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In May 1931, the International Colonial Exhibition (Exposition Coloniale Internationale) opened in Paris, in the Bois de Vincennes, for a six-month run. The exhibition displayed the diverse cultures and immense resources of France's colonial possessions.
We see crowds of people and a car carrying the President Gaston Doumergue and the Marshal and colonial administrator Hubert Lyautey on the way to the inauguration ceremony.
The lens focuses on the impressive, full-scale replica of the Angkor Wat temple, which was built to represent the French presence in Indochina. It was a colossal copy made of plaster and wood, which does not survive today.
We see a group of horsemen in traditional North African attire, most likely Spahis or cavalrymen from Morocco, lined up on their horses. They are wearing characteristic white striped hats and capes.
Then, the filmmaker focuses on faces and people of various nationalities, the Monument to the Overseas Forces (Monument des Forces d’Outremer) before returning to the replica of the Angkor Wat temple.
We see crowds of people and a car carrying the President Gaston Doumergue and the Marshal and colonial administrator Hubert Lyautey on the way to the inauguration ceremony.
The lens focuses on the impressive, full-scale replica of the Angkor Wat temple, which was built to represent the French presence in Indochina. It was a colossal copy made of plaster and wood, which does not survive today.
We see a group of horsemen in traditional North African attire, most likely Spahis or cavalrymen from Morocco, lined up on their horses. They are wearing characteristic white striped hats and capes.
Then, the filmmaker focuses on faces and people of various nationalities, the Monument to the Overseas Forces (Monument des Forces d’Outremer) before returning to the replica of the Angkor Wat temple.
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