English subtitles for clip: File:Shah's visit to France in 16-10-1961.ogv

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The Shah of Iran is received by President de Gaulle at the Elysee Palace, the first Iranian

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sovereign to visit France in 75 years. The 41-year-old Shah is on a three-day state visit

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to the country, and he is accompanied by his wife, who was a student of architecture in

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Paris before she ascended to the Peacock Throne of Iran in December of 1959.

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There's a glittering expanse of silver and crystal on snowy damask for the formal dinner

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in honor of the Middle Eastern ruler. With the formality and pomp that is uniquely

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French, the Shah receives treatment rarely accorded a visiting dignitary. France demonstrates

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she wants the Shah as a friend.