Between Stalin's death and the coming to power of Nikita Khrushchev in 1953, relations between the Soviet Union and the United States warmed up.
Subtitles: English
Starring:Maximilien ColcyThibault de Joux
Directed by:Jérôme LambertPhilippe Picard
Season 1
S01:E01 - Dan Love - Vietnam 1969
Spring 1969, it has been 4 years since the Americans started to fight in Vietnam. We follow the pictures of a 20-year-old American soldier, Dan Love.
S01:E02 - Dan Slobin - an American in Moscow
Between Stalin's death and the coming to power of Nikita Khrushchev in 1953, relations between the Soviet Union and the United States warmed up.
S01:E03 - Andree Kuentzmann - Waiting for the Liberation
Andrée and Victor Kuentzmann had just gotten married when the allied troops landed in Normandy on the 1st August 1944.
S01:E04 - Jean and Natascha - Brief Encounter at the STO
August 1944, Paris celebrates its Liberation after four years of occupation. For over 600,000 French Compulsory Service workers, the war isn’t over.
S01:E05 - Jean Sarda - on Petains Construction Sites
After its defeat in 1940, France was split. In the north were the Germans and in the south, a free zone overseen by Marshal Pétain's government.
S01:E06 - Victor Bermon - an Officer on the Yangtze
In 1905, Victor Bermon, a French naval officer, was sent to China to assure the presence of France on the Yangtze river.
S01:E07 - Louis Danton - a Soldier and His Doll
On August 2nd, 1914, France decreed the mobilisation of its armed forces. This war would drag Europe into 20th-century brutality.
S01:E08 - Robert Talpain - a Fighter for the Popular Front
February 12th, 1934. The French Section of the Workers' International was reacting to the extreme-right-wing demonstrations of six days prior.
S01:E09 - Bill Manbo - an American in Camps for Japanese
On December 7th, 1941, Japan bombed the American fleet based in Pearl Harbour. We follow Bill Manbo, an American citizen of Japanese origin.
S01:E10 - Francois Dullin - a Soldier in Mururoa
In September 1968, a young officer, François Dullin, who had just graduated from Saint Cyr Military Academy flew to Papeete to be stationed.
S01:E11 - Wolfgang Thomas - a Citizen of East Germany in 89
Wolfgang Thomas was a railwayman who lived in East Berlin. His photos show the months that led to the collapse of the Berlin wall in 1989.
S01:E12 - Andree Greffrath - a Childhood in Colonial Africa
In 1935, Andrée Greffrath left Paris for Senegal with her parents. Their photos show a vision of life in colonial France that was coming apart.
S01:E13 - Mr. X - a Frenchman in the Brothels
The wealth of photographs accredited to a certain Mr X provides an astonishing record of Paris in the roaring twenties.
S01:E14 - Marcel Binet - a Sailor in Indochina
In the 1930s, Nazi Germany and its Japanese ally were threatening global stability. Japan wanted to capture territories in China.
S01:E15 - Anuschka and Antoinette - the Road to Katmandou
Based on the photographs taken by Anouschka, a young Dutch woman, the film takes a look back at the 1970s.
S01:E16 - Stanislas Antonowicz - a Frenchman in India
In 1930, India was starting to face nationalist demands. Stanislas Antonowicz’s 800 photographs provide a glimpse of a period and a vision.
S01:E17 - Vickie Henderson - a Black Singer in Switzerland
The 500 pictures left by Vicky Henderson record the rise of a young black woman in 1950s Europe. Her photos tell of segregation and cabaret dancing.
S01:E18 - Leon Collin - a Doctor in a Penal Colony
Dr. Léon Collin's photos take us into the heart of the penal colonies, prisons to which the French sent 100,000 men between 1854 and 1938.
S01:E19 - Richard and Michael - Love at the Time of AIDS
In autumn of 1980, Richard, a young drummer, headed to New York to make a name for himself. He met Michael who shared the same love of the blues.
S01:E20 - Pierre Louis - a Gay Man in the Interwar Years
In 1923, Pilou was 19 years old from a small town in the Yonne and knew that one day he would go to Paris, where he could embrace his desire for men.
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