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Ancient cities : the Builders of History
They Built Cities to Assert Their Power. A thousand years later, their walls still speak. This is the story of the builders of the medieval world.
Step into the heart of the Middle Ages, where stone ruled, cities embodied power, and builders became legends. This documentary series brings myt...
AMAZON: inside XXL Logistics
At the heart of logistics zones often invisible to the general public, Amazon’s robotic warehouses embody a new era of work and distribution. Behind their anonymous facades, a relentless ballet of autonomous machines, ultra-fast conveyors, and algorithms coordinates the sorting, storage, and shippin...
FACES OF AEROSPACE
An unprecedented immersion into the heart of an industry that makes far more than airplanes fly.
Aeronautics, a pillar of the global economy and innovation, is facing a historic labor shortage, worsened by an aging population, massive waves of retirement, and accelerating technological ...
Walibi: The Technology Behind Thrill Roller Coasters
The Walibi park in Belgium has been renowned for its roller coasters for 50 years. Each year, it welcomes 1.7 million visitors in search of thrills and adrenaline. This unique expertise has been successfully exported across Europe, particularly to France.
How were the roller coasters of the kanga...
MAYAS: the secrets of the last cities
In their own way, Coba, Mayapan and Tulum all played host to the last moments of a civilisation as impressive as it is mysterious.
What do these three cities tell us about the way Mayan societies operated? How does their architecture inform the experts about the scientific knowledge and construct...
RAFALE: the secrets of the French military’s top fighter jet
Immerse yourself in the heart of a technological revolution in one of the most powerful combat aircraft in the world.
This documentary highlights the spectacular story of the Rafale, flagship of the French aerospace and defence industry, from its conception in 1986 to the present day. A resoundin...
THE SHENZONG TUNNEL BRIDGE: spanning a world of challenges
It's one of the most audacious projects ever undertaken: linking the Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Zhongshan by spanning the Pearl River estuary with a 24-kilometre artificial sea crossing, comprising bridges, artificial islands and a 6.8 kilometre underwater tunnel.
The construction of the Shen...
Abu Simbel: Giants of the Nile
Discover the history of a legendary temple, from its construction to today!
Over 3000 years ago, at the gates of the country of Punt (the present-day Sudan), Ramses II, a megalomaniac pharaoh and the third king of the nineteenth dynasty, built two religious structures during the height ...
AKHENATEN, the secrets of the forgotten Pharaoh
September 2020, near Luxor.
A team of Egyptian archaeologists has announced the discovery of a lost city buried under the sands, near the Valley of the Kings. 3400 years old, it is the largest ancient city ever unearthed and one of the greatest discoveries since the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Buried...
FRANKY ZAPATA, THE FLYING MAN’S ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
For almost ten years, Franky Zapata has been working to make his dream of flying through the air in complete freedom a reality. This former jet ski world champion has rapidly become the best-known and most prolific French inventor of his generation.
Nicknamed “The Flying Man” thanks to his Flyboa...
