Snapshots of History
The 20th century is the century of the photograph. From Paris in the 1930s to the Congo in the 1960s, follow the stories of witnesses of our history.
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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