Thursday, July 24, 2025

The Great Vacation Trains - Paris, 1958

A delightful record of the annual departure of a million Parisians for summer vacations in all directions, via the French National Railways (S. N. C. F.) and the Herculean efforts of its employees and train crews. A marvelous people-watching video from a bygone era.  All of those fresh-faced garcons are now old graybeards like me.

Tip:  open the video in YouTube and then hit the "CC" button to get a good English translation of the narration (you might want to slow it down a bit, too). 

Bon voyage!

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