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“Pan Am Wings to France” Travelogue Film Paris Brittany Provence Bordeaux Xd6025 (1965)

1965 · Short film · 27 min

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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…

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Running time
27 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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