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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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Français avec Nelly - L'histoire de Notre-Dame de Paris - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nelly remembers vividly what she was doing on the day she learned that Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris had gone up in flames.

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Caption 24 [en]: I used to live in the fourteenth
Caption 24 [fr]: J'habitais dans le quatorzième

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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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Le saviez-vous? - Le dernier duel à l'épée pour l'honneur en France

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In centuries past, when a person's honor was offended, he would challenge the culprit to a duel. The last duel in France took place as recently as 1967, between two respected politicians!

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Caption 65 [en]: This duel is also filmed live
Caption 65 [fr]: Ce duel est aussi filmé en direct

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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 50 [en]: can live together in peace. [...for the creation of a united society.]
Caption 50 [fr]: peuvent vivre ensemble dans la paix. [...pour la constitution d'une société solidaire.]

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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 25 [en]: to live in large concrete housing developments
Caption 25 [fr]: pour habiter dans de grands ensembles de béton

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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 saviez-vous? - Gérard raconte le développement moderne d'Antibes - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Gérard explains the development of Antibes culminating in the creation of Sophia Antipolis, a kind of science park that changed the face of the city and created a traffic nightmare.

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Caption 69 [en]: We live well here, and we reside here even better.
Caption 69 [fr]: On y vit bien, et on y réside encore mieux.

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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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