All language subtitles for Franju-Hotel des Invalides

Despite the H�tel des Invalides
originally being a retirement home...

for the most severely injured
war veterans, the makers of this film...

have concentrated only on
the part housing the museum.

They didn't feel able to deal in a
single documentary, with the important

social and medical issues
raised by the veterans...

in defence of their institution.

H�tel des Invalides

founded in 1675 by Louis XIV

as a hospital and
retirement home for war veterans.

Guarded by a "triumphal battery" of
12 cannons

called the "twelve apostles"

the edifice was built after the plans
of the architect Lib�ral Bruant.

Designed by Mansart, we have here
l'�glise du D�me, facing south.

Above the romanesque colonnade

the dome is topped by a lantern
with four sides.

The sparrows of the Invalides.

The pigeons of the Invalides.

The skylights of the H�tel are
surrounded by sculptured trophies.

The most important representing the
coat of arms of Louis XIV's minister.

"Le Loup Voit"
"The Wolf Sees"

From this mansard we can see

The Place de la Concorde and
the bridges over the Seine.

L'arc de Triomphe

and the tower of the engineer
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel

which surround the H�tel des Invalides
where are housed those gravely wounded

and the illustrious fallen.

Legends have their heroes

and war its victims.

Here the army has its museum.

The remains of the old artillery.

A beautiful yet...

terrifying work of art,
from the "Vert Galant" era.

Some of these poor looking devices

amuse the visitors,
however...

if we measure the dangerous development
of an industry

which grows like a
poisonous fungus

we must realise that
this is no laughing matter.

Here is the first section of
the Mus�e de lArm�e

The display of armour

This way,
Ladies and Gentleman

This superbly embossed armour,
called "Aux lions"

Attributed to Francois I

A very elegant equestrian suit
also belonging to Francois I

A burnished and damascened suit of
Otto Henry Count Palatine of the Rhine

Please, don't touch

Don't touch them, please!

Now then!

CHILDRENS' ARMOUR
Louis XIII era

In this case we can observe
three suits enclosed

as they are so rare,
only 5 exist in the whole world

No touching please

The tournament armour
of the Duke of Alba

The jousting armour of
the Duke of Richemont

Louis XIII

Finally the collection's masterpiece,
the engraved suit of Louis XIV

offered to the Sun King
after the conquest of the Indies

Before visiting the historic relics

don't forget to look out
over the Cour de la Victoire

which can be vewed from here.

"The singing victory
which opens the barriers"

The victory of the Revolution has
decapitated the absolute monarchy.

The Republic

The Empire

Here we are gentlemen, in
the room of the banners

The statue
"Long Live the Emperor"

A charge of the grenadiers
of the Imperial Guard

The Emperor

Various objects
belonging to the Emperor

His camp bed

His work table

and his attach� case of the
First Consul

His dog from the Isle of Elba

and his horse
Vizir Naturaliste

Napoleon I died at St Helena
5th May 1821

His glorious deeds still
exciting the fields of battle

and illustrated in this painting
by �duard Detaille

which has inspired the popular song
"La R�ve Passe"

Out on the Plain
the weary soldiers now are sleeping

Lulled to slumber
while the evening breezes blow

From the field the smell of
new mown corn is creeping

And the sentinel is
pacing too and fro

Then all at once the sky
is filled with shapes of horsemen

Lit up by lightning
as the dying day goes down

And the famous white horse
is directing the course

To renown...

See them pass on, those hussars,
those dragoons, and guardsmen

They all salute...

The Emperor who watches them

Ladies and gentlemen,
would you follow me please

The clock is an equation of Lepaute

The broken engine from
Roland Garros' plane

The aircraft of Charles Guynemer
from the Great War

WITH WHICH HE SHOT DOWN
12 ENEMY PLANES

The 1914-1918 hall

A picture showing an improvised
orchestra in the trenches

The bronze head from the statue
of General Mangin

Souvenirs of Sergeant Maginot

A periscope from the trenches
of the "Chemin des Dames"

FRENCH LOSSES
1914-1918 WAR

INJURED:
3,584,889

MISSING:
314,000

DEAD:
1,071,000

TOTAL CASUALTIES:
1,385,000

1 IN EVERY 27 PEOPLE

TOTAL ALLIED LOSSES:
3,070,000

- A lady
- Come on!

Saint-Louis des Invalides,
the church of the soldiers

"Paradise is in the shade of swords"

The church of Saint-Louis and the
Chapelle du D�me are separated

by this stained glass window
installed in 1873

The Emperor

rests in the sarcophagus of
Finnish quartzite.

The Emperor was placed
in pink quartzite

because we wanted to honor him

as were honored in times past
the Roman emperors.

He lies in the uniform of a Colonel
of the Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard

his own choice.

The sword of Auzterlitz

and the grand collier of
the L�gion D'Honneur

established in 1802 by
Napoleon Bonaparte First Consul.

NAPOLEON II
KING OF ROME

And now I will show you of all
the tombs, the most moving.

In single file

Left turn!

We have the honour of watching over
Marshall Foch

Right turn!

- What's that?
- The children drilling.

Subtitles: Corvusalbus