QUICKY QUIZ! #12 WHAT YEAR WAS PARIS, FRANCE FOUNDED?

Year Published: 1950s

Format: 16mm

Description: This short film is one of a series entitled "Quicky Quiz!", which were developed and produced by Los Angeles TV personality Jim Hawthorne. Billed as the "TV's biggest little show", each Quicky Quiz! posed a question for viewers to answer. In this case, the question is "how old was Paris in 1951?" The footage shows celebrations at the Palace of Versailles in 1951. If you got the right answer, you must be very smart so take a bow! Short format shows of this type don't really exist today, but back in the early era of television -- especially during the live era when show lengths were irregular -- programs such as Quicky Quiz! were important to fill dead air.

Transcription

foreign TV's Biggest Little Show fabulous fountains brilliantly illuminated as water spouts high in palatial Gardens of Chateau de Versailles this colossal tribute given to Paris city of light on her birthday ends in spectacular pyrotechnics display how old is Paris on this elegant 1951 occasion stand by for answer quickie quiz answer Versailles lights up for Paris 2 000-year birthday 1951. [Music]

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