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Fête nationale en Alsace
Documentary
1920
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- National Holiday in Alsace

In 1920, in a village in French Alsace, many people have come to attend the national holiday celebration. Officers and well-known civilians are in attendance and a Major General presides over the loca...

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Les Etoiles de la gloire
Feature film
1919
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- The Unknown Love

Doris Parker, the daughter of an American Marine Officer, becomes Harry Townsend's pen pal. Harry is a young American soldier with no family who has gone to fight in France. As they exchange letters, ...

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Crise du charbon
Documentary
1917
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Coal Crisis

In 1917, during World War I, rationing forces Parisians to wait in line to get coal, while the winter is particularly harsh.

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Les surprises du camouflage
Documentary
1916
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Camouflage Surprises

Manufacturing fake cannons, fake trees, fake molehills and mannequins in the Châlons-sur-Marne winter circus, transformed into a camouflage workshop. A door simulating a rock in a trench. A detailed ...

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Le Défilé de la victoire
Newsreel
1919
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- The Victory Parade

On July 14, 1919, the allied troops march through the streets of Paris to celebrate their victory.

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Une Mauvaise nouvelle
Short film
1915
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Bad News

A woman learns, by letter, that her husband has died gloriously on the battlefield, struck by an enemy bullet while filming news footage on the front. As she weeps and worries about the future of her ...

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Recreation as a Part of Reconstruction
Documentary
1921
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- La Récréation fait partie de la reconstruction

After having created laws on practicing physical culture, the government, in collaboration with the American Committee, brings in American experts who adapt their principles to the French system. In J...

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What the American Committee Is Doing for Our Neighbors in the Aisne
Documentary
1921
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- L'Œuvre du Comité américain pour les sinistrés de l'Aisne

Excerpts of various films made by the American Committee regarding the aid provided to the disaster victims in the Aisne department. Parade of children in uniforms. Toddlers eating their snack, nappin...

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La Préparation des conserves dans les familles françaises d'après les méthodes américaines
Documentary
1919? ?
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- French Families Make Preserves Using American Methods

The French government invites members of the American department of agriculture to demonstrate their knowledge of home economics during a four-month stay in the summer of 1919. Received by Ms. Jusier,...

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Travaux agricoles et vie rurale
Documentary
1920? ?
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Agricultural Work and Rural Life

Scenes of rural life in Picardie at the beginning of the century: the destruction of shells in open fields, sowing, plowing with a multifurrow plow, harvesting with a sickle, a graduation ceremony, th...

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Public Health and Child Hygiene
Documentary
1922
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Hygiène sociale et hygiène de l'enfance

The American Committee's health department brings the medical authorities' and parliamentary circles' attention to the state of children's public health in the disaster-stricken Aisne region. Seventee...

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Public Health Department and Medical Work
Documentary
1922? ?
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée

The Public Health Department was created to put reception and counseling facilities into place--with the American Committee's help-- for parents in difficulty. An American Committee nurse, assisted b...

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Refaire la France, achever la paix, organiser la victoire
Advertising film
1920
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Rebuilding France, Creating Peace, Organizing Victory

World War I devastated France's natural wealth. To rebuild itself, the entire country would need to draw inspiration from the courage of soldiers on the front line and subscribe to the emprunt nationa...

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Front russe
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1917? ?
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Russian Front

On the Russian front, soldiers move a cannon, load it under the supervision of their superior, then fire it. In the "observatory," a group of officers observe the outcome in the valley.

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Mise en batterie du 75 et le tir
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1916? ?
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Forming a Battery of 75 mm Field Guns, Shooting

During World War I, soldiers transport 75 mm field guns, towed by horses across the countryside, then begin shooting.

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Joan the Woman
Feature film
1916
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée

A reconstruction of Joan of Arc's life, which reflects that of the poilus (French soldiers of WWI), who were anonymous and often of modest, rural origin. "From Domrémy to Chinon." Joan the Maid, guid...

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