PAN AM WINGS TO FRANCE
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Year Published: 1965
Description: This 1965 promotional film produced by Vision Associates for Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) depicts French tourist destinations. A map is shown at the beginning of the film highlighting different regions and provinces of France (0:24). Starting and ending in Paris, the film takes travelers through various destinations, including Normandy, Brittany, the Loire Valley, Bordeaux, the Pyrenees, and Provence. The film begins with a shot of the Eiffel Tower (0:44) and flashes through several famous landmarks such as the Tuileries Garden and Seine River. Various scenes of French wine and bread, wood making, waterskiing, surfing, and beaches are shown. A Pan Am plane is shown flying in the background behind the Pan Am logo (1:40). The Arc de Triomphe is shown at night with red and white lights of cars in the foreground (2:04), and then the Fontaine Saint-Michel (2:11). The camera pans over an aerial view of Paris with the Eiffel Tower, the Cathedrale de Notre-Dame, and Pont Alexandre III visible. A Paris cabaret nightclub, Folies Pigalle, is shown at night (2:29). The Arc de Triomphe, a woman riding a bicycle, and wine being poured flash by, along with a Christian Dior boutique sign (2:35), a streetcar, and the Statue of Liberty on the Île aux Cygnes (2:38), which was given by the U.S. to France in 1889 to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution. Maxim’s restaurant, known for its Art Nouveau décor (2:38). The Sacré-Cœur Basilica of Montmartre is shown (2:55). Scenes of Parisian street life and food markets (3:40). Children float toy sailboats on the Seine (4:00). Cars crowd the Rue de Rivoli as police direct traffic (4:20). Customers eat at Au Pied de Cochon, the first establishment to offer continuous service and to open at night starting in 1947 (4:51). The film transitions out of Paris, showing cars driving past grass fields along the Valley of the Seine (5:50) and the exterior and interior of Chartres Cathedral (5:56). The film’s journey continues west through the small town of Normandy to the Auberge du Vieux Puits, an inn and restaurant (7:11), Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey near the coast, and La Mère Poulard Hotel, which has a famous omelet recipe (8:22). The film continues to the Loire Valley and shows chateaux and paintings of the French Renaissance (9:58), including Azay, Chambord, Chenonceau, and Amboise (11:20). In Brittany, fishermen, cows, farmers, and seagulls are shown (12:04), along with the ancient villages of Brittany, with inns built from Great Britain stones (12:44). Women serve crepes and cider at an inn (12:58). A man weaves at a loom and makes small statues out of wood (13:22). In the wine country of Bordeaux, vineyards, wine tasting, the Maison du Vin, and wine chateaux are shown (15:20). In the Pyrenees and Basque country, mountains, horse riders, and rivers are shown (17:12). St. Jean de Luz, a town near the Spanish border, features a Basque festival (17:50). The castles of Carcassonne, the most famous walled city in France and a UNESCO world heritage site, are shown next (17:57), followed by scenes of the Oustau de Baumanière inn in Provence (19:16) and Roussillon, “the red village” (19:41). Le Pont du Gare, a Roman bridge, is shown (19:56), then Avignon and the Palace of the Popes, which was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire (20:13). Scenes from the play L'illusion Comique by Pierre Corneille are shown (21:00). A music festival in Aix-en-Provence, the birthplace of post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne (21:14). Bouillabaisse, a fish stew, is shown in Marseille (22:00). A Pan Am plane takes off down the runway in Nice-Cote d’Azur while the film shows people on French beaches, including Nice, Cannes, Biarritz, Saint-Tropez, and Deauville (22:18). The film returns to Paris (25:00) and Avenue Victor Hugo. Shots of gargoyles on Notre-Dame, Maxim’s restaurant, and food (26:22). This film was directed by famed documentarian Lee Bobker and produced by Helen Kristt, and photographed by Herbert Raditschnig. Historic Films about Water, Water Management, Dams and Water Treatment by PeriscopeFilm
Complete Record: This 1965 promotional film produced by Vision Associates for Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) depicts French tourist destinations. A map is shown at the beginning of the film highlighting different regions and provinces of France (0:24). Starting and ending in Paris, the film takes travelers through various destinations, including Normandy, Brittany, the Loire Valley, Bordeaux, the Pyrenees, and Provence. The film begins with a shot of the Eiffel Tower (0:44) and flashes through several famous landmarks such as the Tuileries Garden and Seine River. Various scenes of French wine and bread, wood making, waterskiing, surfing, and beaches are shown. A Pan Am plane is shown flying in the background behind the Pan Am logo (1:40). The Arc de Triomphe is shown at night with red and white lights of cars in the foreground (2:04), and then the Fontaine Saint-Michel (2:11). The camera pans over an aerial view of Paris with the Eiffel Tower, the Cathedrale de Notre-Dame, and Pont Alexandre III visible. A Paris cabaret nightclub, Folies Pigalle, is shown at night (2:29). The Arc de Triomphe, a woman riding a bicycle, and wine being poured flash by, along with a Christian Dior boutique sign (2:35), a streetcar, and the Statue of Liberty on the Île aux Cygnes (2:38), which was given by the U.S. to France in 1889 to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution. Maxim’s restaurant, known for its Art Nouveau décor (2:38). The Sacré-Cœur Basilica of Montmartre is shown (2:55). Scenes of Parisian street life and food markets (3:40). Children float toy sailboats on the Seine (4:00). Cars crowd the Rue de Rivoli as police direct traffic (4:20). Customers eat at Au Pied de Cochon, the first establishment to offer continuous service and to open at night starting in 1947 (4:51). The film transitions out of Paris, showing cars driving past grass fields along the Valley of the Seine (5:50) and the exterior and interior of Chartres Cathedral (5:56). The film’s journey continues west through the small town of Normandy to the Auberge du Vieux Puits, an inn and restaurant (7:11), Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey near the coast, and La Mère Poulard Hotel, which has a famous omelet recipe (8:22). The film continues to the Loire Valley and shows chateaux and paintings of the French Renaissance (9:58), including Azay, Chambord, Chenonceau, and Amboise (11:20). In Brittany, fishermen, cows, farmers, and seagulls are shown (12:04), along with the ancient villages of Brittany, with inns built from Great Britain stones (12:44). Women serve crepes and cider at an inn (12:58). A man weaves at a loom and makes small statues out of wood (13:22). In the wine country of Bordeaux, vineyards, wine tasting, the Maison du Vin, and wine chateaux are shown (15:20). In the Pyrenees and Basque country, mountains, horse riders, and rivers are shown (17:12). St. Jean de Luz, a town near the Spanish border, features a Basque festival (17:50). The castles of Carcassonne, the most famous walled city in France and a UNESCO world heritage site, are shown next (17:57), followed by scenes of the Oustau de Baumanière inn in Provence (19:16) and Roussillon, “the red village” (19:41). Le Pont du Gare, a Roman bridge, is shown (19:56), then Avignon and the Palace of the Popes, which was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire (20:13). Scenes from the play L'illusion Comique by Pierre Corneille are shown (21:00). A music festival in Aix-en-Provence, the birthplace of post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne (21:14). Bouillabaisse, a fish stew, is shown in Marseille (22:00). A Pan Am plane takes off down the runway in Nice-Cote d’Azur while the film shows people on French beaches, including Nice, Cannes, Biarritz, Saint-Tropez, and Deauville (22:18). The film returns to Paris (25:00) and Avenue Victor Hugo. Shots of gargoyles on Notre-Dame, Maxim’s restaurant, and food (26:22). This film was directed by famed documentarian Lee Bobker and produced by Helen Kristt, and photographed by Herbert Raditschnig. Historic Films about Water, Water Management, Dams and Water Treatment by PeriscopeFilm
Transcription
[Music] We fly to Paris. We drive to Normandy and then to the Lir Valley. We drive through the stone villages of Britany to the vineyards of Bordeaux and on to the high Pyrenees and the Basque country. Finally to Proce on route just for fun. We enjoy the beaches of France. Finally, we return to Paris. [Music] [Applause] [Music] discover France. And if you have sampled her pleasures before, here is a voyage of rediscovery. [Music] Paris, the city of light, called by Montaigne, a living, breathing thing, a city suspended in time, waiting to fulfill the dreams of all men. On the surface, there are the old familiar things, the sights and sounds that have become a part of the Paris. We saw long before we came here. [Music] In all the story books, in all the songs and legends, France begins and ends in Paris. And there are many ways to see this city. