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Français avec Nelly - L'histoire de Notre-Dame de Paris (2 videos)

Nelly tells us how she witnessed a moment in history on the evening when Notre-Dame Cathedral was engulfed in flames as firefighters fought an epic battle to save this iconic monument.

Le Monde - Commune de Paris : les premières photos manipulées de l’histoire ? (2 videos)

The first massively photographed insurrection, the Paris Commune, which began on March 18, 1871, revealed the extraordinary power of images, both close to reality and subtly manipulated.

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Le Monde - Comment la Marche des Beurs a révélé la crise des banlieues - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

On October 15, 1983, a dozen people set out from Marseille to march against racism and police violence. En route to Paris, they met many people who, to their surprise, were sympathetic to their cause.

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Connaissez vous Yvette Horner, la reine de l'accordéon? Alors ne manquez pas de la découvrir dans cet épisode, ainsi que le joli port de Nogent-sur-Marne à l'est de Paris. Avec votre smartphone, vous pourrez aussi télécharger le QR code qui vous donnera tous les détails sur cette ville.

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Français avec Nelly - How to Speak Like Marie Antoinette - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part one of this video, you will learn how Austrian-born queen Marie Antoinette, whose native language was German, came to speak very good French. How did she do it? Watch this video and get inspired!

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Caption 42 [fr]: dans des circonstances tragiques et à Paris.
Caption 42 [en]: under tragic circumstances and in Paris.

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Français avec Nelly - La Marseillaise - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Just in time for Bastille Day, Nelly explains the history of "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem, including how it got its name.

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Caption 59 [fr]: Un bataillon marseillais arrive à Paris
Caption 59 [en]: A battalion from Marseille arrives in Paris

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Jamy Epicurieux - La drôle d'histoire des JO (Jeux Olympiques) - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our tour of the Olympic Games through the ages. Do you know when the Winter and Summer Olympics and the Paralympics were introduced? Watch this video and find out all kinds of interesting facts.

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Caption 93 [fr]: pour le marathon des JO de Paris
Caption 93 [en]: for the Paris Olympics marathon

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Jamy Epicurieux - La drôle d'histoire des JO (Jeux Olympiques) - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Jamy will share some interesting and surprising facts about the history of the Olympic Games. Did you know that a Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin started the modern Olympics in 1896?

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Caption 46 [fr]: est intervenue en mille neuf cent à Paris.
Caption 46 [en]: took place in nineteen hundred in Paris.

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Le saviez-vous? - L'utilité des zeppelins français

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia discusses the various ways zeppelins were used in the twentieth century, as well as what led to their downfall.

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Caption 34 [fr]: sur des zones ennemies. [Cratère d'une bombe de zeppelin lâchée sur Paris]
Caption 34 [en]: onto enemy zones. [Crater from a zeppelin bomb dropped on Paris]

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Le Monde - Pourquoi Molière est devenu aussi célèbre - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How did Molière become so successful? The French playwright, whose plays are still being performed today, did not just rely on his talent as a writer—he knew how to drum up publicity for himself as well.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Paris, mille six cent cinquante-neuf.
Caption 1 [en]: Paris, sixteen fifty-nine.

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France 3 - Minitel : l'Internet avant l'heure - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Have you ever heard of the Minitel? In this video, you'll discover vintage technology from the seventies and eighties. Though once state of the art, the poor Minitel is now gathering dust in people's attics...

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Caption 46 [fr]: qui habite bien à Paris,
Caption 46 [en]: who indeed lives in Paris,

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Le Figaro - Les cinq scènes historiquement fausses du «Napoléon» de Ridley Scott - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

In part 2 of this review of Ridley Scott's Napoleon, we learn why Napoleon really left the island of Elba and how he dealt with the death of his wife Josephine.

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Caption 16 [fr]: et qu'il remonte jusqu'à Paris,
Caption 16 [en]: and he goes back up to Paris,

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Le Figaro - Les cinq scènes historiquement fausses du «Napoléon» de Ridley Scott - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Director Ridley Scott's recently released movie Napoleon was never intended to be historically accurate. Find out where the movie departs from the facts.

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Caption 71 [fr]: le trompe à Paris avec son amant, le capitaine Hippolyte Charles.
Caption 71 [en]: is cheating on him in Paris with her lover, Captain Hippolyte Charles.

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Le Monde - Comment la Marche des Beurs a révélé la crise des banlieues - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In 1983, the murder of an Algerian immigrant on a train galvanized a massive anti-racism protest that led to significant government reforms. But racism remains a serious problem in France to this day.

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Caption 17 [fr]: les marcheurs de la première heure approchent de Paris.
Caption 17 [en]: the marchers who were there from the beginning approach Paris.

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Le Monde - Comment la Marche des Beurs a révélé la crise des banlieues - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In 1983, the Marche des Beurs highlighted the problem of anti-Arab racism in France. Forty years on, the country is still feeling its effects.

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Caption 9 [fr]: de Marseille à Paris.
Caption 9 [en]: from Marseille to Paris.

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