Leaders mass for parade in Paris

BBC ^ | 14 July 08

[PurpleMan]

Leaders from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have been attending France's Bastille Day military parade.

[PurpleMan]

Allons enfants de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé ! Contre nous de la tyrannie L'étendard sanglant est levé ! (bis) Entendez-vous dans les campagnes, Mugir ces féroces soldats ? Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes !

Aux armes, citoyens ! Formez vos bataillons ! Marchons ! Marchons ! Qu'un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons !

[Perdogg]

Every time I hear “La Marseille”, I think about “The Day of the Jackal”.

[AU72]

Churchill to the French High Command May 15, 1940:

'Ou est la masse de manoeuvre?' (Where are the reserves?) the answer was, 'Il n'y a aucune!' (There is none!)"

[dfwgator]

Every time I hear "La Marseille" I think about the "Man With A Tape Recorder Up His Nose":

[thulldud]

And I think of “Casablanca.”

[ops33]

The last marching unit in the Bastille Day Parade is always a unit from the French Foreign Legion. The use a completely different pace, 88 steps per minute instead of 120 steps per minute. Its called the Crawl and gives the Legionaires a unique appearance when the march. And whenever the Legion passes the crowds always applaud. Very impressive to watch.

[PurpleMan]

I think about the bar scene in “Casablanca”

[Forward the Light Brigade]

The scene in Casablanca is the turning point of the whole picture. Before that Rick (Bogart) is a cold cynic who sticks his neck out for no one. After that, he has sided with the forces fighting Nazism. The film reflects America’s indecision over the war and how we too, like Rick, join the fight to rid the world of fascism. Viva La France!

[PurpleMan]

“After that, he has sided with the forces fighting Nazism.”

Me thinks he was siding with Ilsa.