All bells ringing at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

A very short video featuring the sound of all the bells ringing at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.
The visuals and the audio were recorded separately. The bells were recorded on the evening of Christmas Day as they rang to mark the start of evening Mass at 6:15 PM. The images were recorded on the afternoon of December 28, mainly just to accompany the bell recording.
The bell with the lowest tone is Emmanuel, the 13-ton bourdon bell in the south tower of the cathedral. The other bells are in the north tower (on the left in images seen here). The bell audio is part of a complete 9-minute recording, but I haven't uploaded the whole thing because the upload takes forever and I doubt that anyone would be interested in the whole thing.
I recorded the bells with relatively fancy audio equipment, which is why they sound a bit fuller than most recordings you hear on KZbin (more low tones, for example). This is how they actually sound, insofar as KZbin is able to reproduce. The audio recording was made about 100 feet southwest of the south tower, where the large bell is (the other bells are in the north tower, which is on the left in these images).

[@sadhugeorge]

When I lived in Paris,1968, we had a friend that worked at Notre Dame.One fullmoon night he snuck us up the South Tower. Emmanuell ringing and a moonlit Paris is something i will never forget.

[@Meechreacts]

Sadhugeorge Laich now it’s gone

[@jonathanvincent5348]

MeechFN the bells were saved

[@glecyrances1874]

Sadhugeorge Laich that's quite an experinece wasn't? I wish i could have experienced that.

[@masterof4elements826]

I read 1968 as 1698

[@bkrbyex4339]

@@jonathanvincent5348 but now the bells, they're silent

[@BlueMismagius]

I had to come here after the recent news. It’s such a devastating loss of history, art, architecture, hopes and dreams... 800 years gone up in flames... Sleep well for now, Notre Dame. Hopefully one day you can be restored to your former glory. My prayers go out to Paris. 04/15/2019

[@justinclick9794]

I know I saw that on the news

[@bkrbyex4339]

and hopefully.. for this coming Easter season... last year... not so much... and this happened,...before COVID 19 ☣️ hit.

[@faithnoellecurtis3360]

Watching this while thinking about the fire a few years ago. The Notre Dame Cathedral has been on fire multiple times throughout history, survived battles and bombings, and has stood for 800 years. It will stand for 800 more.

[@Mxsmanic]

I hope so. The biggest danger is avant-garde architects.

[@smartpersonjdt]

Quasimodo hard at work.

[@lilhoney1657]

Right around here in front of the bell tower Esmerelda almost got burned alive :(

[@classyyert3099]

She got hanged and died in the original

[@hamiltonswagchick183]

I wanna go to notre dame de paris but im afriad of high celings. Im a weird person!

[@Nick-xb5nz]

autismtechlife95 ...no it can’t....

[@Nick-xb5nz]

Classyyert Damn.

[@vanesaperez6218]

Notre Dame is one of the most amazing things humans could have done. It has stood there since 1345 and, up to this day, the cathedral rings its bells to awake Paris. It is more unbelievable when back then humans did not have the things we use to build today. That is why you cannot say anything when you hear the bells ringing. It is truly incredible.

[@joansweaney5425]

A truly beautiful sound ❤ i used to hear them in america when i was young, but i hane not heard them in a very long time ❤

[@TjSamson]

The Bells of Notre Dame will rise again, so soon.

[@theholypootischurch]

🙏❤💒❤🙏

[@homelessdespot1697]

😢🇫🇷⚜️🇺🇸

[@michaelbarber9717]

You mean ring right they are still in the tower

[@achelleos14]

God bless

[@Nick_B17]

Good

[@kaleidoscopekayley]

The sound of the bells gives me chills.

[@moviemaniac9518]

Those bells sound so beautiful

[@davidhirst1521]

Once when they had to push the bells and then duck when the bells came back,one of the ringers forgot to duck and the bell hit him on the head knocking him out of the tower to the ground below.The bell ringers rushed down the tower to the street below.A crowd had gathered around the man,and a policeman was standing over him.'Does anyone know this man ?',he asked.The bell ringer's pushed through the crowd,'We don't know his name,but his face ring's a bell'

[@joshsauer4725]

+David Hirst God dammit...that's fucking hilarious!!

