| PARIS MARKET LES HALLES Good shots of busy food market, Les Halles | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6273 | |
| Catalog #: | 369659 | |
| Clip Number: | 369659-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 490 D | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:41 - 01:26:06 | |
| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris SHOPPING: Food, Grocery SHOPPING: Open-Air Markets | |
| Description: | PARIS MARKET LES HALLES Good shots of busy food market, Les Halles Paris, France Title trans: "One of the Causes of the High Cost of Living. The insufficient size of Les Halles forces the vendors to expose to the elements the majority of what they have to sell." Wide shots from c. 20' high of crowds buying & selling; people moving in all directions, between piles of vegetables and small stands; people carrying big baskets; crates piled on horse-drawn carts or smaller push-carts. MLS a few men stand behind large pile of lettuce. Another crowd shot. Woman carrying away a head of cabbage she has just bought; another women sits in chair by pile of cabbage; other people stand around. Women wear long; dark skirts. Food; commerce; trade; merchants. | |
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