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Beautiful collection of historical video-documents about the Centre Pompidou:
design, construction, opening and some extras from Ina.fr.
Sorry, french language only.

An essential reading: “The Making of Beaubourg: A Building Biography of the Centre Pompidou, Paris“, Nathan Silver

(1964/09) Des travaux un peu partout.

(1971/09) Maquette plateau Beaubourg.

(1971/07) Le plateau Beaubourg. (interview Bordaz devant planches concours)

(1971/07) Le plateau Beaubourg. (interview Renzo Piano devant planche concours)

(1972/10) Mr. Pompidou et l’architecture, Prise de position du president.

(1976/09) Le plateau Beaubourg

(1977/01) Plateau Beaubourg (48h avant l’inauguration).

(1977/01) Plateau Beaubourg (24h avant l’inauguration).

(1977/02) Ouverture.

(1977/02) Les grands principes du CP.

(1977/02) Centre Pompidou, un reportage.

(1977/02) Weekend à Beaubourg.

(1977/02) Les enfants et Beaubourg.

(1977/02) Françoise Giroud sur les objectifs du CP

(1977/03) Les visiteuses du Beaubourg.

(1977/03) Beaubourg. (visite)

(1985/01) Les dessous du CP.

(1987/4) Renzo Piano: conception du CP.

Thanks to Est-ce Ainsi for signaling “>Ina.fr.

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Mid Sixites French fashion report, from German tv show Paris Aktuell.

Music is “Teen Tonic” by Musique Concrète pioneers Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier from the 1967 album “Messe Pour Le Temps Present”. The album also included “Psyché rock”, the song which will be sampled by Christopher Tyng (inspired by the remix of the same song by Fatboy Slim) for Matt Groening’s Futurama introduction theme:

Via: BoingBoing