French President On Christmas Day (1953)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. Paris, France - December 1953. View of the River Seine; fast pan across to the home of new French President Rene Coty and his family. M/S of street sign reading ’Quai Aux Fleurs’. Various interior shots of the Coty family passing the time away in a simple Christmas at home. Rene and Mrs Coty sit by the fire and chat. Shot of a huge pile of telegrams on a table. Family members and friends pass round cigarettes and chocolates. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959),