Version : French
Duration : 18'
Format : 35 mm. - 16 mm. - Béta Digit. - Mpeg4
Black & white
Scriptwriter : Marcel GIBAUD
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country
France
With
Texte dit par Roland MENARD
Music
Guy BERNARD
Picture
Marcel GIBAUD
Stage set
Different areas of Paris
Archive footage
- Rue Berton in Paris, near Passy,
- Bateau-mouche on the Seine, with the Maison de la Radio in the background,
- Wooded banks of the Seine, barge through the branches
- Passenger train with smoking steam locomotive,
- Buildings dating from the Middle Ages used as water inlet manholes (including the one known as the Lantern),
- Platform bus with "Byrrh" advertising,
- Vanne aqueduct and lion's mouth fountain,
- The Ourcq district and the Quai de Jemmappes lock,
- Bateau-mouche under the Pont St. Michel.
Water has always been a key issue for a city. A source of both blessings and disasters, it is a constant part of the city’s history. The subsoil of Paris is full of mysterious remnants of ancient hydraulic installations, and history is full of anecdotes from the time when Parisians didn’t even have a litre of water a day and had to pay a high price for it.
