Young Polish women listening to radio news in late summer, 1939
In the late summer of 1939 young Polish women listen to radio news in Paris about the tense situation in their home country. In the background is a poster with the badge of the Polish Boy Scouts and the inscription "Nie damy sie odepchnac od Baltyku" (We will not be expelled from the Baltic States).
Headline:Construction of an underground shelter at an airport in France, 1939
Preparations for the French Grand Prix, which was held at the Circuit de Reims-Gueux on July 9, 1939: on the left are cars made by Mercedes, in the middle Auto Union and on the right Maserati.
Headline:Hermann Paul Müller winning the Grand-Prix of France, 1939
Start of the French Grand Prix on 9 July 1939 at the Circuit de Reims-Gueux. The winner of the race was the German racing driver Hermann Paul Mueller for Auto Union.
Headline:Dancers of the Paris Opera Comique with breathing masks, 1939
A Dewoitine D.338 at the Berlin Tempelhof Airport, 1939
A Dewoitine D.338 shortly after landing at Berlin Tempelhof Airport. The new three-engined aircraft model with 18 seats from the French manufacturer Dewoitine flies for Air France on the Paris-Berlin route.
Headline:Baggage car in front of the Saint-Lazare station in Paris, 1939
German Pavilion at the International Exhibition on Social Progress in Lille and Roubaix, 1939
The German Ambassador in Paris, Johannes Graf von Welczeck, welcomes guests to the German Pavilion at the "Exposition Internationale du Progres Social" in Lille.
Headline:International exhibition on social progress in Roubaix and Lille, 1939
International Exhibition on Social Progress in Roubaix and Lille, 1939
President Albert Lebrun visits with Fernand Carles (Prefet du Nord) the "Village du Nord" in Roubaix, which belongs to the "Exposition Internationale du Progres Social".
Headline:Passengers of the "Ile de France" below deck, 1939
Passengers of the "Ile de France" below deck, 1939
Passengers of the "Ile de France" below deck. On the voyage from Europe to New York City, the steamer was heavily overcrowded due to the beginning of the Second World War, as many Americans wanted to return to their homeland as quickly as possible.
Headline:Abandoned luggage at a Paris train station, 1939
A gala ball of the French Navy at the Paris Grand Opera in February 1939. Guests await the opening speech against the backdrop of a stylized battleship turret.