance 00.15.18 Automated fan moves slowly behind statue of boy 00.15.28 Woman (possibly Theda Bara) poses with fan 00.15.48 Man scales balconies- possible clip out of Les Vampires/Fantomas/the old French serials 00.16.40 Women comfort distraught looking woman on chair in garden 00.16.59 Woman vigorously pets two cats while posing for camera 00.17.39 Woman in bed feigns illness to three people 00.17.52 A couple ride bikes down a country road, then slip away into bushes in sexually suggestive manner 00.18.26 Man with gun contemplates woman on settee 00.18.39 Magic act- man in turban helps caterpillar puppet become butterfly
woman (when he is rejected by her he becomes a caterpillar) 00.19.01 Woman on settee awakes 00.19.07 Man taps his nose at camera 00.19.24 Superimposed ghostly man looks at dead woman surrounded by roses 00.19.47 Men in sauna 00.20.50 Parade, carriages and bike carts covered in flowers 00.21.30 Horse races and foot races 00.21.56 Men playing football 00.22.24 Car race 00.22.36 Hot air balloons 00.23.10 Prize greyhound 00.23.20 Hunting dogs gather before Pope Pius X 00.23.37 Hunting scenes 00.24.20 Family is helped out of carriage 00.24.48 Woman in wedding dress 00.25.04 Horse drawn carriages roll by Westminster Abbey 00.25.26 Boats covered in flowers float down a canal 00.26.14 Shots of the streets of Paris, flooded, quite dramatic panover to see base of Eiffel Tower submerged 00.27.10 Policeman pushing makeshift canoe 00.27.52 Horse submerged up to its neck 00.28.18 Men handing plants out to grasping crowd 00.29.13 Overhead shot of a fair, with carousels and rides 00.29.24 Japanese pagoda 00.29.28 Two men pretend to be Japanese, perform illusionist tricks with paper birds 00.30.06 Elephants march down a city street 00.30.40 Couple stroll down exotic looking gardens 00.32.50 Crowd waits for locomotive 00.34.15 Beachgoers in south of England (white cliffs- possibly Dover?) 00.35.59 Man and woman perform intricate dance 00.37.17 Showgirls perform dance at the Moulin Rouge 00.38.19 Contortionists and balancing acts 00.39.16 Comedy act with men in medieval costume 00.39.50 Crowd in cinema 00.40.0 Man dancing with giant bottle, totem pole head, etc (he later gets drunk and shouts at the moon) 00.41.22 Women in furs 00.41.50 Man has dramatic scene with woman fainting in his arms 00.42.10 More snippets of men talking, taking notes, etc 00.42.54 Man in Roman costume points at man in turban, beard 00.43.16 Wedding, close up on what looks like a bridesgroom 00.43.45 Woman pets small puppy 00.43.58 Line of posh people walking well-groomed dogs 00.44.50 Male athletes bounce onto a net and struggle to escape from it 00.45.17 Athletes balance on a horizontal pole, then crawl along it 00.45.27 Small boys participate in a go-cart race 00.46.05 Boy falls off, his go-cart falls apart 00.46.40 Man drives car up stairs, quite quickly presumably (title card reads: >looping the loop< at 80 km speeds!) 00.46.50 Bizarre car with cage around it to protect the driver rolls over a lot in front of a crowd 00.47.34 Newsreel title card: beauties compete for Miss Europa competition- fair champions of foreign lands parade before Paris judges 00.47.37 Women in gowns are paraded on a stage 00.47.58 Close up of beauty queens 00.48.16 Another newsreel title card concerning President Hoover fishing in Dixie 00.48.24 Hoover and wife walk down path with entourage 00.48.33 They board a yacht 00.48.42 Yacht sails away, American flag flapping in the wind 00.48.55 Polo horses run quickly on a field 00.49.16 Horse falls over (cringe-worthy), followed by more polo 00.49.50 Another nasty spill 00.50.14 Impressive shot of blimp in hangar- Graf Zeppelin 00.52.0 Japanese man with ridiculous moustache greets military officers 00.55.12 Hoover gives address to crowd 00.58.0 The zeppelin begins to exit the hangar 01.02.0 Survey of dead soldiers on frozen ground, close-up of a picture of Stalin 01.02.11 Close-up of a burnt, bombed-out building 01.03.01 Scientist in white lab coat measures out chemicals 01.03.18 Women model swimming/summer costumes 01.04.20 Excerpt from a film, elegant duchess (Marlene Dietrich?) is at a fancy dress party 01.04.40 Women in costume are revealed from behind portraits 01.06.20 Women doing the can-can 01.06.50 More modeling, women walking down staircases in dresses 01.07.25 Man takes pictures with cane camera 01.10.0 Woman narrates the preparations of some girls before they go to the ball
