France panorama. [No. 69/47]

Description: French cinemagazine items: 1. Vers le Paris o’lan 2000 (Paris of the year 2000) - Anb old suburb of Paris makes way for new buildings, subway and shopping centre. 2.ichel Blareff - a French pop star in action. 3. L’art Flamand contemporan a l’Orangerie (Contemporary Flemish art at Orangerie Museum) - Flanders a hot-bed of artists - Van Eyck, Rubens, James Ensore a modern contemporary currently on display. 4. La nature et l’homme (1970 is European nature presentation year) - Shows air pollution in the cities and increases in CO2 from aircraft etc; oil spills in the sea; crop spraying. 5. The Paris Observatory - Oldest still in service. Shows museum collection and modern equipment. 6. In memory of D’Ambroise Pare, the father of surgery (1585), henry II’s surgeon. 7. Painters as witnesses of their time - art and work 20th century depictions of people working.