Peace Day - Paris (1918)

Peace Day - Armistice Day in Paris, France, 11 November 1918. (End of First World War.) Crowds in streets; shot from balcony. Some of the people are just wandering around in street, probably in a daze. Trucks with many people riding on top. Crowd outside Folies Bergere waving at camera; some jumping up and down; French & American soldiers in crowd; lots of cheering people piled on roofs of vehicles; various flags. Joyous celebration. Peace. 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 (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. A
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