Paris 1889 World's Fair - Exposition Universelle de Paris

#paris
Exposition Universelle de Paris from 5 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fourth of eight expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937
Most of the buildings were on military land or city-owned park land, and they were demolished shortly after the Exposition closed except for the Eiffel tower.

[@karencontestabile6064]

I'm 73. I grew up with images of old world architecture in school textbooks. It was called history class. Nothing was hiddden then. We knew they had energy throughout history. Things have become so warped now.

[@busybaci]

great comment

[@DemetriusSteans]

Bless you keep the truth up god bless you

[@geoffreybuck8521]

Thank you. Very beautiful. I am 68 and my grandfather was born in 1876 in Vienna. He spent some time in Paris to learn the Marcel Wave. He could have seen this marvelous world. This time period was not long ago. We have lost much.

[@busybaci]

I'm happy I could be of help. Unfortunately those glorious and magnificent buildings are a memory of the past. Take care.

[@oliverhansen2784]

@@busybaci Who the heck tore such buildings down? Why?

[@busybaci]

@@oliverhansen2784 I guess you could call them The Powers that Be now. City planning urbanist tore them down to make space for brutalist type of buildings before WW1

[@dergutehut3961]

We also gained a lot. Paris got a bunch of awesome new buildings plus we all got a lot more luxury.

[@behrens97]

@@dergutehut3961 The old buildings were better. They were the luxurious ones IMO

[@normanclark933]

Great stuff, thanks for posting! Reminded me that I have a mixed bag of 8MM films stored away in boxes which I took during the 1950's-60's. I am now coming up to my 83rd birthday, and if anyone knows of an organisation who would be interested in getting these (plus 100s of 35mm transparencies) I would be happy to pass them over somehow.

[@EmilieFFazio]

J'y étais, j'avais 11 ans...Très bon souvenir!

[@Grincheux-vo6df]

Pourquoi ont t ils tout rasée ou détruit? En quel matériau etait fait tout ces palais etc?

[@PytheasFidus]

Vous avez donc 144 ans. Vous dépassez largement Jeanne Calment, la doyenne des français.

[@nikkibridgewater4223]

You can see these buildings were built for people who were taller than our selvs we used to live side by side with giants

[@Oddball5.0]

Hey bilgewater, how did the giants fit through all the normal sized doors on the interior?

[@ataranaoahakaraaf3786]

it was even more beautyfull back then i ever imagined

[@audeladureel3104]

What a difference with today and the modern buildings in Paris !!! Another world, another era.

[@Asenay22]

modern buildings in Paris?? Paris, Texas?

[@albertdomenger6126]

Magnifique diaporama avec beaucoup de recherche iconographique ,déjà des vues aériennes sur certains monuments. 🙏 pour ce partage.

[@pbasswil]

It's shocking to know they demolished most of the fair structures because almost everything but the tower _looks_ like stone & block (like much of the rest of Paris at that time).

[@crimbo907]

Most of those event statues and structures were probable made of a material called 'staff', basically a mixture of straw and plaster of paris and was very popular at the time for imitating marble or stone structures. If they hadn't knocked them down they wouldn't have lasted long anyway

[@pbasswil]

@@crimbo907 Ah, interesting info, that makes perfect sense - thanks crimbo907.

[@Asenay22]

It was a mix of fake buildings from all cultures, with medieval Bavarian castles, Byzantine palaces from southern Spain, there was a huge density because everything was built on the green parks of the city and on the docks leaving no more walks near the Seine river, it was like a big Disneyland of the time! Nice for a world fair, but I don't see a single valid reason to keep that in the middle of the most this magnificent city 😅

[@kirillyezhov3981]

Paris without barbarians, civilization aesthetic!

[@Monseigneurjeanducdeberry]

Yes now it s pathetic

[@meocean5499]

A colonial power depends on barbarian lands and resources to exist to begin with. 😂 I love this never ending cycle of invalid self engrandizment. France and the rest of Europe just can’t do without its barbarians apparently, otherwise, they’d be already done with baratina business and resources, except. They can’t.

[@bernardlevrier8977]

Je ne comprends pas, qui sont ces barbares dont vous parlez ? Et en 1889 et 1900 la France était en pleine colonisation. De quoi parlez-vous tous ?

[@bodawei425]

@@bernardlevrier8977 Il parle des personnes chez nous en France actuellement, apparemment les immigres. Son propos est que la France a l'epoque était colonisatrice, mais pas colonisée.

[@jwick1215]

If they built theses types of buildings why did they stop. Do it now see how much it cost and how long it would take oh don't forget the cost. Waterways cut out, stonework, size and detail. I don't believe it was done when they said, looks a lot older. Imho

[@GaleRianes]

Beautiful and Ideal!

[@judyvispi]

Love it! Love the Music! God Bless!🙏😇

[@josecarlosmartineztenahua5195]

Que hermosa paris saludo mexico 😍❤

[@NO1jkpg]

Beautiful, i always thinking about all their lives that is gone and wonder how it would be to live their.

[@alainpouchain1392]

Il y des photos de l’exposition de 1900, celle du pont Alexandre 3 par exemple

[@busybaci]

You're right I should have better researched the photo's dates.

