Près de 1 500 ouvriers ont bâti le titan: 316 mètres, 58 000 tonnes de déplacement en charge, 66 500 tonneaux de jauge. Le 11 mai 1960, devant le général de Gaulle et 100 000 badauds, le France glisse lentement de la cale n° 1 des Chantiers de l'Atlantique, à Saint-Nazaire, vers l'océan. À la vitesse de 31 noeuds, le plus gros paquebot du monde pourra faire en cinq jours la traversée entre Le Havre et New York, avec 3 132 passagers et membres d'équipage.
53 x 80 cm. Tirage postérieur sur papier baryté.
Encadrement bois noir et passe-partout tournant.
Edition 1/1.
It took nearly 1,500 workers to build the titan: 316 meters, 58,000 tons in full load operating conditions, 66,500 gross tonnage. On May 11, 1960, in front of General de Gaulle and a crowd of 100,000 onlookers, the France slipped slowly into the ocean from the Chantiers de l'Atlantique's hold number one in Saint-Nazaire. Traveling at 31 knots, the world's largest cruise ship would cross the Atlantic from Le Havre to New
York in five days with 3,132 passengers and crew members on board.
53 x 80 cm. Printed later on fiber-based paper.
Black wooden frame, and mat.
Edition 1/1.
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