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The Romanche (tributary of the Drac) is a stream formed by the glaciers of Pelvoux. La Grave, a small village in the form of an amphitheatre lies on an arid site opposite the Meije glacier. The... |
The Tarentaise is, properly speaking the upper valley of the Isere, upstream from Moutiers. Moutiers, seat of an arrondissement of the Department of Savoy, seat of the Bishop of Tarentaise. Aime,... |
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The route of Font-Romeu to the Spanish border (alt. 1800m.). Font Romeu - the grand Hotel of the Southern Railways. One of the last French villages in the Valley of the Tet. Ruins of the Chateau of... |
The Port of Dunkirk - locks and docks. Given to France under Louis XIV in 1662, the port of Dunkirk became its second. The port is composed of eight docks and the outer harbor. Three lock chambers... |
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The port of Dunkirk, The tooling. 28 hangars cover a total area of 82650 square meters; the hangar of textile (3 and a half acres). 116 cranes permit rapid manipulation. Don't you think this... |
The port of La Rochelle; composition and cinematogrpahy by M. C. Gilbert. Formerly a fort of the first order, only the curious towers of Saint Nicholas and of the Chain, which date to 1390, remain... |
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THE PORT OF MARSEILLE Marseille, the largest maritime city of France, absorbs a large portion of trade between the levant and Europe. The Wharves of the old port, remarkably active. City Hall. The... |
The little city of Sainte Enimie lies on the edge of a deep gorge on the banks of the Tarn. The ship glides along the banks which are planted with where the nightingale sits. The village of Saint... |
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Pyrenees series: Lourdes and the Gave de Pau, composition and cinematography by M. C. Gilbert. High valley of the Gave de Pau. The Chateau of St. Marie a Luz. The church of Luz, a curious edifice... |
Ancient Norman capital, situated at the foot of the hills that surround it from all sides. The cathedral that was begun under the reign of King John of England, is a mixture of Gothic styles of... |
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Saintes and Saintonge, composition and cinematogrpahy by Mr. C. Gilbert. Saintes is a city of very old origins, going back to the times of Roman domination. Church of St Peter's, former... |
Trouville, the queen of beaches. The beach of Trouville, with fine and uniform sand, is overlooked by a large terrace on which stands a casino. In the mirror-like puddles left by the tide,... |
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The Garden of Tuileries. The basin that brings to every Parisian a memory of childhood. The Buttes-Chaumont. The Park Montsouris, famous for its observatory. The Parc Monceau with the Nautomachia.... |
Île de la Cité, the cradle of Paris. Notre-Dame de Paris. Gargoyles. Views of Paris from the towers of Notre-Dame. The wharves. From Bercy to Point-du-jour, the Seine offers many varied views. Barges... |
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Ascent is by means of a coach on a rack rail. View of the Seine. View of the Champ de Mars. Descent. View of the Trocadero. An interior staircase leads to the top of the tower. The Eiffel Tower at... |
Morning stroll. Avenue of acacias. Longchamp racetrack. The box office of Pari Mutuel. The turf. The races are a pretext for the grand fashion designers to launch their models. The buses of "... |
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The opera. The Metropolitan spills itself onto the Place de l'Opera, at the heart of the city's animation, a laboring crowd. The Stock exchange. The Grand Boulevards. The Porte Saint-Martin... |
Madeleine Church. Place de la Concorde ... On which the Obelisk of Luxor is set up. The Vendome column, on top of which stands a statue of Napoleon I. Trocadero. Les Invalides. The Chamber of... |