# A JOURNEY TO NORMANDY 1930s TRAVELOGUE LE HAVRE & ETRETAT FRANCE 49694

This late 1930s black and white travelogue film about Le Havre and Etretat Normandy pre-dates their invasion in 1940. Most of what is seen would be totally destroyed so this film serves as photographic record of what was. It is part of “A Screen Traveler” series created by Andre de la Varre as theatrical shorts. The camera is placed at the brow of the French SS Normandie ocean liner facing the water. Views of its deck with tennis, lounging, drink cart, and observation viewers are seen as it crosses the Atlantic Ocean and glides into Le Havre. The dock is full of people. \[This ship would be seized by the U.S. in New York in September 1939 and renamed the USS Lafayette\] (:50- 2:30 ). Le Havre is panned from above. People walk past the semaphore of the north jetty to watch the ocean liners arrive and depart ( 2:33 - 3:15 ). 1930s Southampton Le Havre is a bustling port ( 3:16 - 3:40 ). The 1914 Le Monument aux Morts (Monument to the Dead) is shown in Place Gambetta \[Many dead would actually be buried around it in 1944 since the cemeteries were full.\] ( 3:48 - 4:10 ). A swimming pool is an enclosed area in the port ( 4:20 - 4:30 ). A view of the harbor waterfront is shown followed by the square. \[The buildings shown around this square in the following footage were all destroyed in 1944. Only the Monument to the Dead survived the bombing.\] The Exchange Building has beautiful fountains and landscaping ( 4:35 - 4:56 ). The train station with its clock tower was on Strasbourg…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Travel, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/49694TheScreenTravelerAJourneyToNormandy)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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