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Platonic Sojourn

1938 , Paris, France (Other)

Cat no. 9507

A man and woman travel from London to Paris via sea and road.

Amateur filmmaker, cinema historian and railway engineer H.A.V. Bulleid employs his flair for amateur production to spice up his home movies of a romantic trip to France. Acting in a moment of impulse, a man proposes to take his female friend to Paris. Leaving behind Dover's white cliffs, they arrive in Calais 'in less time than it takes to read the Bible'. Once their car - named 'Tilly' - has been unloaded, they set out to Paris via Le Tréport, Belleville, Rouen and Louviers. Arriving in the French capital they head straight to 'the film director's joy', the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and L'Arc de Triomphe, visit the Paris Bourse and tour the city's streets and boulevards. Pausing for a drink, they continue on to Place Saint-Augustin and Montmartre, dining at Moulin de la Galette - 'a tourist's paradise...pay double and eat half' - before catching a film at Studio 28. Tearing themselves away from the city of light with one last drink at Cafe George V, they drive through a gathering storm to Étaples and on to Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, 'haunt of motion picture stars', before a flurry of editing retraces their trip, marked out on a map.

Featured Buildings

Arc de Triomphe, Paris; Cafe George V, Paris; Moulin de la Galette, Paris; Notre Dame Church, Louviers; Paris Bourse

Keywords

English Channel; Ferries; Holidays; Road trips; Sightseeing; Travel

Other Places

Belleville-sur-Mer, France; Calais, France; Dover, Kent; Étaples, France; Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France; Le Tréport, France; Louviers, France; Rouen, France

  • Maker : H. A. V. Bulleid

Manifestations

Platonic Sojourn

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