The Turn-of-the-Century Barber

A barber's customer is not accustomed to the blade. Luckily, the coiffeur has a modern solution.

Le camping, un siècle de bonheur français

Le grand siècle Français

Char d'assaut, un siècle de technologie

Coca vs Pepsi : le combat du siècle

Origins of the 21st Century

Commissioned by the heads of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to make an opening-night short commemorating cinema as it enters its second full century, Godard instead offers up a 17-minute barrage of re-edited footage of wa

The Lévi-Strauss Century

Documentary about one of the greatest French thinkers of the twentieth century, Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009).

21H Médias Le Tsunami Du Siècle

On December 26, 2004, the day after Christmas, a terrible tsunami hit Southeast Asia, causing major damage. A dozen countries, including Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka, are affected. The toll is enormous: more than 20

Victor Hugo, un siècle en révolutions

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is forced to take German n

Palettes Le Siècle des Lumières

Le siècle sera féminin ou ne sera pas

Les Cabinets de physique au XVIIIe siècle

A look at scientific practice during the 18th century, featuring recreations of five experiments from the era.

The Turn-of-the-Century Blind Man

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop. There is no known director for this film, although it is included in the filmography of Alice Guy-Blaché.

Jean Jouzel dans la bataille du siècle

He was one of the first scientists to provide evidence of the link between greenhouse gases and global warming. That was in 1987. Since then, Jean Jouzel has not stopped fighting against the climate sceptics and urging p

John Von Neumann: Prophet of the 21st Century

Unknown to most, John von Neumann, a Hungarian mathematician, impacted and shaped much of the 20th and 21st centuries. Meet the inspiration for two legendary characters, Dr. Strangelove and HAL.

Michael Jordan, le joueur du siècle

La noisette : le casse du siècle

Oil Spill of The Century

In 1978, the Amoco Cadiz, a supertanker loaded with 220,000 tons of petrol, ran aground in Brittany, France. The accident caused the biggest oil spill France has ever known and is still today known as one of the 20th cen

Marc Riboud, photographier le XXème siècle