Retrospective devoted to the most famous serial killers in France: Henri-Désiré LANDRU, Marcel PETIOT, Thierry PAULIN, Francis HEAULME and Guy GEORGES. The commentary on archival images alternates with the interview of Michèle AGRAPART, psycho-criminologist.
In the Congo, volcanologists who are checking the Nyiragongo volcano’s eruption fear that the lava flowing into Lake Kivu will explode the enormous quantities of toxic gas buried under the lake, which could rise to the surface. The seismic activity of the volcano remains very strong and volcanologists lack recoil for this type of eruption, very rare, as Jacques DURIEUX explains. Dario TEDESCO, a geologist consultant at the UN, believes that the risks of eruption in the coming months or years are a great danger for the people.
Report on the commemorative ceremonies of November 11, which this year had a taste of election campaign between Jacques CHIRAC and Lionel JOSPIN. Comment on the images of the ceremony: Jacques CHIRAC and Lionel JOSPIN collected during the Marseillaise, the president laying the traditional blueberry wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier and then shaking hands with the last of the veterans, and finally a crowd bath for both men.
Examination of Total Fina Elf in the investigation into the sinking of the Erika and the oil slick on the coast of Brittany. Daniel SOULEZ LAVIVIERE claims that Total is not guilty, and that he would plead not guilty if they were in another country. Master Thomas DUMONT hopes that this examination will allow in the future to avoid this kind of tragedy and to ban the circulation of obsolete tankers.
Update on consumer mistrust of GMOs (genetically modified organisms). Commentary on factual images alternating with the interview of Reine-Claude MADER, from the CLCV association, and a consumer micro-sidewalk.
The Prime Minister announced a relaxation of the switch to 35 hours for SMEs with fewer than 20 employees. To be clear, an order in council should authorize a larger quota of overtime than was originally planned. An announcement that does not satisfy the professionals of the hotel-restaurant, example in a Parisian brewery. Comment on factual images and interviews Laurent ANON (patron of the bar "Les Abers"), Ghislaine LETESSIER and Rose-Marie GUEDMI (waitresses)
Commemoration of the call of June 18 by the President of the Republic Jacques CHIRAC who, after the ceremony this morning at Mont Valérien, inaugurated this afternoon at the Invalides the Museum Charles de Gaulle. Comment on factual images and excerpt Jacques CHIRAC speech.
Within the framework of Europride, Paris welcomes the Eurogames reserved for homosexual athletes: gays and lesbians. Interview of participants; interview of Christelle LAGATTU, one of the organizers of the event.
Arrival in Paris of Reinhard HEYDRICH, SS General, Head of Security, instructed by the Head of SS and German Police, Heinrich HIMMLER, to install in his duties Karl OBERG, General of SS and police in occupied territoirs. General HEYDRICH receives in Paris René BOUSQUET, Secretary General of the Police, and Georges HILAIRE, Secretary General of the Administration. He also contacted Louis DARQUIER de PELLEPOIX, the Commissioner General for Jewish Affairs, as well as Fernand de BRINON.
Launch of the National Tuberculosis Campaign, presentation of the means implemented to fight the disease: prevention with the BCG vaccine and care for children (not yet in the active form of the disease) in the Sèvres preventorium.
Pro-Vietnamese demonstration with military parade and procession of the various corporations brandishing flags and calicots against the communist regime.
The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI, along with his wife Soraya and in pageant costume, welcomes various guests at the Savoy Hotel, including the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER. Comment on images of this reception.
Departure of Mohammad Reza PAHLAVI, Shah of Persia, sovereign of Iran, to return to his country, after the coup de force of Mohammed Mossadegh. Pictures of the shah entering a car accompanied by his wife Soraya and greeting the crowd before taking his plane, on the tarmac.