La Vie Parisienne

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

573

Date Released

16 Dec 1965

Date recorded

5 Nov 1965

Length of issue (in feet)

705

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1La Vie Parisienne

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Join us in Paris the city where neon gaiety is spelled out in the sky at night. Get the topmost view of the Parisian panorama from that "extravagant chandelier", the Eiffel Tower, from where you can see the strange Byzantine splendour of the Sacre Coeur, watching over the heights of the artists’ village-within-a-city - Montmartre. See artists and models absorbing the atmosphere; see the opera; the "boneshaker" buses and the chaos of Les Halles cramming Smithfield, Covent Garden, and Billingsgate all under one roof. Buy a banquet in one basket in a city where food is an essential and serious pastime. Spend a day at the races at Longchamp and see the fabulous fortune on four legs, Sea Bird II, streak in to win Europe’s biggest racing prize. Enjoy the delicate splendour of Notre Dame’s glorious architecture and delight in the light shed by its galaxy of stained-glass - then back to the naughtier neon showpiece of the tantalising Pigalle skyline.

Keywords

Scenery and travel

Locations

France; Paris

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

645

Story extras:

Film clip

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