Paris celebrates Bastille Day with fireworks

(15 Jul 2012) HEADLINE: Paris celebrates Bastille Day with fireworks CAPTION: A spectacular display of fireworks lit up the Eiffel Tower as half a million people remembered the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789 (15 July, 2012) VOICE-OVER: This video contains only natural sound. There is no voice-over narration. STORYLINE: Fireworks illuminated the sky over Paris on Saturday evening as France celebrated Bastille Day. Earlier in the day, the city's party to mark the start, in 1789, of the French revolution began with bagpipes, dressage and several renditions of the Marseillaise national anthem. The fireworks were the finale to a day of festivities that marked Francois Hollande's first Bastille Day as French President. Many Parisians said the celebration was an antidote to the weighty political and economic issues facing France and the eurozone. For others, the display evoked French pride. An estimated 500,000 Parisians and tourists gathered to watch the show. Bastille Day marks the 14 July 1789 storming of the Bastille prison by Paris crowds that helped spark the French Revolution. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...