France: Background for Literature

France: Background for Literature Coronet Instructional Films 11:00:20 Zoom & pan bookshelf of leather-bound volumes of French literary classics. Book opened to show map of France. 11:00:55 French countryside scenes. Map of France pointing to Paris; view across rooftops to Eiffel Tower, River Seine in FG; street scenes w/ pedestrians & various styles of architecture, inspiration of different historical periods. 11:02:00 Settings from Dumas’ Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan’s garret, statue. Palais Royal & Louvre & gardens; Pont Neuf. Victor Hugo’s Paris: narrow streets w/ old tenements, children in street; route of Les Misérables’ Jean Valjean, banks of Seine, Notre Dame. 11:04:11 Arc de Triomphe & cars on Champs Elysees. Prison described by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. Guy de Maupassant’s Paris: traffic down Champs Elysees, pedestrians & boulevard cafes & well-dressed Parisians. Family picnic in park. Newspaper stand. 11:05:53 Map of France showing province places. Gardens at Palace of Versailles. Forest & chateaux at Fontainebleau. Medieval town at Orleans - statue of Joan of Arc. Castle on island off southern coast - inspiration for Count of Monte Cristo. 11:08:07 Top shot Marseilles; pan across docks; street scenes & market. Rhone Valley countryside. Village square in Normandy - recreation of opening scene from de Maupassant’s story A Piece of String. Peasant family outside thatched half-timbered cottage. Montage scenes from Paris & provincial France. The End. Travelogues; Tourism; French History; Picturesque / Scenic; 1950s;