A Journey to Normandy (1938)
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"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 Etretat, with village street scenes, people relaxing on the beach, and vistas of naturally carved cliffs.
1930s, 1930s fashion, 1930s style, Europe, Europeans, travelogues, French, Normandy, beaches, marinas, marketplaces, statues, vistas, cities, city, villages, resorts, vacationing, oceans, coastlines, docks, gardens, tourists, cruise ships, ocean liners, steamships, bathing resorts, pre WWII, antique cars, monuments, Seine River, suspension bridges, gothic cathedral, gothic architecture, Haute-Normandie, half-timbered buildings,
medieval castles, Calvados, religion, religious, cathedrals, churches, Catholicism, Christianity, cityscapes, agricultural, agriculture, bridges
VS aboard SS Normandie ocean liner crossing the ocean.
CU “Normandie” sign on deck of cruise ship.
WS men playing tennis on deck of ship.
Passengers on deck of ship relaxing in deckchairs & being served drinks.
Sailors helping busboy push tray of dishes.
HA passengers shooting rifles off deck of ocean liner.
LS Le Havre coast & port in distance.
MS ocean liner slowly passing by
(good shot of ocean liner, cruise ship).
WS LS crowds waiting at port watching cruise ship approach.
LS ocean liner slowly approaching port.
HA PAN Le Havre cityscape.
Crowds at promenade watching ocean liners pass by.
WS PAN city buildings & pedestrians along Quai de Southampton (dock, quay).
HA PAN Bassin du Commerce (Basin of Commerce) w/ small ships docked
to Poisson WWI memorial in city square.
People walking past Poisson WWI memorial.
MS small sailing crafts docked at Bassin du Commerce.
WS people swimming in water along Bassin du Commerce.
VS EXTS & facades Le Havre buildings w/ 1930s cars.
TD facade railroad station w/ clock tower.
WS tree-lined Boulevard de Strasbourg, cable cars & traffic going by.
VS street scenes w/ traffic.
LA lampposts stuffed w/ flowers.
WS Rue de Paris lined by buildings w/ cable cars, traffic, pedestrians.
WS LS City Hall public garden w/ people passing through open gates (now Town Hall Gardens?).
Gardener tending to flower bushes.
VS rows of flowers, plants, & decorative floral patterns.
LA statue King Francis I (Francois I) in center of City Hall garden.
PAN facade Old Le Havre City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) & Boulevard Strasbourg.
People looking at Belgium WWI monument.
TD Sugar loaf memorial (Pain de Sucre).
People on hill looking at vista of port & cityscape.
LS ocean liner moving on glistening water.
Etretat, France
PAN covered market building w/ 1930s cars parked outside.
HA PAN Etretat cityscape to beach & carved cliffs.
VS carved cliffs & natural arched rock formations at l'Aiguille and Les Trois Portes.
VS people relaxing on beach, swimming, wading in water, & rowing in rowboats.
People diving off makeshift diving board into water.
Chapel of Notre Dame de la Garde on top of hill.
VS WWI monument dedicated to Nungesser and Coli. .
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Complete Record: "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 Etretat, with village street scenes, people relaxing on the beach, and vistas of naturally carved cliffs. 1930s, 1930s fashion, 1930s style, Europe, Europeans, travelogues, French, Normandy, beaches, marinas, marketplaces, statues, vistas, cities, city, villages, resorts, vacationing, oceans, coastlines, docks, gardens, tourists, cruise ships, ocean liners, steamships, bathing resorts, pre WWII, antique cars, monuments, Seine River, suspension bridges, gothic cathedral, gothic architecture, Haute-Normandie, half-timbered buildings, medieval castles, Calvados, religion, religious, cathedrals, churches, Catholicism, Christianity, cityscapes, agricultural, agriculture, bridges VS aboard SS Normandie ocean liner crossing the ocean. CU “Normandie” sign on deck of cruise ship. WS men playing tennis on deck of ship. Passengers on deck of ship relaxing in deckchairs & being served drinks. Sailors helping busboy push tray of dishes. HA passengers shooting rifles off deck of ocean liner. LS Le Havre coast & port in distance. MS ocean liner slowly passing by (good shot of ocean liner, cruise ship). WS LS crowds waiting at port watching cruise ship approach. LS ocean liner slowly approaching port. HA PAN Le Havre cityscape. Crowds at promenade watching ocean liners pass by. WS PAN city buildings & pedestrians along Quai de Southampton (dock, quay). HA PAN Bassin du Commerce (Basin of Commerce) w/ small ships docked to Poisson WWI memorial in city square. People walking past Poisson WWI memorial. MS small sailing crafts docked at Bassin du Commerce. WS people swimming in water along Bassin du Commerce. VS EXTS & facades Le Havre buildings w/ 1930s cars. TD facade railroad station w/ clock tower. WS tree-lined Boulevard de Strasbourg, cable cars & traffic going by. VS street scenes w/ traffic. LA lampposts stuffed w/ flowers. WS Rue de Paris lined by buildings w/ cable cars, traffic, pedestrians. WS LS City Hall public garden w/ people passing through open gates (now Town Hall Gardens?). Gardener tending to flower bushes. VS rows of flowers, plants, & decorative floral patterns. LA statue King Francis I (Francois I) in center of City Hall garden. PAN facade Old Le Havre City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) & Boulevard Strasbourg. People looking at Belgium WWI monument. TD Sugar loaf memorial (Pain de Sucre). People on hill looking at vista of port & cityscape. LS ocean liner moving on glistening water. Etretat, France PAN covered market building w/ 1930s cars parked outside. HA PAN Etretat cityscape to beach & carved cliffs. VS carved cliffs & natural arched rock formations at l'Aiguille and Les Trois Portes. VS people relaxing on beach, swimming, wading in water, & rowing in rowboats. People diving off makeshift diving board into water. Chapel of Notre Dame de la Garde on top of hill. VS WWI monument dedicated to Nungesser and Coli. . To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
