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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 15. Bruce et les sources du Nil - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

James Bruce, the intrepid Scottish explorer, finally reaches his goal, the source of the Nile... or so he thought. After all his trouble, his exploits are not well received in England. But his legacy will live on.

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Lionel - La Marseillaise

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel discusses the life of Rouget de Lisle, composer of the Marseillaise. Written in 1792 as a march to spur on the troops during the war with Austria, only later did it become the French national anthem. And did you know that the Marseillaise was banned by Napoleon?

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Caption 62 [en]: once more a song called "Long Live the King" but...
Caption 62 [fr]: encore une fois un chant nommé « Vive le roi » mais...

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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 92 [en]: The first live radio broadcast is put in place
Caption 92 [fr]: Le premier direct radiophonique est mis en place

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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 77 [en]: This is the case with live pigeon shooting,
Caption 77 [fr]: C'est le cas du tir au pigeon vivant,

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Lionel - La maison de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We conclude our tour of Joan of Arc's birthplace with a look at the very spot where she heard divine voices for the first time. You don't want to miss this!

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Caption 31 [en]: you have "Long Live Labor" written,
Caption 31 [fr]: vous avez marqué "Vive labeur",

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Le Monde - Comment Napoléon a conquis (et perdu) l’Europe - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How did Napoleon conquer and then lose nearly all of Europe in a span of just fifteen years? Find out in the second part of this series.

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Caption 43 [en]: They live and they die for glory,
Caption 43 [fr]: On vit et on meurt pour la gloire

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Le Monde - Nouvelle-Calédonie : la dernière colonie française - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, New Caledonia

In New Caledonia, the last French colony, two societies continue to coexist: the descendants of the white colonists known as "Caldoches," and the native Kanaks, whose numbers were decimated by the colonists beginning in 1853.

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Caption 15 [en]: How did they live, the Gauls?
Caption 15 [fr]: Comment vivaient-ils, les Gaulois?

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Lionel - La Place de la Fontaine de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The village of Liverdun has an interesting fountain with a huge underground reservoir that collects water from the nearby Moselle River. In the Middle Ages, people used the religious statues on the village's street corners to orient themselves.

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Caption 23 [en]: I live on the street to the right of Mary.
Caption 23 [fr]: J'habite dans la rue à droite de Marie.

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Le saviez-vous? - Les anciennes lois insolites - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia takes a close look at some old French laws that are still on the books but no longer enforced. For example, it's technically forbidden to name one's pig "Napoleon."

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Caption 23 [en]: and I live on the second floor.
Caption 23 [fr]: et j'habite au deuxième étage.

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Le Monde - D’où vient le Père Noël ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Where does Santa Claus come from? Santa's history begins in the third century in the city of Myra in Turkey, then to the Netherlands, then finally to America and back to Europe. But where Santa lives still remains a mystery...

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Caption 93 [en]: Where does Santa live?
Caption 93 [fr]: Où habite le Père Noël?

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Along the banks of the Marne, Daniel gives us some more insight into the town of Nogent-sur-Marne, including a few real estate tips and a brief biography of Jean Sablon, a famous crooner of French chansons who was born in the town.

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Caption 11 [en]: When one wants to live in Nogent-sur-Marne,
Caption 11 [fr]: Quand on veut habiter à Nogent-sur-Marne,

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Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the final part of his tour of Chantilly, Daniel takes us back to the "Potager des Princes" (Princes' Vegetable Garden) and introduces us to some adorable barnyard critters, including a rooster, a pigeon, and some rabbits. The rabbits even have their own French-style village to roam around in, complete with a café, a town hall, and some villas too!

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Caption 10 [en]: Here, you enter into the Live Miniature Barnyard Museum,
Caption 10 [fr]: Ici vous entrez dans le Musée vivant de la basse-cour naine

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Voyage en France - Le Mémorial de la France combattante - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol visits the Memorial of Fighting France on Mont Valérien, west of Paris. He reads us a moving message from an anonymous person who wrote a farewell letter to his family just before being executed by the Germans in 1942.

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Caption 31 [en]: but fate demanded that I should not live to my twenty-fifth year.
Caption 31 [fr]: mais la fatalité a voulu que je ne vive pas jusqu'à mes vingt-cinq ans.

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Aldo - L'empoisonneuse du 2e

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Aldo takes us to a very special house on 23 Rue Beauregard in Paris. In that house lived a shady character, Catherine Deshayes, who was responsible for the murder of thousands of infants. She and 36 others were burned at the stake by Louis XIV.

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Caption 3 [en]: Uh... I live in the second arrondissement.
Caption 3 [fr]: Euh... j'habite dans le deuxième arrondissement.

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tension is building between the Aztecs and the Spaniards, not to mention within Cortés's own ranks. Despite this, the conquistador rallies his troops to conquer Mexico.

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Caption 19 [en]: It's better to die than to live without honor.
Caption 19 [fr]: Il vaut mieux mourir que de vivre sans honneur.

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