The original dining-with-a-view content, shot before the tower even finished rusting.
Lunch on the Eiffel Tower held in honour of the visit of the representatives of foreign municipalities.
Cinematography
Vertigo-inducing angles from an era before safety rails existed.
Production
Logistics of hauling a full lunch service up 324 meters of iron lattice.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Eiffel Tower was originally meant to be dismantled in 1909; this film helped cement its permanent status as French icon.
This was shot during the tower's 'restaurant era' when Gustave Eiffel himself dined on the first floor weekly—the foreign mayors got the tourist treatment while elites ate below.
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