Universal Exposition, Paris, 1900

[ourDC888]

Amazing, and beautiful! Thank you for sharing! Your channel is a real treasure-pit!

[nickwallacesmith]

hi ourDC888 - glad you're enjoying the channel - appreciation like yours makes me look harder for new things to upload!

[JolieeParis]

Video plein de mouvement. C'est bien.

[nickwallacesmith]

bonjour JolieeParis

oui, la ville est magnifique - plein de vie et l'activité trépidante

[nickwallacesmith]

hey katrina

i keep watching these old videos for exactly that sort of thing - people caught incidentally doing something spontaneous and unexpected - they seem so much more real than those acting in studied ways - so tha you wonder about what happened to them!

[katerinavander]

Did you notice the cheeky little bell-boy in there - keeps getting in front of the camera - someone cuffs him round the ear at one point. Wonder what happened to him? About the right age for fighting in the First War...

[nickwallacesmith]

yep, whoever put the clip together chose very well indeed - the tow seem to have been designed to go together

[Ilovecake2]

wow the music was very soothing? what is the piece called? do you know the composer?

[nickwallacesmith]

true! though i think the music chosen works quite well, creating an atmosphere that complement the footage. what do you think?

[paprikadefrance]

Good film but why you dont use a old french classical music ? Debussy, Satie, or other ?

[nickwallacesmith]

thanks for the appreciation! i find this particular footage endlessly fascinating - i think partly it's the ordinariness of the scenes and people filmed - gives a real sense of being there!

[katerinavander]

In the middle of my working day, I've spent a few enchanting minutes in Paris a hundred years ago - Thank you!