River Seine

…Just while we're doing a shark movie wrap as well, have you guys seen Under Paris where they're in the Olympics and the sharks get into the River Seine and they're like, oh no, we need to get the sharks out.…

…Fine. So Verdun surrenders and the news arrives in Paris on Sunday, the 2nd of September. The Prussians are broken through. And now you've got, I mean, it's an extraordinary scene. You have kind of church bells ringing. There are cannons on the River Seine sounding the alert. And this is when Danton gives his Churchillian address. Exactly. Danton gives his…

…There's a huge effort to get the River Seine fit for use in the Olympic Games. A report from earlier this month said the bacteria, including pollution of fecal origin, was far higher than the river permitted. Experts say that even a rainstorm could raise E. coli to an unacceptable level, and Olympic organizers still hope that the River Seine can be used for…