[@dojocho1894]

thanks for this It made my new year day!

[@busybaci]

That's great.

[@dergutehut3961]

Those pictures make me a bit sad we never had a comparable world fair in Berlin...I wonder why our officials never felt the need to compete with Paris, London or Chicago...in that way, while they tried that in any other way. Anyway...big respect to the organizers of the Fair in Paris...they had to work with very little space available and did a dam good job...also it was a very good decision to not tear down the Eiffel Tower with the rest of the Pavilions...which was a very controversial decision, as far as I know. Just one thing..the pictures are nice..but it is a bit confusing that they are mixed with pictures of normal Parisian landmarks that have nothing to do with the exposition. With that Video title it would be better to only show exposition pictures..since they are hard to tell apart if you don'T know every single building in Downtown Paris.

[@nebod1556]

So Hitler was right or was he not?

[@dergutehut3961]

@@nebod1556 About what?

[@nebod1556]

@@dergutehut3961 About ruling class of Germany neglected the country on the world stage as well as internally ...His assessment and the means/way of tackling it was a disaster but ultimately Germany and its people succeed and built one of the most developed economy and social security...

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

Very good observations; by that I mean: A) Why Imperial Germany did not organize a World Fair? It is a very good question. Since 1871 the German Empire enjoyed an extraordinary economic boom that made it the greatest competitor/threat to the British Empire. So much so that in 1906 the Commander in Chief of the Royal Navy, Sir John Fisher, proposed king Edward VII to attack and destroy the German fleet without a declaration of war. The king said "Fisher must be mad!" B) I agree with you with regards to the Eiffel Tower. You were right in pointing out that some pictures do not belong to the 1889 World Fair. The author also should have included captions telling us what building or monument we are looking at. Happy New Year!

[@dergutehut3961]

@@arslongavitabrevis5136 Thanks for the thoughtful comment...Happy new year to you too.

[@tasiepolegaming100yearsago3]

The old world

[@rpgmwf]

These images are from the 1900 World's Fair, not the one in 1889.

[@brittanybradford9239]

We can go to the moon and back, have commercial flights and instant internet yet modern buildings and architecture arent even close to being as beautiful as these? I dont understand this.

[@josephdillon9698]

I doubt we went to the moon

[@bobmarker6812]

I see a Ferris Wheel at 0:25 - before the one at the 1893 exposition. Called an observation wheel at the time?

[@user-hr717]

Фантастика!

[@dominiquemessager3008]

À regarder en coupent là musique qui va pas avec les anciennes photos de Paris.

[@garamiglm2026]

Beautiful...

[@johnsimpson8974]

Old Tartarian style buildings, supposedly built in the horse and buggy era, whoever built these amazing buildings were no horse and buggy people they were built long before.

[@Jack-Hands]

Tartarian? Horse and buggy? What are you talking about?

[@jeffandersen7397]

@@Jack-Hands there is a very complicated and convoluted conspiracy that claims there was an Advanced Civilization of Giants (I kid you not) and all the facades from the turn of the century World Fairs are left over from this previous civilization that was called Tartarnia.

[@brucenassar9077]

french people built it history learn it

[@RitzRed]

John Sim,you’re so right 👍It’s easy to see that the proportions in the buildings,dosn’t fit in with the people! It seems that there were much bigger ones that have been built this cities! That’s what i think,but who knows? And of course they are much older buildings 👍

[@RitzRed]

They lie about the history,to the humans 😏

[@jimerwin4535]

AND DON'T TRY TO TELL US !! THEY BUILT IT WITH HORSE AND BUGGY !!!!! WAKE UP PEOPLE

[@ВладимирМихальский-ф1х]

Да это построено людьми иной развитой цивилизации. И технология получения электроэнергии у них была иная.

[@Мирончук_Виктор]

Это уже послепотопный Париж..а 30 лет назад Париж стоял в руинах,как и другие города мира..конечно если с хронологией все в порядке. Скорей всего города не строили,а восстанавливали. А вот зачем было строить Эйфелевую башню,когда радио изобрели намного позже?Или она была до всемирного потопа?

[@natalial7924]

Верно, нам рассказывают ложь история наша тоже ложь!!!!

[@panchorr1444]

and who is supposed to have built then? my question is genuine.

[@OneThomasBlack]

@@panchorr1444 the best answer to that question is that no one really knows. No human walking around is 200+ years old, so no one can say. What can be said however is that there are interesting inconsistencies with the architecture, and infrastructure of many places about the world. Buildings that are too large, too complex, and/or purpose built structures with explainations attached to them that make no sense. You would have to take much time looking around your immediate surroundings and view buildings yourself, and inquire about it's construction on your own time.

[@briansransom]

Lovely pictures, but the music is about 150 years out of date.

[@RobotDiamond682]

189th decade 19th century 2nd millennium

[@luisvalencia4038]

El paraíso terrenal de Dios, saludos patriotas Q 🥰🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🥰

[@johnjeanb]

The exhibition part in this video is definitely the 1900th one with foreign pavillions on the Seine river, the moving sidewalk, the Salle des machines, etc. Compare with the video (real movie, not pictures) of the 1900 Paris Exposition. It is the same kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIqZqYuNppaHn80. Note also that the Alexeander III bridge was not yet erected in 1889.

