Swiss village no.2 at the Paris Exposition
Creator(s)
- Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
- James H. White (Producer)
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (Producer)
Scope and Content
The Swiss village at the 1900 Paris Exposition after the Swiss drove home a herd of cattle. Women in Swiss national costume walk in a line. Man tips his cap to the camera as he walks toward it. Women and men grasp hands, form a circle, and dance.
Note(s)
From the Paper Print Collection at Library of Congress
The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from April 15 to November 12, 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The fair, visited by nearly 50 million, displayed many machines, inventions, and architecture that are now nearly universally known, including the Ferris wheel, Russian nesting dolls, diesel engines, talking films, escalators, and the telegraphone (the precursor to modern-day sound recording).
Subjects
- DANCING
- FAIRS
- WOMEN
- SWITZERLAND
Places
- Paris, France
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.