Building the International Exposition in Paris

Building the International Exposition in Paris 

International Exposition in Paris: river, buildings and pavilions under construction for opening in May 1937 (date of this footage unknown, possibly 1935 as follows shots of Barbusse's death in Moscow in 1935). Sign:"Exposition Internationale de 1937 section de la -nce d'outreme" Sign:"Exposition Internationale de 1937 Pavillon des Stats du Levant enterprise generale Les charpentiers de Paris 24 Rue Laroust" Crowds in winter clothing. Pan of pavilions under construction, scaffolding, structures, statues, cranes. 01:10:38 CU, flag with hammer and sickle, workers building the Russian pavilion. CU, man lifting wooden board. 01:11:14 CU, German flag with Nazi swastika. LS, pavilions under construction. Sign:"Parcs D'Attraction" MS (blurry) men in group, talking. Statues for Russian pavilion under construction in BG. Woman polishing statues, looks at camera and makes a face. CUs, workers polishing statue. Giant sickle. 

The 1937 International Exposition in France is remembered mostly for the contrasting pavilions of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which literally"faced of" in front of the Eiffel Tower. This"International Exposition of Arts and Technics in Modern Lif" - open from May 25, 1937 to November 2, 1937 - included 44 countries and was attended by more than 31 million people. Breaking away from its universal, art, and science predecessors, this exposition infused nationalism, artisanship, and technology. 

Original label on can:"Bau der Weltausstellung [Paris 1937] u. etwas[??] Russische"