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to cross the Atlantic Ocean in less than four days by ship is an experience no ancient mariner could have conceived but one the modern traveler achieves in the greatest security and comfort with no more effort than packing a suitcase or a chump the for pleasure filled days that by all too quickly aboard the Queen of the Seas days passed with recreation or in leisure in the veritable floating city the speed is not noticed except against the side of the gliding vessel or to the rear in the mighty ships weight the first glimpse of France is lower homeport of transatlantic friendship and Continental starting point for so many whose European journeys are either annual vacations or fulfillment of lifetime desires the huge ship largest and fastest liner ever constructed ylides majestically into the hub of the great port and beautiful city a port through which so many millions pass but in which so few linger on the north dyke thousands gathered to watch the coming of the giant vessel an occasion which never ceases to be the favorite of so many who live in this second seaport of France [Music] love at the mouth of the river sin was founded in 1509 by Louis the twelfth and fortified six years later by Francis the first as a base for his unsuccessful assaults upon England today it is the chief hub of the northern coast and after Marseille the most important of all France around the semaphore of the North Jetty and along the show say Digitas Unni a promenade many come to watch the arrival and departure of vessels from all parts of the world the port consists of two outer and eleven Inner Harbor well protected by breakwaters and tyre king's southampton cave where channel steamers and small vessels dock is that K at which the first pretty soldiers of the World War landed on August the 7th 1914 [Music] the basin of Commerce one of the eleven in a harbor penetrates the city as far as the place Gambetta in the neat square is an imposing monument bypass off to the heroic World War dead of the city [Music] small sailing craft another pleasure craft tie up to kaze or more in the basin of Commerce in water that is clear and clean enough for baby [Music] so many transatlantic travelers pass through love without realizing it is one of the cleanest and prettiest of cities with improved water fronts beautiful parks splendid thoroughfares and fine buildings the exchange the bore is but one of the many handsome structures in the city you the new railroad station at the end of the boulevard de Strasbourg the tree-lined Avenue which leads from the station to the sea is one of low our loveliest [Music] the rooty air another principal thoroughfare connects with the main roads to Paris to beautify the city flower containers have been attached to lampposts no rude Akari the principal shopping street runs from the southampton cage to the city hall public garden a park typical of all French parks where the plants and flowers are constantly changed and carefully tended remaining in continual bloom from early spring until late fall [Music] a statue of Francoise from Yale who developed new al is in the center of the garden facing the path to the City Hall called in French Hotel de Ville the boulevard Strasbourg passes the City Hall and continues to the sea as the boulevard full in memory of the commander-in-chief of the World War allied armies at the end stands the monument erected by the Belgium's in gratitude for the help given by France during the World War when the seat of the Belgium government was temporarily located at law another famous landmark of the city is the curious Sugarloaf Memorial which stands on the hill at Santo dress a suburb from which can be had a splendid panorama of the city and the mouth of the sin and a vantage point from which to watch the arrival and departure of ships to the north of LA belong the shores of English Channel are numerous resorts and watering places one of the most fashionable is a tratar an old Norman fishing town the ancient market building attracts many artists who find subjects in its Timbers and in numerous other structures dating back hundreds of years a to try the favorite rendezvous for English and also many continental summer visitors who come to enjoy the bracing climate and the splendid sea bathing of the Norman coast a tratar situated in a sheltered Valley at the foot of lofty cliffs had a superb beach that looks out upon a small bay where the action of the sea has worn away the cliffs cutting caves and arches in them and forming curious need like projections [Music] on the Falaise demo one of the cliffs overlooking the beach is a small chapel of Notre Dame de la Garde and to its rear and imposing white monument in memory of the intrepid world war flying aces ninja sir and colleague first to attempt an Atlantic airplane flight from Europe to America [Music]
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