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France La Rochelle 1960’s A film of the Charente region of France, where Cognac is produced, from the 1960s. The film opens with an aerial shot of the landscape. View from the air of fields and hedgerows. The film quickly moves from the countryside to a more built-up area. A waterway which is part of the Charente river. A van drives over the bridge, then the camera pans down to a man, dressed in black jacket, trousers and hat with a lighter coloured shirt, walking over a bridge that bears the sign La Charente. A line-drawn map of France fades up over the picture of a waterway, then the camera zooms in to the Charente area on map. A female nurse rides a bicycle along a straight, tree-lined road, carrying a child on the back, who is also dressed in a nurse’s uniform. Several stone-built houses and a simple church tower in the distance. A stone bridge runs across the river and the camera pans from this across to a double archway built from stone. Close-up of stone archway. Wider shot of archway. View of town through bushes or hedgerow. Stone arch. Camera moves out to reveal boats moored in harbour, La Rochelle. Different angle of stone wall in town and port with small boat sailing close to the water’s edge. View of reflection of buildings in the water. A man with a camera is dressed in a light shirt and darker trousers. A wider view of the grand waterway. Close-up of reflection of building in the water then camera pans up to a close-up of a house. Rue De Patton. Stone-built buildings, shaped like large-scale igloos. A caravan has a souvenir shop sign attached. A sandy beach area with a caravan park which has a play area with a large slide. A boy cycles past a sign which reads, Royan. Beach resort on Atlantic coast. Large and fairly busy beach where a bikini-clad woman with short hair and sunglasses jumps onto a huge beachball. The woman tries to balance on the ball. Wide shot of a busy beach with sun loungers. Exterior of large hotel with several different flags waving A car is parked at an alternative entrance to a hotel with an arched canopy. View of hotel apartments from roadside. Well maintained parkland and pool. A woman lies on the beach reading a book A car drives up to the hotel entrance. We see a closer shot of the car parking. A pram on the beach with lots of stripy tent-like canopies. Crowds of people swimming. A view of the street outside the hotel. Series of close-ups of hotel entrance. A view of the street outside the hotel. Several shots of large cone-like building structures. A sign which reads, Voici Cognac centre commercial touristique. A wide shot of the countryside. Statue of man in armour on horseback A sign which reads, Trophees du Cognac 1965, and the camera pans down the sign to reveal a picture of a racing car. View of the racing stadium. Large groups of people moving around cars. Close up of racing car and driver. Crowds of people watch car racing. Man in shirt, trousers with braces and a hat waves a flag to start the race. Crowds of people line the edge of the track to watch the race. A view of the stand where people are sitting to watch the race. A group of French troops or policemen watch the race. A series of close-ups from the rear of the crowds watching the racing reveal people holding hands and linking arms. Close-up of faces in the crowd, some people wear sunglasses. The cars speed down the track. Drivers wearing racing helmets race around the track. Rear views of the crowd. A man and woman stand watching the race with their arms around each other’s shoulders. A man in a straw hat waves a chequered flag. A blonde- haired woman wearing sunglasses kisses a dark haired man. A picture of the countryside begins in close-up, then the camera zooms out. Images of crops in fields. Olive groves. Camera moves from close to wide shot of the crops in the fields. A distillery. Close up of a man watching a process at a distillery. Close up of running water. A close up of a barrel, then a man lifting a large jug and pouring liquid into a container. A man dressed in a suit takes a drink of cognac from a glass.
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