French Millionaire Builds New ’versailles’ (1960)

Unissued / Unused material. French millionaire builds a new ’Versailles’. France. Various shots of a replica of the famous Versailles Palace which is being built at Angouleme on the Atlantic Coast 80 miles north of Bordeaux by M. Rethore. The story shows the Palace under construction, and various angle shots of parts of the completed building, statues, etc. FILM ID:2788.1 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), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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