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Paris. is Paris, but France is more than Paris. So, we leave the great and lovely city early on a Sunday morning. We will return to Paris after a journey through France. But now we drive west along the valley of the Sen. [Music] The air is filled with the freshness of morning. The sun rises slowly. And in the distance, the great cathedral of chart stands high on the horizon. [Music] 400 years of labor and love built this cathedral. etched in colored glass her devotions molded from stone her saints. The artists and artisans, the architects and priests, the stonemasons and the sculptors raised high the spires of chart in dedication to God. [Music] We drive west to the sea through Normandy. the gentle land. For this is a song of France. [Music] for [Music] set. [Music] The Abbey of Mosam Michelle, Pride of Normandy. Here the tide can rise nearly 50 ft in an hour. And twice each day, the water sweeps over the sands with the speed of galloping horses. Mo Sam Michelle, unique in all the world. A strange combination of past and present, of narrow streets flanked by small shops. [Music] In the world famous hotel de la Mer Pulard, their age-old recipe for omallet remains uniquely a part of Mo Sam Michelle of Normandy and of France. [Music] Set a Pray in adu [Music] from Normandy. Drive south now to the Valley of the Loir. Contained within her lovely countryside, a great chateau of the French Renaissance, preserving for all time a memory of elegance and a time gone by. [Music] The splendor falls on castle walls on a Shamo, Shambbor, an ammois, and Shenoso admiring their reflections in the waters of the Lir. [Music] The Valley of the Lir provides the ideal setting for the realization of these royal visions in slate and stone. [Music] Half a day's drive from Paris, 2 hours from the heart of Normandy, 3 hours from the Lir Valley, lies the province of Britany. [Music] way on the holy way. [Music] Visit the ancient villages of Britany. Live in her country insil from great Breton stones. [Music] Dine on crepe and drink cider. Sweet and sour at the same time. Buy fine Breton linen or statues carved from hard Breton wood. [Music] Watch the boats come and go and return in the evening to the fishing villages of Britany and listen to a song of the sea. I love you all. [Music] [Applause] She [Music] with an ali. [Music] The wine country of Bordeaux lies to the south of Britany. Today the vineyards reach to the far horizon. The great skies of Bordeaux provide the sun and the rain. For its people, there is a special way of life centered about the wine. [Music] Visit the wine chateau. Be present at the rituals that are the art of the making of a fine wine. Body, its color and consistency. Bouquet, the perfume of the wine when it is still in the glass. Aroma at the instant the wine contacts the pallet. It is an art handed from father to son. [Music] As a visitor, one is welcome at the Mison Duva to observe ancient ceremonies to taste the great wines of the region. The wines of Bordeaux were already in favor in the days of the glory of the Roman Empire. Bordeaux, where the rivers Gaon and Doran meet, the softness of the sky, the warmth of its people, and the welcoming fragrance of its wine. A two-day drive through Normandy, Brittany, the Lir Valley, and Bordeaux leads to the Pyrenees and the Bass Country. [Music] Here, one can ride rugged trails past incredible vistas and valleys. The exquisite village of San Jean Deloo, close to the Spanish border, more Spain than France. [Music] Dine on chicken basquez and red wine and delight in the rhythms of a Basque festival. [Music] Now to Kakasan, the ancient walled city of France. [Music] [Applause] Kauasan, victim of the tide of history, center of endless siege from the time it was first built in the fifth century. It has survived the Sarissens and the Visigoths, the Franks and Crusaders, the Vic Counts and the Baronss, all who stormed her walls. The captains and the kings are gone, forgotten by time. And the magnificent city still stands. [Music] From Carcasson we drive to Proce. [Music] We pause at the world famous in Lustoto de Bmanier and enjoy its superb cuisine. [Music] We visit Ruseon, the red village. Its old streets, its bell tower delight the eye. [Music] Leon Dugar, the great Roman bridge admired by Van Gogh, worshiped by Caesan and Go. [Music] Ainho and the palace of the popes. For so many years the seat of the Holy Roman Empire. [Music] Here in the open courtyard of the palace is held one of the great drama festivals of Europe. [Music] George Wilson the great French classic actor stars in a superb production of Cornet's Leeluzik. One need not understand the language to appreciate the art. for X Proce and its annual music festival. [Music] Here a performance of Mozart's masterpiece Kos Fontut starring the Spanish soprano Theresa Burganza [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] a 30-minut drive from X or Aininoho brings one to the sea, to Marseilles, and to all the beautiful hidden places where Bullya Bay is the specialty of the house. [Music] The beaches of France are fun in a way that sets them apart from beaches anywhere in the world. Nice, Dovil or Beeritz, Arashon, Khan, San Rafael, Sanrope, Caper or Cap Dantib. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] It began in Paris and it will end here. Earlier we enjoyed her museums, her monuments, her restaurants and her people. Now there remains only a mood, a feeling, a glow that this unique city casts into the lives of all who have come here. [Music] I see [Music] All is more [Music] [Applause] [Music] And we glad [Music] the Holy Oh, [Music] who's the baby [Music] love Wow. [Music] Heat. [Music]
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