Video: 'You Are There - The Storming Of The Bastille (July 14, 1947)'

(Tuesday, July 14, 1789, 1:30-5:30 p.m. local time; during the Storming of the Bastille) — French peasants stormed the Bastille prison today in Paris and released the seven prisoners inside, beginning the French Revolution.

The event is commemorated as “Bastille Day,” a national holiday in France.