In the summers of 1928 and 1929 two wealthy American families visited Paris, France. In this film we try to depict the sharp contrasts between their rich lives and those living on the streets of Paris, the so called clochards.
The film begins and ends with the luxurious ocean crossings on respectively the SS Rotterdam and the SS Bremen. It shows splendid scenes of every day life of both the rich and the poor in Paris in high quality and contains a number of very rare glimpses, like the marvelous Trocadéro Palace close to the Eiffel Tower that was sadly demolished shortly after in 1937.
The film ends with very rare footage of a seaplane being catapulted off the decks of the SS Bremen.
Please now enjoy the rest of the film without further commentary.
For the part that shows the Clochards in Paris we have used a new colorizer! On the one hand the colorization results are much better than with our regular colorizer, but it has a nasty habit of adding bright, unstable red tones to some objects which need to be reduced with the video editor (a lot of extra work). By the way, this part of the video is from 1910.
More information about the Heinkel HE-12, Reg.No. D-1717, that is seen here being catapulted from the SS Bremen, can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_HE_12
The aircraft was damaged beyond repair in an accident at Cobequid Bay on 5 October 1931. The two crew members died. See: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/27540
To be honest I am surprised how good the result has become after applying my 5-stage process and also processing the original more than once by the AI (you have to really know what you are doing…). Compare it to the B&W original of one of the used source fragments: https://archive.org/details/CHMHUB09Europe19294 and be amazed!
Music:
Kikoru – Together for one last journey
Trabant 33 – Early morning in Paris
Trabant 33 – Memories of Paris
Trabant 33 – Paris in Spring
Trabant 33 – Paris in the Fog.
Source: Archive.org
42 Comments
We’ve fucked up let’s go back
It's interesting to think that such grandeur and wellbeing was made possible from an economy built on colonialism. At the same time, colonialism also created immigrants and enabled their ability to speak the same language as the colonizer. Immigrants fleeing turbulent times due to power struggles of former colonies, which often became unstable countries.
I wonder if an ideal world, such fantastic cities could still be created without the pursuit of colonialism. Also without colonialism, not as many people would be accustomed to a langauge, meaning they would have to go out of their way to learn it and also limiting what kind of people and how many would immigrate. Immigration is not an inherent problem. I don't think most people would be too concerned if the immigrating people were well educated, doing jobs like doctors or engineers for example. Sadly, the majority of immigrants seem to be of the unruly sort
The rich part is so boring…the poor people,you can see a history behind everyone😢❤
The amount of people that are judging what others wear is so sad. Like everyone is free to express themselves it is not for you to judge.
wow! great film! We see french europe, sleeping, waiting, ignoring what is about to happen…….
Love the Parisien women's clothes, handsom, practical, natural; , love an environment without plastic
Charles Huntzinger and Petain ruined it all
Merci 🙂
Good old days when France was actually a european country
Not as decadent as it is now, people actually tried to behave and do their best back then.
Irréel… how beautiful was life back then, in every way
Damn! did they smoke weed in the 1920s? it was legal in the 20s were I live. My great-grandmother extracted oil from the plant..for healing purposes
WoW! That was Amazeballs from the wealthy/poor contrast to the cranked flyer!! Thanks!
Look how far we have come in 100 years. No plastic because it wasn’t invented then. The volume of food that the population eat we have to have plastic. Food went off quickly then especially outdoors, all flys over it. There has always been rich and poor. People still live on the streets today, nothing new. Progress, yes, sanitation was raw then. No I like pressing a button and all the waste just fades away. They were not the good old days, we are much more fortunate today. The only thing about the good old days, we were young and we had no responsibilities then. 😊
Very nice and realistic video, Just one thing: there are way too many cars on the roads for 20s
In George Orwell's memoirs, 'Down And Out In Paris And London', he describes his time, circa 1928-29 working as a destitute "plongeur" (dishwasher) in a Paris hotel restaurant. Orwell mentioned that if one of these places actually had a native Frenchman as a waiter, it was considered a status symbol for the establishment.