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

Thank you for that information! I did not know that detail regarding the gorgeous Alexander III bridge.

[@bodawei425]

I was about to mention it. Indeed, some of the pictures are from the 1900 exhibition, not 1889's. The photographs are nevertheless breathtaking.

[@nicktamer4969]

You mix pictures of all Paris exhibitions (mostly the 1900 one) with pictures of Parisian monuments (Notre Dame, Hôtel de Ville, Louvre, église de la Madeleine, Arc the Triomphe de l'Etoile, Arc de Triomphe du Carousel, Palais de justice, Sainte Chapelle, etc....) that were built long before the exhibitions, and are still there. You got no clue of what you are showing.

[@vassdell9909]

Μεταξύ μας το Παρίσι του 1889, είναι πιο ωραίο από το σημερινό. Όλα αυτά τα υπέροχα κτήρια που πια δεν υπάρχουν και που του έδιναν την υπόσταση της μητρόπολης, με μοναδική εξαίρεση τον πύργο του Άιφελ. Οι άλλες πρωτεύουσες μοιάζαμε με χωριά, όπως χωριό ήταν και η Αθήνα μας.🇬🇷🍉🦎🤡

[@princessec2543]

Triste de ne pas savoir les lieux des photos !!!

[@STRADA.DIGITAL]

fomos enganados e continuamos amando tudo

[@gg51767]

Paris... la ville du désir..

[@sanapadsense1999]

3:08 Notre dame de Paris without its spire 🙂

[@relaxvision33]

In the past the sky was white and cloudy every day ! 😂😂

[@vandanerisgomes9009]

Amo muito história

[@rene29200]

❤️😻😎👍

[@jimerwin4535]

A INHERITED WORLD 🌎 !!!! THAT THE 👀🤔PARASITES DESTROYED MUCH OF !!! THANKYOU FOR SHARING !!!!!!!

[@ВладимирМихальский-ф1х]

👍💯%

[@MrRonantho]

yes parasite american tourists

[@DennisSalonga-o8b]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Krizla4]

Why the medieval music, it's freaking 1889. :)

[@nikkibridgewater4223]

And dont be fooled these buildings are much bigger than they seem look at the indows that diserpear into the floor ?

[@Userk200]

La belle epoque

[@CapitalTivi]

what is games

[@youtubehatesus2651]

that was stunning. all built by men but what good are we?

[@danityvanityinsanity]

The French have superb style and taste and their sense of aesthetics is beyond brilliant but….they did not build those buildings! Those buildings were not just quickly built for a fair, albeit a World’s Fair. Those buildings were there for hundreds of years if not more. Built by the Tartarians before the last “Great” reset! The powers that be intentionally have lied to us and obfuscated our real history from us!

[@bodawei425]

Danity, sorry I probably miss the point in your comment. Who are these Tartarians you refer to ? What do you call the Great Reset? And powers that "lied to us"? I should search on the Internet, but I feel too lazy for it. What I can only say, whether it is the 1889 expo or the 1900 one, both held in Paris, is that they have struck the imagination of many. No matter who actually built these buildings, they allowed the visitors to 'travel' all over the world at one single place. Many people at that time had no opportunity at all to travel outside of their country and were quite ignorant of other cultures. Yes, all this was quite artificial, but it was wonderful for the time and thankfully some of these landmark buildings and constructions are still here today. We the French surely have our bad sides but if one good side should be mentioned, it would be the ability to keep and protect beautiful things through time.

[@rebeccaw7160]

Leftovers of the Millennial Reign

[@yewlcee6820]

Makes no sense at all. Why build this grandeur only to knock down and who has that time and money to waste! Whose idear was it to make a worldwide waste of materials skills and time!

[@nebod1556]

Life was poor and boring back then ...

[@danityvanityinsanity]

So they want you to believe.

[@bodawei425]

What makes you think that? Actually, the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th were considered as a golden era. Economic boom, technological improvements and extraordinary new artistic movements that have resonated all over the world. Nothing but boring.

[@nebod1556]

@@bodawei425 Most people struggled to survive and to feed their family living in a poor condition like animals ...yes it was good for the aristocracy and rich... now you don't need to be wealthy to be able to have comfortable life and most people have decent life (talking about the West Europe)...

[@bodawei425]

@@nebod1556 Well, go to the US (maybe it is your country), go to L.A. or S.F. to name only those two. Even in California, the richest state, you find so many homeless people. They are poor. Not sure whether it is better than before, but there are poor people anywhere, any time. Nevertheless, in France the very end of the 1800s and the very beginning of the 1900s were considered as good times generally speaking throughout France's history (a peaceful period between the wars of 1870s and 1914). I am French, so I know a little about it.

[@nikkibridgewater4223]

Just another reset look at the buity

[@Мирончук_Виктор]

Зачем построили Эйфелевую башню,если радио изобрели намного позже?Или что то не так с историей?