https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/13aaa35e-e0c7-4986-adac-27c164d7e1e7 Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Shot by an unknown American tourist, this black & white silent home movie shows a trip to France via an ocean liner, possibly RMS Mauretania, in the 1930s. Opening: The film begins before the voyage at a house (number 1977), probably people saying "bon voyage". Women and a little girl wave to the camera (:08). A little girl skips and runs up some steps, twirls around (:48). A man holds a little girl while standing next to two women (1:11). Standing on the ocean liner at sea (1:23). A won practices putting on a life jacket as part of an evacuation or lifeboat drill (1:44). Filming the ocean and other ships at sea, while people play a game on deck (2:03). Shuffleboard on deck (2:32). Men dance with one another and clown around; a man and a woman then dance (2:55). A lighthouse, possibly at LeHavre (3:41). Departing the ship by a smaller vessel -- exterior shots of the ocean liner (4:00). Cars and shops in Paris shot from an open air tour bus (5:06). A large newsstand (5:24). A tollbooth (5:40). The guide speaks (5:50). Mountains and trees in the distance (6:37). Passing a bride and groom (6:40). Visit to the Barbizon School in rural France, founded by Jean-François Millet, a French artist (6:46). Bicycles go down a quiet street in Barbizon (7:09). Rural scences (7:35). French cafe with outdoor dining (8:03). A man gets into a car, other cars go by on a street (8:21). The Palace at Versailles (9:18). Swans on a lake (9:34). A fenced in home (10:22). Down quiet streets of France; people on sidewalks (10:31). Passing by troops who are walking on a road, they appear to be of a foreign extraction, possibly members of the Foreign Legion ? (11:12). A trolley car goes down a street, sign for Le Rhone (11:46). The Maison Carrée, an ancient Roman temple in Nîmes (11:51). A Roman aqueduct and mountain in the distance as seen from a moving car (12:14). A cliff and coastline (12:32). Homes on a hillside on the way to Monte Carlo (13:10). A musician plays a guitar while people stand near him, the sign behind them appears to be for a spa (13:20). French sign for a Buster Keaton film (Steamboat Bill, Jr.) Cadet D'eau Douce, playing in July at the Cinema at the Jardin du Casino in Monte Carlo. The film was released in 1928 (13:27). Women walking down steps (13:48). Women walk around on the boardwalk, a scenic background behind them (14:06). A view of the water (14:37). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D9pxoJRgmo Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:16:01 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/13aaa35e-e0c7-4986-adac-27c164d7e1e7 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.