[@robertonc2013]

I'm going to Hell for laughing of this joke... see yall there.

[@lilcandecayn1371]

too soon😂😂😂

[@ringeradam4575]

The poor man was a 'dead ringer' after this incident.

[@classyyert3099]

Morning in Paris the city awakes to the bells of Notre Dame. The fisherman fishes, the baker man bakes to the bells of Notre Dame. To the big bells as loud as a thunder, to the little bells soft as a psalm. And some say the soul of the city's the toll of the beeeeeeeeellllllllls. The bells of Notre Dame

[@Alex-qu3uu]

Classyyert Not for a while now

[@glecyrances1874]

Classyyert Soooooooo, here is a riddle, to guess if you can. Sing the Bells of Notre Dame. What makes a monster and what makes a man? Sing the bells bells bells bells bells bells bells bells. Bells of Notre Daaaaaaaaaame!

[@Ray_Shabaz]

Lol I see how the bells wakes up Paris. With headphones on, it's kind of loud, but I can't imagine how they must sound like close to it face-to-face

[@bkrbyex4339]

@@Ray_Shabaz just like quasimodo did,.. back in the day.

[@Ray_Shabaz]

@@bkrbyex4339 it sucks that it caught on fire. Even though she can be repair/re-build by our present hands, but the history of the hands that made this Cathedral 800 years ago has died. It won't be the same anymore

[@MrJ567]

I hope to hear them again....

[@michaeldromey1649]

I could listen to this over and over again.

[@MarioSonic2010]

(Singing) Morning in Paris, the city awakes to the Bells of Notre Dame The fisherman fishes, the baker man bakes to the Bells of Notre Dame

[@onjalajevec9000]

MarioSonic2010 YEEES😄😄😂

[@mysteriousmemethief8598]

*From the Big bell as loud as the thunder,* to the little ones soft as a Psalm. And some say the soul of the city's the toll of the bells...

[@ringeradam4575]

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕹𝖔-𝖙𝖗𝖊 𝕯𝖆𝖆𝖆𝖆𝖆𝖒𝖊...

[@bkrbyex4339]

@@mysteriousmemethief8598 I wonder if they're gonna show the hunchback of Notre Dame on disney +, this year?

[@miguelgomez6891]

​@@mysteriousmemethief8598 the bells of Notre Dame

[@melissamullinator]

Notre Dame, Imagine all the people that have heard her bells since the 1100s. The things this structure has seen!

[@mayhare9754]

I have a feeling the day I visit Notre Dame I'll break down crying at the spot.

[@onjalajevec9000]

mayhare 97 same

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

SAME

[@13wlflvr]

About 5 years ago today I heard the bells ring the 5:00 hour in Paris and I legitimately teared up.

[@IamARobot7]

Im tearing now that it is on fire T_T

[@bkrbyex4339]

@@IamARobot7 with our hopes and prayers...it will soon be restored.

[@brandiengland6822]

They sound so beautiful my biggest dream is to go see Notre Dame de Paris

[@lucyvokes8552]

I feel so at peace listening to these bells

[@andrewbui8295]

for those of you who are unsure, the bells did used to ring by manual labor but thanks to modern technology, electric motors ring the bells, just like the bell in Big Ben

[@AshleyMonck69]

Big Ben is the name of the bell itself. The bells in what is known as 'The Queen Elizabeth tower' are hung dead and are struck by hammers run by a clock mechanism while Notre Dame bells are swung by motors and chains

[@NewLife-qj5lp]

OHHHHHHH

[@ajhare2]

The big ben bell is still manual. People go up there every so often to wind up the clock mechanism, and to make sure the time is correct.

[@ringeradam4575]

Shame, I would've been up for ringing them - w -

[@shadowzone2588]

Andrew Bui because technology makes people so lazy to where they can't go up to ring the bells.

