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Paris, Jul 14 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on 14 July to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789 and is celebrated with a military parade. This year Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, which took in French COVID-19 patients, are special guests of honour. FOOTAGE OF THE MILITARY PARADE.
Police and military line the Champs Elysees in Paris ahead of France's Bastille Day celebrations, which are set to take place under tight security two weeks after the country was swept by riots. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is president Emmanuel Macron's guest of honour. IMAGES
Brigitte Macron and the ministers of Jean Castex's government arrive at the official stand on the Place de la Concorde where they are welcomed by the Minister of the Army, Florence Parly, to attend the Bastille Day parade. IMAGES
A subdued Bastille Day ceremony sees the Champs-Elysées empty. This year, French President Emmanuel Macron presides a scaled-down gathering of just 2,000 soldiers -- half the usual number -- at the Place de la Concorde. While jets perform their traditional flyovers over the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, authorities call off the annual military parade that marks the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille prison that launched the French Revolution. IMAGES
The French air force opens the air show on Bastille day in Paris. This year, the scaled-down ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic honours the mobilisation of armies and the medical world against the pandemic. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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