Nouvelles des ports

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Rafiots et compagnies

aquarelle marine cargo au mouillage - marine watercolor cargo ship at anchor

Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor


Le Petit Journal illustré 07 septembre 1924


Current events through images 1924 september 07

01 - LIEUTENANT THORET, A SPECIALIST IN GLIDING, HELD THE AIR FOR 0H 4 M. WITH HIS CAUDRON ENGINE STOPPED. THIS FEAT CONSTITUTES THE UNOFFICIAL RECORD FOR FLIGHT WITHOUT AN ENGINE.

02 - HOW TO QUALIFY THIS ORIGINAL RACE? REGATTA? STEEPLE-CHASE? LYING DOWN ON THEIR HORSE-HEADED RAFTS, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STRIVING WITH THEIR FEET AND HANDS, AND IF THE SPEEDS ACHIEVED ARE NOT HUGE, WE CAN AT LEAST SAY THAT THE COMPETITORS ARE NOT BORED

03 - GENERAL BERTHELOT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO LEAD THE EXERCISES WHICH, THIS YEAR, WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF MAJOR MANOEUVRES AND WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE EAST.

04 - THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS HAD THE EMPRESS OF ETHIOPIA GIVEN THE CROWN OF THE EMPEROR THEODORE WHO WAS CAPTURED IN 1868 BY ENGLISH TROOPS

05 - THE FIRST OSTRICH RACE EVER RUN IN EUROPE WAS OFFERED TO THE POPULATION OF BERLIN. IT IS UNLIKELY, DESPITE THE CURIOSITY THAT THIS EVENT ARISEN, THAT HORSE RACING MEETINGS WILL HAVE TO SUFFER MUCH FROM THIS UNEXPECTED COMPETITION.

06 - MR. LÉON BOURGEOIS WILL REPRESENT FRANCE IN GENEVA, IN THE COMPANY OF MM. BRIAND AND PAUL BONCOUR. MR. LOUCHEUR IS ONE OF THE THREE DEPUTY DELEGATES.

07 - UNDER THE AUSPICES OF MR. RENDET-SAINT, ITS PRESIDENT, THE MARITIME AND COLONIALE LEAGUE HAS ORGANIZED A HOLIDAY CAMP FOR PILOTINS IN LES ANDELYS. HERE WE SEE THE CURIOUS ASPECT OF THE DORMITORIES WHICH ARE INSTALLED UNDER PNEUMATIC SHEDS, AND WHICH REMEMBER THE SAILORS' SQUARES. THESE PILOTS WILL LATER CONSTITUTE THE STAFF
OF OUR MERCHANT NAVY.

08 - THERE ARE NO SMALL SAVINGS! THE DIRECTOR OF THE KRONE CIRCUS INSTEAD OF TRANSPORTING HIS POWERFUL BOARDER, USES THE STRENGTH AND GOODWILL OF THE ELEPHANT TO DRAG THE STAFF'S DWELLING CARS AND, IF NECESSARY, BOARD THEM ON THE PLATFORMS IN THE EVENT OF TRAVEL BY RAIL.


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