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Le Monde - Pourquoi Manouchian est un héros de la résistance - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue with the story of the Manouchian Group, comprised of brave immigrants who joined the fight against German occupiers and the Vichy government.

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Caption 23 [en]: nearly two hundred attacks in the Paris region.
Caption 23 [fr]: près de deux cents attentats en région parisienne.

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Le Monde - Pourquoi Manouchian est un héros de la résistance - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Have you heard about Missak Manouchian, a hero of the French Resistance? Find out more about him in this fascinating historical documentary.

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Caption 92 [en]: More than three hundred thousand Jewish French people and foreigners
Caption 92 [fr]: Plus de trois cent mille Français et étrangers juifs

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Français avec Nelly - Coco Chanel - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly tells the fascinating life story of French fashion icon Coco Chanel, beginning with what led to her career as a designer.

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Caption 62 [en]: in nineteen hundred three
Caption 62 [fr]: en mille neuf cent trois

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Français avec Nelly - L'histoire de Notre-Dame de Paris - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

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.

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Caption 67 [en]: there were more than four hundred firefighters
Caption 67 [fr]: ils étaient plus de quatre cents pompiers

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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 16 [en]: a competition that brings together four hundred athletes
Caption 16 [fr]: une compétition qui rassemble quatre cents sportifs

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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 23 [en]: two thousand seven hundred ninety-seven years ago at Olympia in Greece,
Caption 23 [fr]: il y a deux mille sept cent quatre-vingt-dix-sept ans à Olympie en Grèce

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Le Monde - Pourquoi Molière est devenu aussi célèbre - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Molière wasn't afraid of his plays causing a scandal—in fact, he often orchestrated scandals in order to drum up publicity. Find out more about his marketing genius in this video.

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Caption 58 [en]: On the evening of the premiere, the revenues rise to two thousand eight hundred sixty pounds,
Caption 58 [fr]: Le soir de la première, les recettes montent à deux mille huit cent soixante livres,

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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 3 [en]: But four hundred years later,
Caption 3 [fr]: Mais quatre cents ans plus tard,

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France 3 - Minitel : l'Internet avant l'heure - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Back in the 80s, nearly every French household had a Minitel. It was the first computerized directory of its kind and a precursor to the modern computer. Later on, even Google showed an interest in the Minitel archives. Find out how advanced it was in its day.

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Caption 8 [en]: the two hundred fifty thousand subscribers of Ille-et-Vilaine,
Caption 8 [fr]: les deux cent cinquante mille abonnés d'Ille-et-Vilaine,

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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 39 [en]: on December second, eighteen hundred four at Notre-Dame de Paris,
Caption 39 [fr]: le deux décembre mille huit cent quatre à Notre-Dame de 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 93 [en]: which took place on December second, eighteen hundred five
Caption 93 [fr]: qui a eu lieu le deux décembre mille huit cent cinq

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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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Caption 3 [en]: The result: two thousand five hundred empty apartments out of nine thousand and five.
Caption 3 [fr]: Résultat, deux mille cinq cents appartements vides sur neuf mille cinq.

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Professeur Joseph Melone - Les sources

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Professor Joseph Melone stresses the importance of sources in historical research. He also makes the disputed claim that Shakespeare never existed. Whether you believe that or not, his message is clear: check your sources!

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Caption 25 [en]: was written five hundred years
Caption 25 [fr]: a été écrit cinq cents ans

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Lionel - Vaucouleurs - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our visit to Vaucouleurs, a small town where Joan of Arc spent part of her life. Her story sparked many legends and anecdotes, one of which concerns a magical linden tree...

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Caption 5 [en]: and uh... it's been standing here majestically for six hundred years.
Caption 5 [fr]: et euh... il se dresse ici majestueusement depuis six cents ans.

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Lionel - Vaucouleurs - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We go from Domrémy, where Joan of Arc was born, to Vaucouleurs, where her story really begins. She was called to defend France even though her hometown wasn't technically part of it.

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Caption 17 [en]: in terms of the Hundred Years' War,
Caption 17 [fr]: au niveau de la guerre de Cent Ans,

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