# Delightful Air France Safety Video

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 21, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delightful-air-france-safety-video/738224 "2015-11-21T20:15:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delightful-air-france-safety-video/738224/1 "2015-11-21T20:15:16Z")

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To their credit (and, presumably, to get passengers to pay greater attention to the pre-flight briefing), airlines have been jazzing up their safety videos of late. Air France introduced a new one in March of this year, but I was unaware of it until I made a trip to Paris a few weeks ago. Sure enough, it’s up on Youtube:

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N3J6fE-0JI)

Love it. Kind of a '60s _Umbrellas of Cherbourg_ vibe, don’t you think? Cheers.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delightful-air-france-safety-video/738224/2 "2015-11-21T21:37:46Z")

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Mais ou est le bagage? Ou sont les voyageurs? 😕

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delightful-air-france-safety-video/738224/3 "2015-11-21T22:15:33Z")

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Thank you, that was delightful.

I flew to London last spring, can’t remember the airline, but they also had an extremely entertaining safety video. Involving VERY British humor…kind of a mix of Ealing Studios, Monty Python, Flanders & Swann.

But you can’t upstage the French at this sort of thing. Six gorgeous young women moving sinuously, flirting with you, and talking French beats highbrow English wit, hands down.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delightful-air-france-safety-video/738224/4 "2015-11-21T22:16:43Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> Love it. Kind of a '60s _Umbrellas of Cherbourg_ vibe, don’t you think? Cheers.

Maybe a slight bit visually, but it doesn’t have that weird “talking in song” that _Umbrellas_ has. Needs overhead shots.

I think the background “dancers” actually detract from the information being presented. Safety-wise, not good.

Now, if they got Catherine Deneuve to do it, my eyes would be glued to the screen.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delightful-air-france-safety-video/738224/5 "2015-11-21T22:31:21Z")

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Yep, I will watch attractive French women recite the phone book.

I enjoyed [Delta’s Internet Meme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vttuonfu2BM) safety video. I found myself watching to see what other references they’d include.