Vieux Paris (Old Paris)  This film was made to accompany my musical composition.

 I tried to create a walking tour of the older section of Paris’s more obscure attractions.

You can view and purchase this video on the internet at http://celestial-image.com

 

Introduction is the Arc De Triomphe seen as a painting zooming in on title

1.      The view from the Trocadero looking toward the Eiffel tower

2.       The Eiffel tower

3.      The elevator going up to the second level of the Eiffel tower

4.      Looking up the Eiffel Tower’s elevator shaft

5.      Champs Elysee and Arc De Triomphe as seen from the Eiffel tower.

6.      The Trocadero from the Eiffel tower

7.      The fountains of the Trocadero (Trocadero houses an anthropology museum)

8.      Close up view of one of the buildings that form the Trocadero with Metro (subway) stop sign

9.      View down the Champs Elysee toward the Louvre

10.   Designer store on the Champs Elysee

11.   Crazy Horse Saloon (strip club) on the avenue GeorgeV just off the Champs Elysee

12.   Givenchy offices near the Place Vendome which is an exclusive shopping area

13.    The Ritz Hotel at the Place Vendome last place Princes Di was seen alive at.

14.   Yves St Laurent Offices near the Place Vendome (Vendome is an expensive shopping area)

15.    Counter Spy Shop near the Place Vendome specializing in small cameras and spy gear.

16.   This crucifix is in the chapel which is part of Napolean’s Tomb

17.   The “Thinker” in the Rodin Museum and sculpture garden

18.   One of Rodin’s statues in a pond at the Rodin Museum’s Sculpture Garden

19.   The bridge Alma Marceau truly one of the most magnificent bridges in the world

20.   The doors of “Le Petit Palais” the palais is an art gallery

21.    The ceiling of  “Le Petit Palais”

22.    A view of the Louvre the world famous art gallery home of the “Mona Lisa”

23.   Another view of the Louvre

24.   Steps leading up to the Montmarte Cathedral

25.   Montmarte Cathedral

26.   Closer view of Montmarte Cathedral

27.   A fruit store

28.   A pastry shop

29.   Artist area around Montmarte

30.   Another view of the artist area around Montmarte

31.   The view from my hotel room

32.   A private residence near Montmarte

33.   The Ile de Cite in the Seine near Notre Dame

34.   Notre Dame the little figures you see on the walkway were German students throwing snowballs on the tourists below

35.   The Door of Notre Dame Cathedral

36.   The graves of Abelard and Heloise in the cemetery Pere Lachaise

37.   The grave of Fred Chopin…not Frederic…just Fred (at Pere Lachaise)

38.   The grave of Jim Morrison, somebody took his nose as a souvenir (at Pere Lachaise)

39.   The city hall of Paris called (Le Hotel de Ville) Hotel can mean many things in French

40.   The Carousel of Paris near the site of what was once the Bastille

41.   The lobby of the Paris Opera House made famous by the stories of the notorious phantom

42.   The ceiling of the Paris Opera House with painting by Marc Chagall

43.   The chandelier of the Paris Opera  cop reproductions have been used as a prop in productions of “The Phantom of the Opera”