Paris 1900

(1947)

Documentary

76 minutes

Directed by Nicole Vedres

Written by Pierre Braunberger and Nicole Vedres

Narrated by Monty Woolley

Documentary limning the life of Paris and its citizens during La Belle Époque , the years between 1900 and 1914.  Beginning with the Paris Exposition of 1900 and the completion of the Eiffel Tower, the film progresses through cultural, technological, and social changes, from peaceful and sometimes naïve times to the rumbling foreshadowing of the war that would disrupt France and Europe for years to come.