Hemingway Biography
Hemingway Biography - World War One
World War One. Motion footage of nighttime shelling, the sky being lit briefly by munitions fire; cut to ambulance arriving at Italian hospital, employees rushing to aid. Dissolve to warfare montage: Soldiers running in trench. Machine gun nest, gunner firing. Explosions as soldiers rush across field. Dead soldier in trench, bug running across his face. Red Cross lifting wounded soldier on stretcher. Line of ambulances driving. Nurses and wounded soldiers at hospital.
Hemingway Biography - Fly Fishing
Scenes of secluded river in Michigan. Caucasian man spin-fishing in mid-stream, catching fish, fly fishing. Flock of ducks in flight over field. Duck flying, landing in marsh.
Hemingway Biography - Paris 1920s
Paris 1920s: Arc de Triomphe. Colonne de Vendome, cars and horse-drawn carriages passing before it. Street vendor hocking flowers. Traveling shot of Parisian boulevard at night, cars winding along it, news ticker in BG. Folks dancing to hammy hot jazz in Parisian nightclub. Empty outdoor cafe table, cut to waiter opening champagne bottle. Wide panning shot of the outskirts of Paris. Street life. Pan of rooftops, Eiffel Tower in BG. Montage of Parisian bohemian life: artsy folks sitting outside, drinking and talking and smoking and writing at Cafe La Rotonde. Cafe sign. Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and wife Zelda. Filmmaker-writer-playwright-artist Jean Cocteau smiling. Portrait drawing of his. Man feeding soup to his small snake. Woman in black mugging for camera, making faces and such. Traveling shot of crowded outdoor cafe in Paris. Shirtless Pablo Picasso working on a sculpture in an apartment studio. Writer James Joyce on street. (the Lost Generation)
Hemingway Biography - Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein putting on glasses, smiling and reading to camera.
Hemingway Biography - F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald sitting at table on patio, talking to male friend while wife Zelda sits nearby.
Hemingway Biography - Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini talking quite agitatedly to crowd. Uniformed Il Duce walking through Italian streets with fellow fascists. Mussolini in formal attire, attending various publicity events. Uniformed Mussolini inspecting Italian troops.
Hemingway Biography - Queen Marie of Romania
Queen Marie of Romania smelling flowers and speaking to camera (no natural sound).
Hemingway Biography - Berlin Nightlife 1930s
Excellent montage of Berlin nightlife: gaily dressed folks dancing and drinking and singing and carousing. Man's fingers, with small shoes over tips, dancing on table. Dancers in polka dot dresses dancing on stage. Process shot of spiraling drink glasses.