[@KylaCoelho]

Here after the devastating fire. Sleep well Notre Dame, I hope one day this amazing cathedral will be restored ❤️

[@samalvey8168]

One day, Notre-Dame will be restored to her full glory and her bells will ring once more.

[@ricus78]

I’m crying while watching this video and hearing the sound of the bells of Notre Dame... a great loss for mankind... 😢😢😢

[@TheCanadiangirl4]

The bells and tower survived the fire.

[@emvvehicles_8]

TheCanadiangirl4 not the bells in the spire though, they'll have to order replacements for the new spire

[@bkrbyex4339]

@@emvvehicles_8 they're were bells in the spire?

[@bartschlief2574]

So beautiful! As if the the Church Calls out that Christ the Lord has been born!😃 sounds so Majestic!

[@DVNTHYOUTUBR]

800 year old church, that's so interesting (no sarcasm) I like these old churches.

[@lucyvokes8552]

So beautiful I can't wait to hear it in person

[@carmenskankey3681]

Bucket list for sure.

[@mmm4093]

Bells Bell Bells Bells Bells Bells Beeeeeells of Notrrrrrrrrrre daaaaaaame.

[@cateyjirka705]

beautiful place

[@ringeradam4575]

The old bells... Call me crazy but I almost like these a lot more!

[@TheAnahi99]

Beautiful

[@angelwoman2606]

the beautiful sound of the bells God is calling!

[@bobcasaleiro]

Lol. This was built by templars. Not christians.

[@tashamaree]

Templars were Christians. A monastic order of knights to defend the pilgrims heading to the Holy Land. The greed of the French King and his power over the Pope caused the Templars to be slandered and executed and decommisioned after they confessed to ridiculous allegations under the merciless tortures of an inquisition in their elderly years because the King wanted their wealth which was bequeathed to them in reparation for sins and funded their crusades in the Holy Land. After all that the Pope granted their wealth to a similar order, the Hospitallers, so they were martyred for nothing. Those who confessed to the allegations later recanted, then recanted their recant to live in shame rather than be burned at the pyre. Those who recanted without shame died with honour in tact in the flames. Those that lived in shame are perhaps the originators of the false remnants spreading heresies today - helped along by those who are either ignorant or malicious.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Angel Woman Amen.

[@bkrbyex4339]

Jesus is listening...😇🙏✝️

[@Staniele]

so sad to see this sound just 3 days after the fire

[@edy6998]

Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells of NOTRE DAME!!!!!

[@0316frank]

I'm not a Christian, but I think Notre Dame is the best cathedral ever

[@bobcasaleiro]

It wasnt built by christians.

[@rafaelcouto7976]

Cathar 555 then it wad built by who ?

[@bobcasaleiro]

Rafael Couto, Templars werent christians. They spit and urinated on the cross as an initiation ritual.

[@muffindragon6138]

Naive.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

There are more beautiful Cathedrals and Basilicas around the world... :)

[@maradock146]

It was at the moment Danerys arrived

[@robertonc2013]

Quasimodo, is that you?

[@bkrbyex4339]

The dead Bell ringer replied after he went off to the pearly gates.

[@PheonixStarsx]

Morning in paris the city awakes to the bells of notre dame..for the big bells as loud as a thunder ! And the little bells soft as a psalm

[@theholypootischurch]

🔔the bells of nutre dame🔔 💒💒💒💒💒💒💒💒💒💒

[@menslady125eif2590]

They're beautiful!

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

MAGNIFICENT SOUND⛪⛪

[@lanwangji3882]

Quasimodo I think you should rest on ringing bells some time.

[@tomx6543]

It's burning right now...

[@westenpedersen-giles9190]

One of the world’s largest musical instruments playing throughout Paris. 💖

[@britainluver431]

très magnifique. Bonne 850eme anniversaire Notre Dame.

[@BrinaFlautist]

SING THE BELLS, BELLS, BELLS, BELLS, BELLS, BELLS, BELLS, BELLS BEEEEEEEEELLS OOOOOOFF NOOOOOOOTREEEEE DAAAAAAAAAME~!

