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Uderzo et Goscinny - 1968

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Pour commémorer la mort du célèbre Uderzo, co-créateur d'Astérix. Dans un vieil interview, Uderzo and Goscinny expliquent comment la bande dessinée Astérix est née. Il paraît qu'Astérix était bien plus grand au début et qu'il a été réduit de moitié.

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Français avec Nelly - Coco Chanel - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly continues to explore Coco Chanel's enormous contribution to the world of women's fashion and explains how the iconic perfume Chanel Number 5 got its name.

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Caption 10 [fr]: C'est un peu le début du style Chanel,
Caption 10 [en]: It's kind of the beginning of the Chanel style,

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Français avec Nelly - How to Speak Like Marie Antoinette - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part 2, we learn more fascinating facts about Marie Antoinette's private life, as well as some of her famous quotes. Can you guess what her last words were?

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Caption 100 [fr]: Au début, c'était compliqué.
Caption 100 [en]: At the beginning it was complicated.

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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 42 [fr]: au début du vingtième siècle.
Caption 42 [en]: in the early twentieth century.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le zeppelin français et le rêve de voler

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Humanity has always dreamed of flying through the air. That dream was made possible with the arrival of the zeppelin at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Caption 44 [fr]: Au début du vingtième siècle,
Caption 44 [en]: At the start of the twentieth century,

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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 35 [fr]: C'est au fond le début de son ascension.
Caption 35 [en]: This is basically the beginning of his ascent.

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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 64 [fr]: Et on est au début du quinzième siècle.
Caption 64 [en]: And we're at the beginning of the fifteenth century.

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Lionel - Le musée de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We conclude our visit to the Joan of Arc museum with a look at Joan's influence through the ages. Did you know that the company that used Joan's image the most in advertising was Laughing Cow cheese?

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Caption 2 [fr]: [C'est-à-dire] qu'au début du...
Caption 2 [en]: [That is to say] that at the beginning of the...

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Lionel - Le musée de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The second room of the Joan of Arc museum is dedicated to the iconography of the saint, including a bronze sculpture by Prosper D'Épinay.

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Caption 35 [fr]: le début de l'année mille quatre cent douze.
Caption 35 [en]: the beginning of the year fourteen hundred twelve.

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Lionel - Le musée de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Nathalie take us to the Joan of Arc Museum, where you will discover many of her portraits. Interestingly, none of these portraits were made during her lifetime and nobody knows for sure what she looked like.

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Caption 20 [fr]: à partir de la fin du quinzième siècle, début du seizième
Caption 20 [en]: starting in the end of the fifteenth century, beginning of the sixteenth,

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Le saviez-vous? - Le casino ou la guerre

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nice's Jetée-Promenade is the site of a former casino by that name. Built on pilings over the sea, the original building was once a thriving casino attracting many tourists, especially British tourists who flocked to the Riviera.

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Caption 14 [fr]: et cela dès le début.
Caption 14 [en]: and this right from the start.

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Le Monde - Nouvelle-Calédonie : la dernière colonie française - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, New Caledonia

New Caledonia is still part of France and has not gained its independence despite lenghthy negotiations between loyalists and separatists. Now that the Kanak population is a minority, independence seems unlikely. For more info on New Caledonia, check out these links: https://bit.ly/3cnZgzs, https://bit.ly/2EWfOBG, https://bit.ly/2SyqOrw.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Depuis le début des années quatre-vingt-dix
Caption 29 [en]: Since the early nineteen nineties

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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 25 [en]: He makes his debut in nineteen twenty-three in Paris,
Caption 25 [fr]: Il fait ses débuts en mille neuf cent vingt-trois à Paris,

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Lionel - L'église de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Françoise talks to Lionel about the Church of Liverdun. Built in 1184, the church is distinctive for its two superimposed doorways: an original Romanesque one, and a Baroque one added in the eighteenth century.

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Caption 55 [fr]: C'est le début, mille cent quatre-vingt-quatre,
Caption 55 [en]: That's the beginning, one thousand one hundred eighty-four,

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Le saviez-vous? - Gérard raconte Antibes et ses environs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Gérard will tell you about the history of Antibes, an ancient city with a fascinating past. One of the oldest cities in the region, it was built by the Phocaeans before Roman times.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Donc, euh... ça a été le début des...
Caption 21 [en]: So, uh... that was the beginning of the...

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