French cinemagazine items including: 1. Dam across the Ain River - A wall of concrete, over a million and a half cubic feet of it, now stretches across the valley of the Ain in the Jura. Water has begun fillin an immense reservoir which will form a lake of some 600 square miles in area. 2. At the Elysee Palace - the Prime Minister of Lybia was received by General de Gaulle at the Elysee Palace. 3. Speaking of transplants - At Lyons, Doctor Marius Barnard and Doctor Botha - the brother and the assistant of the man to make the first successful heart transplant - visited the Pasteur Institute. 4. Rene Leduc: aviation wizard - Rene Leduc, one of the pioneers in supersonic aviation, inventor of state-reactor engine capable of speeds of over a thousand miles an hour, dies. 5. A pavillion in Osaka - Chosen in an open competition, France’s pavillion at the Japanese World Fair will be inflatable. 6. An artist named Brassai - Brassai, famous for his photographs, proves to
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
314922
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → France - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → France - Social life and customs
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aeronautics
Crafts & Visual Arts → Photographers - France
Documentary → Documentary films - France
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → France - Politics and government
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Visits of state
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical technology
History → France - History - 20th century
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)