[Pablo Picasso standing next to one of his sculptures in his studio, Paris]

[Leon Blum holding a miner's lamp, Place de la Nation, Paris]

[Civil-defense drill that was made as realistic as possible by using fireworks and smokebomb, Paris]

[Mike Gold and André Gide at the International Writers Congress for the Defense of Culture, Paris]

[Exhibition poster for Robert Demachy: 1859-1936, La Photo Galerie, Paris]

[Jacques Duclos, one of the leaders of the French Communist party, addressing a rally, Paris]

[Group in car celebrating the Popular Front victory in the recent national elections, Paris]

[Men in gas masks and protective suits during a civil-defense drill, Paris]

[Man and boy on his shoulders watching the parade celebrating the liberation of the city, Paris]

Départ d'escalier, hôtel de Montmorency, 5 rue de Montmorency, Paris

[Plump man holding a union flag marching in the Bastille Day parade, Paris]

[Boys marching with Ostende Saint-Claude banners in the Bastile Day parade, Paris]

[Leon Blum holding a miner's lamp, Place de la Nation, Paris]

[Employees of the Galeries Lafayette on the rooftop terrace during the sit-in strike, Paris]

[Woman collecting money in a can during the May 1st parade, Paris]

[Man carrying young girl waving a French flag during a demonstration, Paris]

[Crowd demonstrating with a huge banner saying "Comité National Rassemblement Populaire", Paris]

Lunch hour at river Seine just below Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

[Jacques Duclos, head of the French Communist Party, at a Popular Front meeting, Paris]

[Leon Blum and ethnologist Paul Rivet clapping their hands at a public meeting, Paris]

[Young man holding onto an "Avenue des Champs-Elysees" post, Paris]

At the Opéra de Paris the Corps de Ballet rehearses Swanlake with the ballet master

[Leon Blum, Maurice Thorez and Andre Marty at Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris]

[Watching the Armistice Day parade on the anniversary of the end of World War I, Paris]