- Title: VM-229
- Summary: FRANCE: THE FIFTH REPUBLIC: EXAMPLES OF FRENCH AGRICULTURE, VARIETY OF LAND FORMS WHICH CHARACTERIZE THE COUNTRY. MANY HISTORICAL LANDMARKS & FAMOUS CITIES. PRESENTS HISTORY OF FRANCE AS IT IS REPRESENTED IN HER ART & ARCHITECTURE.
- Description:00:33:10 - EPA PAN FIELDS OF GRAIN, FARMS, OPEN LAND 00:33:19 - FARMER USING HORSE-DRAWN THRESHING MACHINE. HARVESTING CROPS MECHANICALLY. THRESHER 00:33:28 - FARMER PULLING THRESHING MACHINE WITH TRACTOR 00:33:37 - MAN ON HORSE TEAM & MAN ON FOOT COME INTO SMALL FRENCH TOWN 00:33:46 - GRAPE PICKERS IN VINEYARDS. CU WOMAN WEARING SCARF CUTTING GRAPES FROM VINES & PUTTING INTO BUCKETS 00:34:10 - YOUNG GRAPE PICKER WITH BASKET ON HIS BACK CLIMBS ONTO TRUCK TO EMPTY BASKET 00:34:18 - MAN DRIVING UP TO MASSIVE WALLED CITY. MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE, MIDDLE AGES CASTLE 00:34:31 - PEOPLE WALKING OVER ARCHED BRIDGE INTO CASTLE, FORTRESS. MILITARY ARCHITECTURE 00:34:43 - FRENCH CHATEAU IN VALLEY OF THE LOIRE 00:35:02 - MONTAGE CHATEAUS. FROM RENAISSANCE & AGE OF LIGHT PERIODS OF ARCHITECTURE 00:35:22 - ABBY OF MONT-SAINT-MICHEL IN NORMANDY 00:35:39 - HARBOR SCENE IN BRITTANNY, BUILDINGS IN BKGD 00:35:46 - FISHERMEN BRINGING IN CATCH TO BRITTANNY 00:35:56 - CU ELDERLY FISHERMEN WEARING TRADITIONAL HATS 00:36:00 - WOMAN WEARING TRADITIONAL LACE HEADWEAR 00:36:07 - PAN D-DAY INVASION SITE ALONG CHANNEL COAST OF FRANCE. WRECKAGE, REMAINS OF BUILDINGS STILL ON OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY 00:36:27 - MEN WALKING UP TO MEMORIAL ERECTED IN MEMORY OF INVASION 00:36:39 - PAN DOWN PLAQUE ON MEMORIAL 00:36:54 - PAN MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WHITE GRAVE MARKERS IN CEMETARY 00:37:06 - PAN MARKERS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS UP TO AMERICAN FLAG. SOLDIERS BURIED IN FOREIGN SOIL 00:37:17 - POV DRIVING DOWN STREET IN QUAINT MOUNTAIN VILLAGE TOWARD MOUNTAIN RANGE 00:37:26 - MOUNTAINS IN FRENCH ALPS MONT BLANC REGION OF FRANCE. TOURISTS ON OVERLOOK ON MOUNTAIN 00:37:42 - MONTAGE MOUNTAINS. LIVE GLACIER, "SEA OF ICE", FLOWING DOWN NORTHERN SLOPE OF MONT BLANC 00:38:02 - TOURISTS GOING INTO CAVERN & INSIDE CAVERN 00:38:22 - LOOKING AT TOWN GRASSE. CU SIGN FOR GRASSE. 00:38:32 - WOMEN WORKERS PICKING FRAGRANT BLOSSOMS FOR PERFUME IN SOUTHEASTERN FRANCE 00:38:51 - "SCENT SMELLER" TESTING AROMAS OF VARIOUS PERFUMES. SMELLING FRAGRANCES 00:39:05 - CU GIRL HOLDING BOTTLE OF PERFUME 00:39:08 - CU ORNATE CUT GLASS PERFUME FLASKS FOR MEN 00:39:14 - POV IN BOAT. EVERYONE ON BOAT WAVING AT PASSING BOATS IN CANNES. POV FROM BOAT LOOKING AT CANNES WATERFRONT HARBOR BUILDINGS. PAST LONG ROCK FILLED WITH SUNBATHERS. SAIL BOATS, MOTORBOATS 00:39:43 - PAN COTE D'AZURE MEDITERRANEAN RIVIERA PORT CITY 00:40:02 - BASILLICA OF NOTRE DAME DE LA GUARDE. ROMANESQUE BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE 00:40:14 - STATUE IN MARSEILLE 00:40:20 - POV DRIVING DOWN MAIN BOULEVARD IN HEART OF CITY 00:40:39 - MONTAGE PORT OF MARSEILLES: SHIPS UNLOADING CARGO AT DOCKS 00:41:01 - PAN CITY OF LOURDES, PILGRIMAGE SANCTUARY 00:41:19 - RELIGIOUS CATHOLICS KNEELING AT ALTER & PRAYING 00:41:30 - SCENES OF LOURDES: PEOPLE WALKING, WHEELCHAIR BOUND. EVERYONE LOOKING FOR THEIR MIRACLE AT LOURDES 00:41:54 - SCENES FROM THE NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE TO THE GROTTO IN AUGUST ON WAY TO CHURCH OF THE ROSARY 00:42:53 - COMMERCIAL JET TAXIING ON TARMAC IN PARIS. LANDING AT PARIS AIRPORT 00:43:08 - PASSENGERS DISEMBARKING TWA COMMERCIAL JET PLANE 00:43:16 - BOATS ON THE RIVER SEINE. 00:43:31 - POV ON BOAT PASSING UNDER BRIDGE ON SEINE. ONCE UNDER, EIFFEL TOWER STRAIGHT AHEAD 00:43:47 - EIFFEL TOWER 00:44:01 - TOURISTS AT ENTRANCE TO RIDE TO TOP OF EIFFEL TOWER, PILIER EST 00:44:05 - CARS GOING UP HUGE ELEVATORS TO TOP. POV IN ELEVATOR CAR LOOKING OUT AT PARIS 00:44:26 - POV AT TOP 1000 FEET IN AIR LOOKING OVER PARIS. OBSERVATION PLATFORM VIEW OF PARIS 00:44:49 - CATHEDRAL OF PARIS, NOTRE DAME. MEDIEVAL BUILDING 00:44:59 - VISITORS AT NOTRE DAME. PAN UP BUILDING SHOWING GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE 00:45:12 - MARBLE TOMB OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. VISITORS AT TOMB. 00:45:31 - LOUVRE MUSEUM 00:45:42 - INTERIOR MUSEUM. MONTAGE ART, PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE. CU MONA LISA. 00:46:01 - TRAFFIC CIRCLING ANCIENT EGYPTIAN OBELISK. EIFFEL TOWER IN BKGD. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE. PLACE DE LA CONCORDE 00:46:18 - STATUE OF ST. JOAN D'ARC. 00:46:32 - TRAFFIC COMING & GOING IN FRONT OF FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING. ONCE ROYAL PALACE. PEDIMENT WITH BAS RELIEF SCULPTURE 00:46:46 - TRAFFIC FLOWING AROUND PARIS OPERA BUILDING 00:46:57 - CUSTOMERS AT OUTDOOR CAFES READING NEWSPAPERS, RELAXING 00:47:03 - SCENES OF PALACE OF VERSAILLES. CARS DRIVING OVER COBBLED STREETS. VISITORS AT GARDENS, FOUNTAINS 00:47:40 - PAN OF PARIS, ACROSS PARIS TOWARDS CHAMPS DE'ELYSEE 00:47:53 - POV DRIVING TOWARD ARC DE TRIOMPHE 00:48:10 - VISITORS AT FRANCE'S TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER LOCATED UNDER ARCH 00:48:17 - TOURISTS LOOKING AT ETERNAL FLAME 00:48:23 - HUGE TRI-COLORED FRENCH FLAG HANGING OVER ARCH 00:48:32 - SCENES OF BASTILLE DAY PARADE: MARCHING BANDS, SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MILITARY VEHICLES, TANKS, FRENCH MUSLIM REGIMENT ON HORSEBACK 00:49:33 - EIFFEL TOWER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1962
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-229