It is a public holiday in France that commemorates the storming of the Bastille. They all have in common to be grandiose and to require days and days of repetition
The President of the United States Donald Trump attended today the military parade of 14 July, together with his French counterpart Emmanuel MACRON. Commentary on factual images interspersed with interviews of several spectators.
We are active, on the side of Versailles (78), for the preparations of the parade of July 14. The organization of such an event is colossal. Preview, some images of the rehearsals. Comment on factual images and interviews Warrant Officer Abdel ARIBI (parachutist) and Isabelle REVARRO-REBATTU (Saint-Cyr student).
Report devoted to the July 14th parade in Paris where high school students were invited to sing the Marseillaise. For the first time, in honour of their presence during these attacks, the Cynophile Brigade, prison guards and customs officers marched. Comment on factual images and microsidewalk.
A traditional parade on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, an exceptional security device of nearly 5,000 police officers and gendarmes, an officer every 10 metres, this is the most secure parade in its history. Comment on factual images and interview of a police officer in action.
Festivités du 14 Juillet avec les traditionnels bals organisés pour la Fête nationale. Dès hier soir, certaines casernes de pompiers ont accueilli leurs premiers visiteurs (et visiteuses) et se sont transformées en boîte de nuit. Interview du caporal Camille Fuselin (pompier de Paris) et micro-trottoir de fêtards.
Exceptional show in the sky of Paris and on the Champs-Elysées, where several thousand people rushed to see the 4,000 soldiers and vehicles of the French army pass by on the occasion of the traditional parade of July 14. Comment on factual images and microsidewalk.
July 14 National Day: fireworks yesterday brought together more than 300,000 people near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. A show in the colours of the francophonie that dazzled both young and old. Comment on factual images and interview Joseph COUTURIER, designer of the show, talking about the moment of happiness given by the fireworks, and microsidewalk about the show.
On the Champs-Elysées, the parade is traditionally opened by military transport pilots. One of the bases that fly over Paris is located in Orléans. Comment on factual images.
Reportage devoted to the traditional balls of July 14 and fireworks that took place last night in France. Example at Issy-les-Moulineaux in the Hauts-de-Seine. Comments on factual images alternating with the interview of a young woman, foreign tourists, and a fireman.