Pathé Baby Collection
Princeton University Library - Rare Books and Special Collections
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The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. The Louvre. The arcades of Palais Royal. The Arc de Triomphe of L'Etoile, evoking all of our victories, from which radiates beautiful avenues criss-crossed with... |
The Basilica of Sacre-Coeur. The Place du Tertre. Montmarte at night. Watch, No. 975, Here's Paris - The Eiffel Tower. |
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Around Saint Merri, the Rue de Venise. The Rue Bisemiche. The Rue des Etuves. The Rue Quicampoix, center of money changing around 1710. The cul-de-sac du Boeuf. The Hotel de Sens. The Rue de l'... |
In Spain - - the Alhambra of Granda, composition and cinematography by Mr. R. Alexandre. Here was the ancient acropolis of Granada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. The Alhambra was built in Part in... |
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During the Fair, it is customary for Sevillian families to gather. In the gardens of the Alcazar they dance the Seguidilla to the sound of castanets. "It is the body that dances, the waist that... |
In Corsica, Cargèse, Composition and cinematography by R. Alexandre. In 1676 the Greeks of the Peloponense obtained from the Republic of Genoa the transfer of Cargèse. Cargèse is built on two hills,... |
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Corté (Corsica). Composition and Cinematography by M.R. Alexandre. This fortified city lies against a cliff and dominates the confluence of the Tavignano and the Restonica. Situated in a mountainous... |
In Spain there isn't a real holiday without a procession. The processions that take place in Seville during Holy Week are considered the most beautiful. The statues dedicated to religion are... |
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In Corsica, the Gulf of Porto, composition and cinematography by R. Alexandre. Here are the Coves of Piana, huge red granite rocks with bizzare shapes. The road, encased by two rock curtains along... |
In the center of the highly vegetated "vega," refreshed by the springs of the Sierra Nevada, the city sits along a torrent, the Darro. It's in the Albaycin Quarter that the gitanos or... |
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Japanese Children. On the seventh day after birth the infant is taken to the temple where a ceremony will take place which aims to keep evil spirits away. The children are accustomed to carrying a... |
Roman Agora, ancient market from the beginning of the common era. The Tower of Winds, an ancient clock constructed in the first century BC. Portico of the entrance to the Roman Agora. The Temple of... |
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The Tarines (women from Tarentaise) and the Maurienaisses (women from Maurienne) elegantly wear their headdresses and their lace. Headdresses of St.-Martin-de-Belleville. Headdresses from Tarentaise... |
Instructional series, interior Brittany, Huelgoat (granitic island). Rain water break up granite; the corners and the edges of blocks are blunted, clay is fomed and sand comes into being; what... |
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The Acropolis of Athens cinematography by M. C. Gilbert. The Acropolis was originally the citadel of Athens, its aold walls date to the 15th or 16th century BC. The present entry was added by the... |
In Brittany, the banks of the Rance, composition and cinematography by R. Alexandre. Here is Dinan, which was built on a picturesque site, an escarpment overlooking the left bank of the Rance. There... |
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Les Iles Sanguinaires, a Corsican archipelego at the entry of Ajaccio, based on "Letters from my Windmill" by Alphonse Daudet. "Imagine yourself a reddish island and of a coy aspect.... |
Pathe Baby Educational: The Moors and the Esterel. The Mountains of the Moors and of the Esterel are one ancient massif separated by a simple furrow where the Argens flows; with Corsica they are the... |
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