Update on scientific research on embryos in France, while a report on the subject has just been submitted to the European Union. Comments on images of experiments at the Cecos laboratory of the hospital COCHIN alternating with interviews with Noëlle LENOIR, president of the European ethics group, Jean François MATTEI, DL member and rapporteur of the bioethics bill and Marc PESCHANSKI, director of the INSERM 421 research unit.
Reaction of the Algerian press and the population after the victory of Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA in the presidential election, boycotted by the other candidates. Comments on a press, newspaper stands, men reading the newspaper, images of the demonstration of the opposition on April 16 in Algiers, alternating with a cableway, during which are evoked: a return to the years "Bumediene", a "complete dictatorship", the need for a "shepherd"... So a president... On one side or the other". Plateau in position of journalist Thierry THUILLIER.
Elf case: after the controversy caused by the new statements of Christine Deviers-Joncour, Roland Dumas announced today his decision not to exercise his function as President of the Constitutional Council for a certain time. Yves Guéna, Dean of Age of the Council, will act as interim. The commentary on images of Roland Dumas leaving his home, his lawyers and incrustations with the statement of Roland Dumas explaining his decision is followed by the interviews of Elisabeth GUIGOU, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, François HOLLANDE, first secretary of the PS, Patrick DEVEDJIAN, RPR MP, Philippe DOUSTE-BLAZY, president of the UDF group at the National Assembly, Noël MAMÈRE, Les Verts, and Philippe de VILLIERS, president of the Movement for France. The subject ends with images of Yves Guéna, the new chairman of the board.
On October 9, the Bibliothèque nationale de France opened the garden level, a 2,000-seat space reserved for researchers. discovery of places with the researcher Jean Pierre ARMENGAUD, musicologist and university professor. Comment on the images of his career in the library, including his discovery of the audiovisual department’s holdings in front of a computer and with the help of a documentalist. He expressed his enthusiasm for being able to access these funds with the same ease.
Jean-Marie CHAUVET, employee of an archaeology department under the Ministry of Culture and amateur speleologist, who had discovered on December 18, 1994 at the Combe d'Arc, in Ardèche, a vast cave adorned with Palaeolithic rock paintings, initiates a legal action to recognize him the invention of this cave, which his ministry tries to deny him. Comment on factual images and archives and interviews Master Jean-Robert N'GUYEN PHUNG (lawyer of Jean-Marie Chauvet and other discoverers of the cave)
The Council of Ministers adopted this morning a draft constitutional law on equality between women and men, aimed at promoting equal access for women and men to electoral mandates and elected functions. Report to the National Assembly including the testimony of a newly elected socialist, Laurence DUMONT, then at La Poste. Comment on factual images (Laurence DUMONT in the performance of her duties at the National Assembly, Mélina MULABEGOVIC in her office at La Poste) alternating with interviews with Laurence DUMONT, for whom the problem of parity in politics lies within the parties, and Mélina MULABEGOVIC, commercial framework, on the difficulty for women to make a career.
The European Council, which will mark the official starting point for the new single currency, the euro, will take place this week. LECLERC supermarkets are launching a major campaign to familiarize their customers with the European currency. Comments on factual images, client microsidewalk and interview Michel-Edouard LECLERC.
Case Roland Dumas: the latter will be tried by his peers, namely the Court of Justice of the Republic. It is a body reserved for members of the government in office at the time of their alleged wrongdoing. The commentary on the archives of Roland Dumas, the Court of Justice of the Republic, judges Eva Joly and Laurence Vichnievsky in Geneva and the arrest of Roland Dumas in January 1998 alternates with the interview of Louis GONDRE, former President of the Court of Justice of the Republic.
The fashion designer Christian Dior has modeled the line of his spring creations on the letter A. In the house Dior, avenue Montaigne in Paris, models present dresses and summer tailors slightly flared, characteristics of this new line.
Models on the big staircase of the house Dior, avenue Montaigne in Paris, present the new spring collection of Christian Dior, with city dresses, for the afternoon and evening. Most outfits are decorated with capelines.
In Indochina, two fronts of war are under the fire of the Vietminh. In Dien Bien Phu, the air bridge strengthens the defense of the entrenched camp. In Laos, Franco-Laotian troops must retreat before the Vietminh in the Savanakhet region. Commentary on images of the Dien Bien Phu camp, where planes drop equipment, and French and Laotian soldiers retreat in the jungle.
In Indochina, the Franco-Vietnamese forces defend the basin of Dien Bien Phu, north of present-day Vietnam. An overhead bridge allows for the parachuting of food and equipment. Commentary on images of the bombed camp, equipment dropped by the planes and General Gilles decorating journalist André Lebon and photographer Pierre Camus.
Report on the 4th Cannes International Film Festival. Many stars flock to the Croisette and during the ascent of the steps of the palace: Gaby MORLAY, Michèle MORGAN, Jean TISSIER, Michel AUCLAIR, Jean MARAIS.
Report on the fighting of the French army against the Vietminh in central Annam. Protected by the navy, units managed to land on the coast and neutralize a railway bridge used by the Vietminh. Commentary on images of the Bay of Tourane, units of the French navy, the disembarkation of soldiers, a plane parachuting equipment, soldiers preparing explosives and the bridge destroyed.
Presentation of fashion haute-couture women for winter sports from the Saint-Didier rink in Paris. The outfits are the creations of the Madeleine de Rauch, Carven and Jacques Heim houses for the most part.
Presentation in Chamonix by Saint-Granier and Maurice bucket of a new device to slide on snow, the ski bike, consisting of a bicycle frame mounted on small skis. This invention found many followers on the tracks.