Celebrities attend the Marquis de Cuevas-staged 18th century ball in Biarritz, France, with his ballet troupe performing "Swan Lake"

Title: "Biarritz, France - Ball Of The Century" superimposed over ball / VS Marquis de Cuevas, Chilean-born U.S. ballet director, arriving at 18th Century-style ball in costume / MS and CU pose of the Marquis / VS guests arriving / CU servant holding torch / WS Merle Oberon, screen actress, arriving with escort dressed with monkey mask / cameraman / CU Oberon / Elsa Maxwell, famed party hostess, arriving sitting on donkey / CU cameraman / Maxwell, dressed as a man, walking towards steps / CU Marquis de Cuevas and escort watching, with a young lamb nearby / WS and MS Rene (Zizi) Jeanmaire, French ballerina, arriving on camel / camel lowers itself to allow dancer to get off / MPOV shot audience / CU ballet being performed / WS ballet ending / PAN from CU of drummer to people dancing / People dancing / people dancing, trumpeter in foreground / Tilt down couple dancing wearing 18th Century costumes / CU feet of above man showing striped stockings while dancing / WS dancing / Note: exact day not known