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Broadcast television coverage of the Grenoble 1968: X Olympic Winter Games, an international multi-sport competition that took place in and around Grenoble, Grenoble Prefecture, France from 06 February 1968 through 18 February 1968.

A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Grenoble (the cable-car to the Fort de Bastille, the meeting with Pierre Chabert, the Fort built under the reign of Louis XVIII, the zip-line, the walk through the old town , the statue of Bayard and later the hanger wit the electric balloon- the flight over the Channel on 4th September 2013-, the other balloons for the film locations) to Beaucroissant (one of the oldest agricultural fair-30 hectares and 1800 exhibitors, the walk through the stands, the contest of guessing the weight of a Charolais bull-, the retired professor and singer Serge Sibut-singing since 1980 in the fair and enjoying very much the ambiance of the fair, the butcher Paul Faure and his retired colleagues preparing Charolais meat, the eating of a "Steak bourguignon" made from Charolais meat) passing by Grenoble again ( Felix Oberson, Jonathan Riboud, Aziz Megharbi and Ilias Aitemrar of the Association "Parkour", the practice of "parkour" in the urban area), by Chamrousse-Isere department- ( the skiing instructor and carpenter Robin, the importance of the Grenoble Olympic Winter Games 1968-the skiing tracks of the Olympic games, the reference to Jean-Claude Killy, the skiing, the meeting with William Thumy, the snow scooter ride to the frozen lake, the diving under the ice of the lake) by Saint-Hugues-de-Chartreuse (the walk in the forest of the National Park of the Chartreuse with Myriam Andreu, the finding of chanterelles and amethyst laccaria, Pascal-the mushrooms connoisseur, the eating of an omelette with garlic and mushrooms), by Saint-Marcellin ( the volunteers restoring an old building, Nadia Crouzet of the Association "Les amis de la Galicière" speaking about the "usine de moulinage de la soie" founded in 1795, Jean-Pascal Crouzet speaking about the Association-about 130 members- and the buying of the factory in 1997 and the restoration of this "monument historique"). Besides we see zooms about Grenoble and the sustainable development, about the Couupe Icare at Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet, about the Noix de Grenoble, about the "Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, about the looking for quartz crystal in the Massif d'Oisans and the cattle breeders and livestock dealers Maxime, Jean-Pierre and Thierry Bourjal.