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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
Alphajet aircraft of the 'Patrouille de France' fly over the Champs-Elysees releasing plumes of red, white and blue smoke during the France's traditional Bastille Day military parade. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the foot of the Arc-de-Triomphe, for the traditional Bastille Day parade, which returned to the Champs-Elysees after a one-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. IMAGES
A French inventor and entrepreneur flies above the Champs-Elysees on a turbine engine-powered flyboard in front of President Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders.IMAGES
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.
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