Impressions de France is a movie about France, the featured attraction in the France Pavilion of Epcot's World Showcase at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Lake Buena Vista is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is mostly known for being home to the Walt Disney World Resort. It is one of two Florida municipalities controlled by The Walt Disney Company, the other being Bay Lake....

. The movie is projected onto five adjacent screens, giving 220° coverage, resembling Circle-Vision 360°

Circle-Vision 360°

Circle-Vision 360° is a film technique, refined by The Walt Disney Company, that uses nine cameras for nine huge screens arranged in a circle. The cameras are usually mounted on top of an automobile for scenes through cities and highways, while films such as The Timekeeper use a static camera and...

.

Synopsis

Impressions de France is a travelogue

Travel literature

Travel literature is travel writing of literary value. Travel literature typically records the experiences of an author touring a place for the pleasure of travel. An individual work is sometimes called a travelogue or itinerary. Travel literature may be cross-cultural or transnational in focus, or...

 of the French countryside, major cities, various regions, and important structures. Many aerial views are shown, mixed with closer views. It includes, among other things, the Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...

, the Champs-Élysées

Champs-Élysées

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a prestigious avenue in Paris, France. With its cinemas, cafés, luxury specialty shops and clipped horse-chestnut trees, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées is one of the most famous streets and one of the most expensive strip of real estate in the world. The name is...

 and the Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe

-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...

, the French Alps

French Alps

The French Alps are those portions of the Alps mountain range which stand within France, located in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions....

, Versailles

Versailles

Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...

, scenes from Cannes

Cannes

Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....

, Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame de Paris , also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra of...

, and scenes from Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...

. The movie is presented with a lively classical soundtrack. The narrator's name is Claude Gobet.

Scene list

Here is the list of the scenes from an official list:

1. The cliffs at Etretat
   Étretat
   Étretat is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is a tourist and farming town situated c. 32 km northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940, D11 and D139 roads. It's located on the coast of the Pays de Caux area.-The...
   
    in Normandy
   Normandy
   Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
   
   .
2. Gliding through the Marais Poitevin
   Marais Poitevin
   The Marais Poitevin is a large area of marshland in Western France, a remnant of the former Gulf of Poitou...
   
   , a swamp area near La Rochelle
   La Rochelle
   La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
   
   .
3. Chateau Chenonceau; in the Loire Valley
   Loire Valley
   The Loire Valley , spanning , is located in the middle stretch of the Loire River in central France. Its area comprises approximately . It is referred to as the Cradle of the French Language, and the Garden of France due to the abundance of vineyards, fruit orchards, and artichoke, asparagus, and...
   
   , then from the gardens.
4. Horsemen and hunting dogs cross the Cheverny Forest.
5. Aerial shot of Chateau de Chambord
   Château de Chambord
   The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinct French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.The building, which was never...
   
   .
6. We fly over the red rooftops up to the Bell Tower of the Church in the Vezelay
   Vézelay
   Vézelay is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France. It is a defendable hill town famous for Vézelay Abbey. The town and the Basilica of St Magdelene are designated UNESCO World Heritage sites....
   
    Village.
7. Vezelay Church
   Vézelay Abbey
   Vézelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Vézelay in the Yonne département in Burgundy, France. The Benedictine abbey church of Ste-Marie-Madeleine Vézelay Abbey (now known as Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Vézelay in the Yonne...
   
    interior, with church bells in the background.
8. In the horsecart we ride through Riquewihr
   Riquewihr
   Riquewihr is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.A popular tourist attraction for its historical architecture, Riquewihr is also known for the Riesling and other great wines produced in the village...
   
    Village near Germany.
9. Moving through the market place in Beuvron-en-Auge
   Beuvron-en-Auge
   Beuvron-en-Auge is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.Beuvron-en-Auge was given the label of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France , decreed by an independent association aiming at promoting to the tourist as sets of small and picturesque French...
   
   , Normandy.
10. French pastries.
11. Wine harvest at the Monbazillac
    Monbazillac
    Monbazillac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
    
     Vineyard.
12. Interior of a Cognac
    Cognac
    Cognac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Geography:Cognac is situated on the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Saintes. The majority of the town has been built on the river's left bank, with the smaller right...
    
     Cave.
13. The Fountain of Apollo at Versailles
    Versailles
    Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
    
    .
14. The Palace of Versailles
    Palace of Versailles
    The Palace of Versailles , or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles....
    
