1950’S Air France Travelogue “ Flying Holidays: Cote D’Azur ” French Riviera Nice Monaco 87884 (1950)

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This film is a part of the travelogue series directed by Jack Sanger called “Flying Holidays”. This episode focuses on the French Rivera (Cote d’Azur) residing on the Mediterranean coast of south eastern France. The film is presented by Air France (:07) and had been produced in collaboration of the Comite Regional Du Tourisme (:49). It opens with picturesque shots of the Cote d’Azur ( 1:00 ) and of Nice ( 1:27 ). An Air France Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle passenger plane touches down in France ( 1:31 ) . Passengers unload for vacation ( 1:43 ). Beaulieu is pictured ( 2:20 ) with a luxurious Villa Grecque. Villa La Mauresque had been the residence of the novelist Somerset Maugham ( 2:36 ). Colorful and tropical gardens are viewed in the microstate of Monaco ( 3:00 ). Colorful homes near Port de Villefranche-sur-Mer ( 3:31 ) as well as small boats bobbing in the port follow ( 3:36 ). A sign for the Club de la Mer follows ( 4:06 ). Two tourists load into a car with diving gear for a boat ride ( 4:15 ). Once out on the water, they load up with gear and dive in to explore the sea floor ( 5:08 ). While underwater, the pair discovers an amphora ( 5:43 ) discovered to be from the time of Christ when the vases had been used to carry liquids to Marseilles. The home port near the resort town of Antibes is viewed ( 6:18 ). Tourists pause at the La Bonne Au Berge here for lunch ( 6:30 ). Following lunch, the visitors travel to Eden-Roc ( 6:46 ) known as a meeting place for the socially…

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19 minutes

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