[@philips.2520]

Da da daaaaaa da da daaaaaaaa da da da da da daaaaaa!!!!!!

[@optimusprime4785]

🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔

[@bkrbyex4339]

Where is that song from?

[@Zzombified00]

@@bkrbyex4339 the hunchback of notredame

[@bkrbyex4339]

@@Zzombified00 the disney cartoon movie version?

[@mrbms10101]

To be heard no more. Heartbreaking day today.

[@McCRBen]

Melanie H. The bells hopefully will be saved.

[@someonewithachannel6232]

the bells and towers were saved im pretty sure

[@someonewithachannel6232]

@Hazabaza yeah. i saw the fire in the left tower on the news.

[@mrbms10101]

Thanks everyone. When I posted this, they were saying the towers might not make it. I'm so thankful they did. But I thought I read that all 10 bells were in the South Tower.

[@pcaetano7527]

thank you for sharing this

[@Sandrolivedabei]

Fire!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥

[@DWNmetalman777]

The force of those bells must be quite a lot. I'm surprised that the building is standing for so long and after all its activity.

[@shadowzone2588]

DWNmetalman777 well mantance could have something to do with it.

[@HisMajestyGuigui]

Also they were good engineers and knew well how to build

[@DWNmetalman777]

though now i'm more (pleasantly) surprised about the cathedral surviving the fire. hindsight hurts.

[@CBF1]

The old bells!

[@heatherstub]

I can't wait to hear the new bells, but this is sweet! I used to live in Ville D'avret just north of Paris, so church bells were a regular sound in my life. It's a shame that we don't hear them here in Atlanta, because there's a noise ordinance! So, how is it people can complain about church bells, and yet they allow loud vehicles, horns, and that God forsaken hidious loud bass & rap noise?

[@shinyhunter56]

DID YOU MEET THE HUNCHBACK?!

[@McCRBen]

shinyhunter56 There is a comedy recitation where Quasimodo and the Bishop have a duel and stand ‘back to hunch’, Quasimodo wins as ‘belfries are very small places’ !

[@adrian.debeauvais5911]

Beautiful sounds campanology at its best. I do so hope that we can hear their majesty of sound again that Lord God will inspire the craftsmen to resurrect this glorious house of Lord God. They are sounding out his glory and represent the history of France 🇫🇷 and her glory too

[@MrRedcarpet02]

Sick with sadness of it burning down. Never got to see and visit it!

[@Nick-xb5nz]

Bells of noooo traaaa DAAAAAMMMMMEEEE!!!!

[@vintagequeen6760]

Our heart Go out to Paris and people for fireburn Notre dame news

[@Americandragonrider333.]

How Legendarily majestic.

[@thebiggestcontroversy5881]

welcome to europe this is what tourist leader brought us here

[@beans6242]

Ooooo this was the old set of bells, now there is a new set but unfortunately the notre dame burned down so who knows if we'll ever hear em again anytime soon :(

[@josephastier7421]

The bells and their towers were all saved. They will sing again.

[@user-sz3ml6pe4l]

Hard to believe what happened to this masterpiece

[@salvadorr4727]

So beautiful

[@pietrobianchi2334]

The bells of Nootreeee dameeeeeeeee

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Gloria In Excelsis Deo!!!

[@iHeartfluffyDogs]

Just beautiful

[@padmeamidala3331]

Quasimodo be vibing

[@S.K.R.E.Inc.]

The bells sing

[@batmanbeatingupfurbies4865]

I went here and almost got covered in pigeons! I miss Notre Dame

[@madeleinebaier5347]

Magnificent!!!

[@benedictjuannes5946]

How about St Peter Basilica?

[@Revelation18-4]

Those are hell's bells!

[@AwesomeM856]

R.I.P. (Rest in Pieces) Notre Dame Cathedral 13th Century-21st Century I still feel bad for the people in France after the fire :(

[@menslady125eif2590]

Not everything was lost. And I'm sure people are fighting hard to rebuild.