costume 00.14.38 Woman doing a sort of showgirl dance 00.15.03 Woman in headdress does Indian dance 00.15.18 Automated fan moves slowly behind statue of boy 00.15.28 Woman (possibly Theda Bara) poses with fan 00.15.48 Man scales balconies- possible clip out of Les Vampires/Fantomas/the old French serials 00.16.40 Women comfort distraught looking woman on chair in garden 00.16.59 Woman vigorously pets two cats while posing for camera 00.17.39 Woman in bed feigns illness to three people 00.17.52 A couple ride bikes down a country road, then slip away into bushes in sexually suggestive manner 00.18.26 Man with gun contemplates woman on settee 00.18.39 Magic act- man in turban helps caterpillar puppet become butterfly
woman (when he is rejected by her he becomes a caterpillar) 00.19.01 Woman on settee awakes 00.19.07 Man taps his nose at camera 00.19.24 Superimposed ghostly man looks at dead woman surrounded by roses 00.19.47 Men in sauna 00.20.50 Parade, carriages and bike carts covered in flowers 00.21.30 Horse races and foot races 00.21.56 Men playing football 00.22.24 Car race 00.22.36 Hot air balloons 00.23.10 Prize greyhound 00.23.20 Hunting dogs gather before Pope Pius X 00.23.37 Hunting scenes 00.24.20 Family is helped out of carriage 00.24.48 Woman in wedding dress 00.25.04 Horse drawn carriages roll by Westminster Abbey 00.25.26 Boats covered in flowers float down a canal 00.26.14 Shots of the streets of Paris, flooded, quite dramatic panover to see base of Eiffel Tower submerged 00.27.10 Policeman pushing makeshift canoe 00.27.52 Horse submerged up to its neck 00.28.18 Men handing plants out to grasping crowd 00.29.13 Overhead shot of a fair, with carousels and rides 00.29.24 Japanese pagoda 00.29.28 Two men pretend to be Japanese, perform illusionist tricks with paper birds 00.30.06 Elephants march down a city street 00.30.40 Couple stroll down exotic looking gardens 00.32.50 Crowd waits for locomotive 00.34.15 Beachgoers in south of England (white cliffs- possibly Dover?) 00.35.59 Man and woman perform intricate dance 00.37.17 Showgirls perform dance at the Moulin Rouge 00.38.19 Contortionists and balancing acts 00.39.16 Comedy act with men in medieval costume 00.39.50 Crowd in cinema 00.40.0 Man dancing with giant bottle, totem pole head, etc (he later gets drunk and shouts at the moon) 00.41.22 Women in furs 00.41.50 Man has dramatic scene with woman fainting in his arms 00.42.10 More snippets of men talking, taking notes, etc 00.42.54 Man in Roman costume points at man in turban, beard 00.43.16 Wedding, close up on what looks like a bridesgroom 00.43.45 Woman pets small puppy 00.43.58 Line of posh people walking well-groomed dogs 00.44.50 Male athletes bounce onto a net and struggle to escape from it 00.45.17 Athletes balance on a horizontal pole, then crawl along it 00.45.27 Small boys participate in a go-cart race 00.46.05 Boy falls off, his go-cart falls apart 00.46.40 Man drives car up stairs, quite quickly presumably (title card reads: >looping the loop< at 80 km speeds!) 00.46.50 Bizarre car with cage around it to protect the driver rolls over a lot in front of a crowd 00.47.34 Newsreel title card: beauties compete for Miss Europa competition- fair champions of foreign lands parade before Paris judges 00.47.37 Women in gowns are paraded on a stage 00.47.58 Close up of beauty queens 00.48.16 Another newsreel title card concerning President Hoover fishing in Dixie 00.48.24 Hoover and wife walk down path with entourage 00.48.33 They board a yacht 00.48.42 Yacht sails away, American flag flapping in the wind 00.48.55 Polo horses run quickly on a field 00.49.16 Horse falls over (cringe-worthy), followed by more polo 00.49.50 Another nasty spill 00.50.14 Impressive shot of blimp in hangar- Graf Zeppelin 00.52.0 Japanese man with ridiculous moustache greets military officers 00.55.12 Hoover gives address to crowd 00.58.0 The zeppelin begins to exit the hangar 01.02.0 Survey of dead soldiers on frozen ground, close-up of a picture of Stalin 01.02.11 Close-up of a burnt, bombed-out building 01.03.01 Scientist in white lab coat measures out chemicals 01.03.18 Women model swimming/summer costumes 01.04.20 Excerpt from a film, elegant duchess (Marlene Dietrich?) is at a fancy dress party 01.04.40 Women in costume are revealed from behind portraits 01.06.20 Women doing the can-can 01.06.50 More modeling, women walking down staircases in dresses 01.07.25 Man takes pictures with cane camera 01.10.0 Woman narrates the preparations of some girls before they go to the ball