Paris 2024 Olympics: What the Bateaux Mouches going to be doing during  the Opening Ceremony? - video Dailymotion

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00:00 We're crossing back to James Vecina on the River Seine.

00:03 James, we're going to talk more about the Bateau Moucher that you're on.

00:08 It's become an institution in the French capital and as you mentioned earlier, it will be playing

00:14 a very important role in that opening ceremony.

00:17 Over to you.

00:19 Well, Selina, as promised, I'm joined by the head of the company of the Bateau Moucher,

00:26 Sophie Amhani, who's here with me.

00:30 We're going to talk a little bit about, we've talked about what the Bateau Moucher are going

00:34 to be doing throughout the ceremony.

00:36 Can you give us a little bit more information in what way your company is going to be involved

00:40 on the opening day?

00:42 Our company will be central in this event because it is the oldest company on the Seine

00:49 and of course it has this responsibility to represent the whole country when it comes

00:58 to the ceremony of the Olympic Games.

01:03 You were part of the rehearsals on the 17th of July, trying out to see what the ceremony

01:10 was going to be like.

01:11 You told me that there were about 50 boats in the rehearsal.

01:14 How did things go?

01:16 Very well.

01:17 Very well.

01:18 We tested all the choreography, if we can say.

01:21 We tested also all the security matters and this kind of things.

01:30 Everything went very well.

01:31 We learned a lot to be ready.

01:34 What did you learn?

01:35 What did you learn specifically from that day?

01:37 We learned how to manage going with 40 boats, one after the other, but in millimetric evolution,

01:46 motion.

01:48 This is very important because it doesn't happen every day on the Seine.

01:53 It's going to be very, very special.

01:55 You told me earlier on that you practiced in case there were some boats that broke down

01:59 or something like that in the ceremony.

02:01 That's important as well?

02:02 Of course.

02:03 Of course it's very important because it can happen.

02:05 It's things that can happen that day.

02:07 So we make training on that.

02:10 And what does it mean for the Baton Rouge, as you mentioned?

02:12 It's a historic company in Paris.

02:15 A lot of tourists know, of course, because they come and visit Paris through the Seine.

02:20 What did it mean for you when you were approached by the Olympic Committee, by the organizers

02:24 to be taking part in the opening ceremony?

02:27 It means two things mainly.

02:30 One is the honor to participate in this kind of event.

02:33 The second is a big, huge responsibility because on that day we have to be on the maximum of

02:40 our possibilities.

02:42 So it is very important that we meet with the event on the 26th of July next year at

02:49 exactly this time.

02:51 Can you tell us a little bit, because of course security is a massive concern for everyone.

02:56 Is Paris going to be...

02:57 Is it realistic?

02:58 I mean, they've made the promise that they're going to do the ceremony this way.

03:02 Does it seem OK security-wise for you?

03:04 I cannot speak about the security in general in Paris.

03:07 This is not my job.

03:09 In the opening ceremony, though?

03:11 Yeah.

03:12 We are going to do everything to make our site very secure.

03:16 We can...

03:17 All the other sites, which are the high case, will be secured by the authorities, by the

03:24 police, by the authorities.

03:27 We are going to secure our own site.

03:30 We have people who are training now to be ready for the D-Day to secure all our visitors.

03:36 OK.

03:37 All right.

03:38 Well, thank you very much for that.

03:39 There you have it.

03:40 It's exactly a year's time.

03:42 We hope that everything goes precisely as planned and everything on this very boat goes

03:46 well at that opening ceremony.

03:48 Definitely lots of excitement, James, ahead of that opening ceremony.

03:52 Lots to be looking forward to.

Paris 2024 Olympics: What the Bateaux Mouches going to be doing during the Opening Ceremony?

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