     Garden.
15. The Versailles building and the Hall of Mirrors.
16. Flying over Castle Beynac in the Dordogne
    Dordogne
    Dordogne is a départment in south-west France. The départment is located in the region of Aquitaine, between the Loire valley and the High Pyrénées named after the great river Dordogne that runs through it...
    
     Valley.
17. Man chopping wood with Chateau Montpoupon.
18. La Roque - Gageac in the Dordogne Valley (Bicyclists).
19. Chateau Montpoupon, bicyclists racing toward us.
20. Bugatti
    Bugatti
    Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....
    
     Race Cars in Cannes.
21. Hot air balloons take off near Chaumont Castle
    Château de Chaumont
    The Château de Chaumont is a French castle at Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France.The first château-fort on this site between Blois and Amboise was a primitive fortress built by Eudes II, Count of Blois, in the 10th century with the purpose of protecting Blois from attacks from his feudal...
    
     on the Loire River.
22. Hot air balloons in front of the cliff city of Rocamadour
    Rocamadour
    Rocamadour is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It lies in the former province of Quercy.Rocamadour has attracted visitors for its setting in a gorge above a tributary of the River Dordogne, and especially for its historical monuments and its sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin...
    
    .
23. French Alps in the Spring.
24. Mountain climbers on rocky peaks in Chamonix
    Chamonix
    Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...
    
    . (French Alps)
25. Skiers in Chamonix.
26. La Rochelle
    La Rochelle
    La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
    
     Harbor.
27. On board a Brittany fishing boat at sea.
28. A rocky beach in Normandy.
29. Mont St. Michel
    Mont Saint-Michel
    Mont Saint-Michel is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches...
    
    .
30. Interior of a small church in Brittany
    Brittany
    Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
    
    .
31. Wedding reception in full swing at a Brittany farm to traditional Brittany folk music.
32. Couple walks along the cliffs of Normandy in Etretat
    Étretat
    Étretat is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is a tourist and farming town situated c. 32 km northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940, D11 and D139 roads. It's located on the coast of the Pays de Caux area.-The...
    
    .
33. The cliff city of Bonifacio, Corsica
    Corsica
    Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
    
    .
34. Villefranche
    Villefranche-sur-Mer
    Villefranche-sur-Mer is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera.-Geography:...
    
     near Nice
    Nice
    Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
    
    .
35. Calanque
    Calanque
    A calanque is a steep-walled inlet, cove, or bay that is developed in limestone, dolomite, or other carbonate strata and found along the Mediterranean coast...
    
     Cliffs near Cassis.
36. Pier out in front of the Carlton Hotel in Cannes.
37. Cannes
    Cannes
    Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
    
     Harbor at twilight.
38. Racing along railway tracks in the hills of Chaporoux.
39. Gare du Nord
    Gare du Nord
    Paris Nord is one of the six large terminus railway stations of the SNCF mainline network for Paris, France. It offers connections with several urban transportation lines, including Paris Métro and RER...
    
     (North rail station) in Paris.
40. Champs Elysees at twilight, we see the Arc de Triomphe.
41. Seine
    Seine
    The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
    
     River in Paris.
42. Notre Dame de Paris
    Notre Dame de Paris
    Notre Dame de Paris , also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra of...
    
    .
43. Through the Archways at the Louvre
    Louvre
    The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
    
    , the Garde Republicaine.
44. Eiffel Tower
    Eiffel Tower
    The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
    
    .
45. Aerial shot of Etretat
    Étretat
    Étretat is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is a tourist and farming town situated c. 32 km northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D940, D11 and D139 roads. It's located on the coast of the Pays de Caux area.-The...
    
     Cliffs.
46. Aerial shot of the Alps near Chamonix
    Chamonix
    Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...
    
    
47. Aerial shot of Chateau Chambord
    Château de Chambord
    The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinct French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.The building, which was never...
    
    .
48. Aerial shot of French Alps near Mt. Blanc
    Mont Blanc
    Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco , meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence...
    
    .
49. Finale - Eiffel Tower
    Eiffel Tower
    The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
    
    .

Soundtrack

Buddy Baker

Buddy Baker (composer)

Norman "Buddy" Baker was an American composer who scored many of Walt Disney's films, such as The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Shaggy D.A., The Million Dollar Duck and The Fox and the Hound.Baker was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, and got his degree in...

 arranged the film score and conducted the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...

 in the recording of the score.

