Paris at Their Feet

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1822A

Date Released

7 May 1964

Date submitted

3 May 1964

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paris at Their Feet. DESCRIPTION: The highest and most famous tower in the world is the one built by Gustave Eiffel in 1889. And, helping to celebrate its 75th anniversary, 4 mountain climbers attempting to scale the outside of it, 3 Frenchmen and 34 year old Londoner, Ian MacNaught-Davis. All of them are skilled climbers among the peaks of Europe and Asia, but newcomers to this spider web of steel. Apart from the mast on top, the height of the actual tower is 984 feet. It took the 4 climbers nearly 5 hours to reach the summit. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS Blackpool Tower. GV GPO Tower in London. CU still of Skydeck Tower. LS Eiffel Tower on banks of Seine. LAS same. GV climbers at base. CU same climbing. LAS same. LAS same. TS crowds on ground and pan to climbers. TS crowds. LAS climbers climbing tower. CU same. GV same. CU crowds on ground. GV climbers ascending tower. CU crowds on ground. LAS climbers reach first stage. GV Paris as seen from first stage. LAS Eiffel Tower from ground. CU climbers ascending. GV same. CU structure of tower. CU climbers ascending. GV crowds. LAS climbers on tower. CU ground with crowds. GV climbers at top of Eiffel Tower. CU one of them. ES same. TS crowd on ground. TS climbers looking upwards towards camera.

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

France; Paris

Footage sources

France
Library

Card file number

88286

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

188

Story extras:

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