A Merry “Official Visit“ (1931)

Full title reads: “France. A Merry ’Official Visit’. Parisians crowd to gay Montmartre to share in fun of visit by the Mayor - and the Council - and the Town Band of St. Jean-de-St. Quintin, the only other French commune to have the same ’Freedom’!“ Montmartre, Paris, France. Men dressed in firemen’s uniforms dance in the streets. They are followed in a procession by people dressed in historical costumes. Next comes a uniformed band. More shots of the parade as they make their way through the streets. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1