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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Castle Films presents “The Allure of France” (0:07), a 1964 film promoting the many varieties of holiday excitement that can be had in France, from alpine adventures, sunny beaches of the French Riviera, to the oft-romanticized nightlife of Paris. The film opens with sweeping views of the snowy French Alps (0:17); glaciers at 0:33. At 0:43, three climbers trek on with walking sticks and mountaineering equipment. Mont Blanc is nearly 16,000 feet high. One climber holds onto a rope, helping the climber behind him (1:02), the third not far behind. The first successful ascent to the summit was made in 1786 by a native of Chamonix. From 1:10 are intermittent close-up shots and long shots showing the climbers ascending steep slopes amidst breathtaking alpine grandeur. A climber stops momentarily to admire the glorious mountain range below him (1:58). A steam train cros
