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  1. French Police "Guillotine" Food Rackets

    Date released
    25 Oct 1948
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1842
    NoS ID
    041315
    Story no
    1 / 6

    French Food Ministry conducts new offensive against black market. Inspectors swoop down on Paris butchers and compel price reductions ordered by government.

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  2. Paris Revives Historic Fair

    Date released
    1 May 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1687
    NoS ID
    040517
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    French capital, rapidly regaining pre-war gaiety, holds famous Fair of Throne. A snake charmer, love thermometer, model guillotine and archery are among some of the sideshows.

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  3. Paris: Public Executioner

    Date released
    1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 1st Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    352128
    Story no
    2 / 3

    Fielding synopsis: "...a screen biography of Pierre Deibler, France’s chief executioner - ‘The Outcast of Paris’. In a lively piece of cinematic Grand Guignol, the March of Time cameras followed this...

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  4. The Lavender Harvest

    Date released
    3 Sep 1931
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    535
    NoS ID
    332804
    Story no
    7 / 7

    NoS Summary - Various shots of the lavender harvest including women at work. British Pathe synopsis: "While the quaint street cry of the lavender seller is heard less and less, the demand for lavender does...

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