France: Crowds gather to witness spectacular military parade on national holiday

Swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower and fireworks in nearly every French town… France is celebrating its national holiday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the most iconic avenue in Paris. On the round, FRANCE 24 reporter Liza Kaminov has been speaking to spectators, who are eager to discover this year’s parade.