[@caramason56]

So beautiful ❤️

[@Mxsmanic]

It's a beautiful place, I hope the restored roof will be as nice as its predecessor.

[@zaarthwren]

Morning in Paris the city awakes to the bells of notre dame the fisherman fishes the bakerman bakes to the bells of notre dame to the big bells as loud as the thunder to the little bells soft as a psalm and some say the soul of the cities the toll of the bells… the bells of notre dame

[@djquagmire3593]

Who's here after the fire

[@brandonhea4394]

Quasimodo is great at that job

[@kojinaoftheinvertedeye810]

Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells of Notre Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

[@SuperDrewFranklinFranchise]

Walt Disney's 34th, Animated Feature Film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).

[@vivianfrancis2391]

Book IV - Chapter III of The Hunchback of Notré Dame brought me here. :)

[@HenryboiL]

Disney brought me here

[@bkrbyex4339]

@@HenryboiL I wonder if they're gonna show "the hunchback of Notre Dame" movie, on disney plus?

[@darkspyro8978]

We won't hear that for a long time...

[@tonyburzio4107]

Rule #1: When making repairs, a night watchman is more cost effective than a total rebuild.

[@Mxsmanic]

Unless your night watchman is the one who tosses a cigarette.

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

this music is a delight for my heart and my ear thank you my god!

[@WhiteRose589]

Merveilleux

[@perfectlybalanced8995]

Such a shame that it caught on fire

[@bkrbyex4339]

The roof of the cathedral caught fire...but the bell towers were both intact.

[@tarunmahesh4711]

Its so unfortunate that a building of such grandeur caught fire..

[@amberprincesswarriorest2018]

Yeah I know. :-(

[@bkrbyex4339]

@@amberprincesswarriorest2018 and it's heartbreaking too.

[@RavenclawFtW3295]

Just think of the will it took for people to start such a grand work of architecture knowing they would never live to see it completed. Today, we want something finished by the end of the year.

[@LaKellita1]

🎵 The bells of Notre Dame 🎵

[@jediskunk67]

Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells of NOTRE DAAAAAAAAAAME!!!!!

[@spiritualatheist1]

Except for the biggest bell, the others are being replaced, designed by computer to be melodic, they say. They are supposed to be in place by March 24, 2013 for the Palm Sunday services. Although a KZbin video shows the new bells downstairs in the church with a mass being said. And a couple of exploratory clangs. The new ones may turn out to be melodic, generally the ones on KZbin just have the giant church bell clang.

[@alexculp606]

The Bells of Notre Dame form Operation Rescue Jet Fusion (2004)

[@That_one_Guy960]

To the big bells as loud as the thunder! to the little bells soft as a psalm and some say the toll of the city's the toll of the bells, The bells of Notre Dame.

[@alexculp606]

Judge Frollo from Operation Rescue Jet Fusion (2004)

[@ACertainParty-wf6kt]

Vive les sapeurs pompiers! Vive la Notre Dame de Paris!

[@Ladynipchick2]

How many people ring those bells???

[@heatherstub]

Did you mean he's up there?

[@maisie7872]

Humpback of notre dame

[@rykergunns7877]

SANCTUARY......SANCTUARY.......SANCTUARY!!!!!

[@michellesenft1517]

Wow you can do something

[@dogschosenpeople]

wonder what these bells are tuned to now, 440 hz or 432 hz. my guess is 440 hz. seems out of tune lol

[@godzilloid]

SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!

[@michellesenft1517]

You can do something

[@amerigodelgreco7398]

Davanti a questa cattedrale l'anima si apre, e ci accorgiamo, sembra soltanto ora quanto la pietra sia amica dell'uomo e come, opportunamente lavorata, riveli quel senso di vita interiore gagliardamente sentito dai grandi costruttori gotici.

[@EngPheniks]

"Christmas socks" 🧦

[@austenharper8046]

Sanctuary santuary