Cailleaux Cass (1914)

Caillaux Cass - 1914. France? GV exterior government building (?), imposing official looking thing; w/ lion statues outside; pillars & sculpture of men built into the walls; many people walking in FG or standing and looking. Then DS people walking through iron gates - mostly men in dark suits. Perhaps something to do with the trial? And CU (still) portrait of woman - Mme Caillaux? Mystery. Politics; scandal; crime; intrigue; journalism; corruption; court; law; government; embezzlement. Note: Caillaux Cass, the wife of France’s Finance Minister; Joseph Caillaux; murdered a newspaper editor. Gaston Calmette; editor of Le Figaro; had accused Caillaux of financial misdealings; Madame Caillaux shot & killed Calmette. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents
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