History
THE SECRETS OF THE CANALS OF PARIS
Jewels in the crown of France’s heritage, the Parisian canals define the capital in the same way as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Legendary settings for many films, from "Hôtel du Nord" to "Mission Impossible", or a perfect place in which to take a stroll, these exceptional works are bursting wit...
WHAT HOLOCAUST MEANS TO ME? Teenagers facing History
Now that 75 years have past since the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, how can the Holocaust be explained to the teenagers of today? Can it be relevant to them within the turmoil of adolescence?
Over the course of a year, the film follows a class of 15 year-old students in a school just o...
Fortified Castles : The Origins / The Rise and Fall
Centuries after they first appeared in the landscape, many castles remain intact, complete with cathedrals and symbols of the Middle Ages and the power of their lords and rulers. For five centuries, the creation of these castles was accompanied by a political and cultural evolution during the mediev...
MARITIME FORTRESSES, The Last Defensive Walls
They stand watch along the French coast like guardians of the seas from an ancient time. Like the castles that punctuate the territory, the naval forts are the clearly visible vestiges of a time when France had to protect itself from foreign invasions...
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,...
LE BOURGET: unsuspected history of a leading airport
Known worldwide for its air show, Le Bourget Airport north of Paris is, above all, the leading business airport in Europe.
With 54,000 aircraft movements per year and an average of 100 departures 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it welcomes heads of state, celebrities and business people from aro...
The CFTC, 100 years of Christian trade unionism
The CFTC (French Confederation of Christian Workers) celebrated its 100th anniversary in November 2019. However, the trade union almost failed to come into being and could have disappeared on several occasions.
This film describes the birth of the CFTC and the key moments of its history, and reve...
The Mysteries of Chambord
500 years after it was built, this film tells a new story of the Castle of Chambord, showing the recent discoveries of two historians and revealing the secret codes hidden in the whole building.
Plodding a long time through mist and swamps, the 16th century traveler discovered Chambord rising out ...
Golden Age of The Castle
For nearly five centuries, castles were at the heart of a society based on ties of vassalage, bringing together political, administrative, judicial and economic functions in addition to defending a territory.This film traces the golden age of castles through the construction of the castle of Guédelo...
The Great History of Castles
Suffused with mystery and grandeur, castles testify to medieval civilization and enfold a complex reality.
Travelling from castle to castle, from the borders of Spain to the mountains of Switzerland, from the moorland of Scotland to the banks of the Dordogne, and thanks to 3D modeling, this film tr...
Galileo, the Forger and the Expert: Investigating a Masterpiece of Counterfeiting
In 2005, an Italian, Massimo De Caro, succeeded in deceiving the rare-book world by offering for sale a remarkable copy of "Siderius Nuncius" signed by Galileo himself, dating from 1610 and containing four watercolours of the moon painted by the astronomer. The "Sidereus Nuncius" or "Starry Messenge...
