Later Life
In 1974, Langlois received an honorary Academy Award for his lifetime work with the Cinémathèque. He died three years later and is interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
Place Henri Langlois in the 13th arrondissement in Paris is named in his honour.
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