It premiered on 4 December 1924 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris as a prologue and entr'acte for the Ballets Suédois production of Relâche,[1] based on a book by Francis Picabia,[2] which had settings by Picabia, was produced by Rolf de Maré, and was choreographed by Jean Börlin.

Images are intercut of Parisian rooftops filmed with the camera tilted at various angles, three dolls with balloons-heads that are inflated and deflated, and a ballet dancer dancing on glass seen from below.

Two pairs of white boxing gloves spar over daytime and nighttime images of a city square.

More footage of the ballet dancer (Inger Frïis), who is eventually revealed to be wearing pince-nez and a fake beard.

On a rooftop, a hunter in antiquated clothing (Jean Börlin) points a double-barreled shotgun at an egg-shaped target suspended by string and jostled from below by a stream of water.

A man pokes a hole through the end title card ("Fin") and then jumps through, landing flat on the ground.

A foot kicks him in the face, propelling him back through the title card, which, as the footage is reversed, appears to repair itself.

The cast included cameo appearances by Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Jean Börlin (artistic director of the Ballets Suédois), Georges Auric, and Clair himself.

[3] The film was included on the Criterion Collection DVD of Clair's À Nous la Liberté (1931).