Here is a listing of the movie's score from official and unofficial sources:

Scene 1

"Syrinx

Syrinx (Debussy)

Syrinx is a piece of music for solo flute which Claude Debussy wrote in 1913 . It was the first significant piece for solo flute after the Sonata in A min composed by C. P. E. Bach exactly 150 years before , and it is the first such solo composition for the modern Böhm flute, perfected in 1847...

" * (0:00-0:33)

by Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

Solo for Flute by Eddie Beckett of the London Symphony Orchestra

Scenes 2 - 4

"Aquarium" from Carnival of the Animals * (0:33-1:52)

by Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...

Scenes 5 - 6

"Rondeau (Allegro agitato)" from Concerto in C for Harp and Orchestra * (1:52-2:52)

by François-Adrien Boïeldieu

François-Adrien Boïeldieu

François-Adrien Boieldieu was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart".-Biography:...

Scenes 8 - 9

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scene 10

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scenes 11 & 12

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scenes 13 - 15

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scene 16

"Nuages" from Nocturnes

Nocturnes

Nocturnes is an orchestral composition in three movements by the French composer Claude Debussy. It was completed on 15 December 1899.-Movements:The three movements are:* I. Nuages * II. Fêtes * III...

by Claude Debussy

Scene 17

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scenes 18 - 20

"Ouverture" from Gaîté Parisienne * (2:52-3:38)

by Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....

original 6 second introduction by Buddy Baker

Scenes 21 - 22

"Lever du jour" from Part 3 of Daphnis et Chloé

Daphnis et Chloé

Daphnis et Chloé is a ballet with music by Maurice Ravel. Ravel described it as a "symphonie choréographique" . The scenario was adapted by Michel Fokine from an eponymous romance by the Greek writer Longus thought to date from around the 2nd century AD...

Suite #2

by Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel

Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...

Scenes 23 & 24

"Claire de Lune" from Suite bergamasque

Suite bergamasque

The Suite bergamasque is one of the most famous piano suites by Claude Debussy. Debussy commenced the suite in 1890 at age 28, but he did not finish or publish it until 1905.-History:...

(Orchestral Arrangement) * (3:38-4:51)

by Claude Debussy

Scene 25

"Trois Gymnopedies #1" * (4:51-5:25)

by Erik Satie

Erik Satie

Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...

orchestrated by Debussy

Scene 26

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scene 27 & 28

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scene 29

"Aquarium" from Carnival of the Animals

by Camille Saint-Saëns

flute arrangement by Buddy Baker

Scene 30

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scene 31

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scene 32

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scenes 33 - 35

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scenes 36 & 37

original music

by Buddy Baker

Scenes 38 - 40

"Finale" from Carnival of the Animals * (5:25-6:25)

by Camille Saint-Saëns

Scenes 41 & 42

original music * (6:25-7:07)

by Buddy Baker

Scene 42

"Allegro moderato" from Gaite Parisienne * (7:07-7:22)

by Jacques Offenbach

Scene 43

"Fanfare" from La Peri * (7:22-7:59)

by Paul A. Dukas

Paul Dukas

Paul Abraham Dukas was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man, of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, and he abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions...

Scene 44 - 49

"Maestoso - Allegro" from the 2nd movement of Symphony no. 3 (Organ Symphony) * (7:59-9:51)

by Camille Saint-Saëns

The selections marked with * can be found on these albums:

• Walt Disney World Resort: The Official Album (1999)
• Walt Disney World Resort: Official Album (2000)
• Official Album: Walt Disney World Resort Celebrating 100 Years of Magic (2001)
• Official Album: The Happiest Celebration on Earth - Walt Disney World Resort Album (2005)
  Official Album: The Happiest Celebration on Earth - Walt Disney World Resort Album (2005)
  Official Album: The Happiest Celebration on Earth - Walt Disney World Resort Album was the official album for the Walt Disney World Resort in 2005. The producer, Randy Thornton, wanted to create a retro feeling for the album to celebrate the Happiest Celebration on Earth...
  
  
• Official Album: Where Magic Lives - Walt Disney World Resort (2006)
  Official Album: Where Magic Lives - Walt Disney World Resort (2006)
  Official Album: Where Magic Lives - Walt Disney World Resort was the official album for Walt Disney World in 2006.-Disc one:#"All Aboard!" - Main Street Station#"Welcome Medley" - Main Street...
  
  
• Four Parks - One World: Walt Disney World Official Album (2008)

External links

• Walt Disney World Resort - Impressions de France