A description of various ways in which the Labor Day, on May 1, 1951 was celebrated. The contrast is built between nature and mechanical labor, which is highlighted. The series of parades in Prague ar...
The film explains the electrification of the Paris-Lyon line and presents its advantages, both in terms of rail traffic and for the national economy. The different phases of the work are detailed, fro...
The destruction of the Caronte viaduc in 1944 by the German army deprived the region of vital maritime and rail links. In 1947, before undertaking the final reconstruction of this bridge, a provisiona...
Apprentices's celebration at the Vélodrome d'hiver (parade in front of the official stand and folk entertainment) ; exhibition on urban planning ; reminder of the importance of respect for safety for...
War damage in Cologne. The camera pans across ruins but also piles of rubble and largely cleared areas. The whole area appears deserted, inhabited only by a few women and children.
Paris, March 10, 1945: from the Gare de Lyon to the Père Lachaise cemetery, the funeral of Pierre Semard, shot by the Germans on March 7, 1942. Raymond Tournemaine, general secretary of the C.G.T. Fe...
Visit in the lubéron. At the exit of a church, priests. Traditional and religious festival in the street. Folk parade, young girls and boys are in costume. The inhabitants parade in company of the pr...
Meeting of displaced persons, especially from Torschau (today Savino Selo in Serbia): film footage from Kirchheim unter Teck, Winnenden, Waiblingen, Wolfratshausen, Neckarsteinach, Unter-Schönmattenw...
31025 - Belgian - Ypres in ruins Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
21929 On the move Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
0604 - Killed horses - Belloy en Santerre, Picardie Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
31020 - Marne (1918) - Blown up bridge Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
0420 - Bois des Loges forest - Canon de 240 (Santerre, Picardie)
31113 - Courcelles (Oise, Picardie) - The church Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
31116 - In the Forest of Argonne - A machine gunner (possibly during the Battle of the Argonne Forest in 918) Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
31101 - Craonne - Shell hole (Aisne, Picardie) Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
Algiers solemnly welcomed the bodies of 135 Algerian fighters who fell in the battles of Italy, France and Germany during the WWII.
Report on the construction of the future "Palais des festivals" which will host the ceremonies and screenings of the next Cannes International Film Festival.
The trial of Marshal Pétain for high treason lasts four weeks in July and August 1945. The last days of the trial: the witnesses, the closing speech of the prosecutor, the pleadings of the lawyers, t...
At the start of the new school year, report on the construction of new schools and on the installation of temporary classrooms in prefabricated barracks to face the increase in the number of children.
A documentary film drawing attention to the dangers of pickpockets in public places - at a fair, in a cinema and on a tram. It uses reenactment, but pretends to be a hidden camera that observes what i...
The black-and-white film by Ernst Hirsch from 1959 was a commissioned production for the GDR's Deutsche Fernsehfunk. It shows the path that the art treasures, e.g. of the Green Vault and the Picture G...
The black-and-white film "Putti" is a collaborative work of the so-called amateur film studio of the Kulturbund Dresden from 1952, in which Ernst Hirsch acted as cameraman and the later DEFA director ...
The city of Dresden was bombed by the Allies during the night of the 13th to the 14th of February 1945. Canadian army captures Kleve on February 26th.