7’00 The lady is an « Harlequin » dealer. All the plates we can see are made from kitchen leftovers or even plates not finished by the restaurants, embassies and high end administrations guests. That’s why her customer is testing the food.
9:24 does Paris still have drinking fountains? I'm in London and wish we had those here.
Damn where did we go wrong!!!???
Thank you!
Fascinating!!
When France was still France and not Algeria.
8:14 Какое доброе лицо, интересно как сложилась судьба этого человека?
I am learning that propaganda goes back a long way. These films definitely appear to be staged.
Paris avant les rat caille du Maghreb
When little childrens was not raped and killed by illegal migrants and teachers not beheaded by Arab muslims.
Un peuple stable qui vivait paisiblement qui gênerait peu de vie mais énormément de richesses qu'il essayait de repartir équitablement en acceuillent sans distinction avec des lois humanistes.
Aujourd'hui ils sont victimes de gens qui ont une volonté de nuire/agresser/salir avec une méthodologie de rejet de culpabilité (des gens qui les encouragent, qui les dedouanent, qui les deresponsabilisent) quand ils agressent l'autre et dont la démographie ne correspond pas aux standards des européens… Un peuple brillant qui s'efface de plus en plus et qui laisse place a des prédateurs, c'est une guerre d'appauvrissement qui a en réalité déjà commencé depuis 3 décennies, plus la situation se degradera et plus ils feront n'importe quoi…
Wow what quality I didn’t blink for over twelve minutes!
I dont understand why we cant make cities like this anymore???
avant que Paris ne devienne l’Afrique 🙁
From today onwards all comments that deal with complaints about today's Paris society related to migration, race, multiculturalism, diversity will simply be deleted . Regarding these issues everything has already been said thousands of times. Enough is enough.
This channel is about history , not a valve to spew dissatisfaction about what Paris and France have become in 2023.
Please comment about what Paris was really like in the 1920s. E.g. you could talk about the Clochards, the old Metro, the Can Can, Lido, Folies Bergère, Moulin Rouge, Pigalle, Champs Elisees, Eiffeltower, Expo's, the artists near Montmartre and Sacre Coeur, Early traffic and cars, Working horses, Seine cruises, Paris's magnificent buildings, Beautiful parks, Paris Fashion in the 1920s, French chansons, The social climate, Cozy old French cafés, Stories from your (grand)parents, Events of historic significance etc. etc. etc.
So please show that you are following this channel in order to better understand and enjoy history! Understanding history also enables society not to make the same mistakes over and over again. Thank you very much!
Visited "La Ville-Lumière" this past June, my second time in Paris, and I can say with confidence much of the city looks just the same as it did close to a hundred years ago. The result of a culture that values architectural heritage, public transit, historic preservation, and general urban form conducive to a city's aesthetic beauty and appeal as a place to visit, work, and live. Other large, dense cities – especially those in the 'States (I'm looking at you, New York!) – would be well-advised to take a lesson or two from the urban planners of Paris!
Ghosts
Would be cool if that buiding was still there with the water fountain preserved
What impresses me the most is to notice how poor people back then were living in a cleaner and tidier environment than some people are living in India today. I can see those women cooking on the street and notice how everything is not stained and dirt.
Less than 10 years later, those rich Americans were living on the streets. Justice served.
Neat how the Parisians wrap things in paper- even now! Nice history
I was born in a poor area of Paris in the early 60’s and lived there since then except a dozen years of expatriation on all continents for my job. I confirm that Paris is probably by far the most beautiful city in the world despite all the negative comments made by some frustrated bigots with no life 😢
around 20 yrs later Paris would be held by the Nazis I wonder what happened to all the people we see in this film.
No plastic bags, plastic containers or bottles. Everything is wrapped in paper. Glass bottles, pots and real dishes. All women wear pumps, even on the ship. And everybody's wearing hats.
Pirouettes (1921) marcel pagnol 4:09
Remember : Without poor people, there would be no rich people.
When Paris was Paris. Even the poor people dress well, streets are clean. I went to Paris in 2007. The third world mess that's there now with their rudeness is not an iota of what Paris was.