Midway (CVB 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Every painter lonf;s to go to Paris, tlie cap- ital of the art world. These two bend their talents toward captivating the Parisian wav of life. Cameras away! Oidy 7000 ton. ' ; of steel for its height of 984 feet and two and a half acres covered by the base make the Eiffel Tower a miracle of lightness.

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|iicliiri ' williiri j |ii ' liiri ' . n ;irli l |iaiiil8 .It llii- l.ill Bank of llic |iic-tiir -!«]uc Seine l!i rr. Im till ' forf iround ran bf m-cn his »ub- jiil: till- ioli rfiil Iri-nrli liiiuM-biialr-. No. not trick pbotography. A miniature of our Lady Liberty looks toward Paris from her perch on the River Seine. It reminds a that France ' s lo e of liberty is no less than our own.

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ig .p: I ' aris closely ri al Times Square in llie- intensity of its movie theaters, both French and EngHsh speaking. The weahh of her art overflows into the colorful manjuees and posters. At the north rn I ol iIm- l.urjuii- l.hanipg- Elysees lies the Arch of Triumph which wag born of Napoleon ' s desire to commemorate the victories of the Imperial Army. in III.- nh ul ( arrniiM-l li,.rinriri .iM,ith.-r ol Napoleon.- iclories stand- at one end of the immense triumphal avenue wliich extends for five miles from the gardens of the Louvre westward. Below tlie Arch of Triunipli. above the Tomb of the L nknown .Soldier, burns the Flame of Remembrance: the three of which have become a gigantic svmbol of Frances national honoi.