Monday 11 January 2010

French chocolate newsreels

Here are some fun old clips I've found in an online French television archive. I can translate for anyone who wants; just leave a comment.

From 1966, commercial manufacture of chocolate:


From 1996, the dying art of the gold beater who prepares edible gold leaf:


From 1980, a labo which would the authorities would close down without a second thought these days:


From 2000, the health benefits of chocolate (and a snipe at Dairy Milk):


From 2003, a piece about Bernachon, one of the few artisan chocolatiers to work from the bean:


From 1955, a silent black and white film of chocolate manufacture:

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