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
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Maker : H. A. V. Bulleid
Manifestations
Platonic Sojourn
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- Barcode
- INV327842
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- MP4 H264 digital
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:17:35
- Modification Date
- 22/09/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 727673
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- Barcode
- INV393051
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- MP4 H264 digital
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- Duration
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0:17:35
- Modification Date
- 22/09/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 727361
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- Barcode
- INV375209
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- MP4 H264 digital
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:17:35
- Modification Date
- 22/09/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 727356
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- Barcode
- INV327705
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- DV digital
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:11:15
- Modification Date
- 02/09/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 725855
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- Activities
- Barcode
- INV343879
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- master digital
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:11:15
- Modification Date
- 11/08/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 722201
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- Activities
- Barcode
- INV244832
- Canonical Identifier
- 25
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Details
- Carrier Type
- standard8 film
- Colour System
- Kodachrome
- Colour Type
- colour+bw
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:14:48
- Has Image
- Y
- Has Sound
- N
- Identifier
- Image Polarity
- pos
- Modification Date
- 18/11/2009
- Parts
- Reference
- 680936
- Sound
- silent
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Genre: Amateur / Home Movies / Travel / Travelogue
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Locations: Paris, France (Other)
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Description Type: monographic
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Subject: foreign travel
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