• Short Summary

    PARIS, 10th June, 1966: The palace of the Grand Trianon at Versailles was reopened today by President de Gaulle after restored at a cost of about 50 million francs.

  • Description

    1.
    GV Versailles
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    MS Trianon, fountain
    0.10

    3.
    LS Trianon and gardens
    0.16

    4.
    MS Ditto
    0.22

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    MS Interior, De Gaulle receiving guests
    0.40

    6.
    GV Guests inside palace
    0.54



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    Background: PARIS, 10th June, 1966: The palace of the Grand Trianon at Versailles was reopened today by President de Gaulle after restored at a cost of about 50 million francs. The palace which stands in the grounds of the palace of Versailles was built in the seventeenth century by Louis XIV and has been described as a "masterpiece" of the period. It has been restored and partly rebuilt by hundreds of craftsmen who also installed hundreds of power points for television, air conditioning and three hundred and fifty telephones. The Grand Trianon will now be used as an official residence for visiting heads of State and for the French President. Part of it will be a public museum.

    President de Gaulle attended the reception held for the reopening and personally received the hundreds of guests.

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    Film ID:
    VLVAEAK0JVIKDJVPIW7DJAWIHTSTD
    Media URN:
    VLVAEAK0JVIKDJVPIW7DJAWIHTSTD
    Group:
    Reuters - Source to be Verified
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    10/06/1966
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:54:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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