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In 2015 Emmanuel Macron visits the General Electric plant

Publication date 28/05/2015 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Visit of Emmanuel MACRON, Minister of Economy, accompanied by the main executives of General Electric who explain to him the operation of Alstom power steam turbines. Alstom’s energy business was sold to General Electric in 2014.

General failure of EDF

Publication date 19/12/1978 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

France has just experienced a general power outage. A look back at this phenomenon that has blocked the Parisian metro and the centre of many cities. Comment on the images of the chaos generated in the capital: traffic jams, stationary subway, firefighters in the streets.

Save on the electricity

Publication date 30/01/1942 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Announcement encouraging the French to save electricity following the coal shortage. Comment on animation images presenting the French electricity grid, the compensation system between hydraulic and thermal plants and users showing how to save electricity (remove bulbs, turn off refrigerator and heat).

Arrival of natural gas in Marseille

Publication date 25/05/1973 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Report made on the arrival of natural gas in Marseille. The gas is liquefied in Algeria and transported by LNG tankers to Fos. From there it is distributed by special pipes. It has the advantage of being more efficient and cleaner than manufactured gas. Comment on the images of the port of Fos-sur-mer and the Marseille gas plant followed by explanations of a reponsable of the plant.

50 years EDF/ GDF: testimony

Publication date 23/05/1996 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the nationalisation of EDF/GDF, a short interview with Jean BERNARD, who was EDF’s accounting secretary in 1948. According to him, nationalization was urgent because the "former companies were in a pitiful state".

Inauguration of the first tidal plant by General de Gaulle

Publication date 29/11/1966 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

General de Gaulle inaugurated the world’s first tidal power plant, located on the Rance estuary. The general said the project was "one of the most impressive achievements of the century". Commentary on aerial images of the plant, interior views of the control room and the turbine, general strolls in the plant.

Electric heating in the house

Publication date 21/10/1968 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Presentation of houses using electricity as a single source of energy. Demonstration in two houses using only electric heating.

Roger Gaspard: the nationalization of EDF and major projects

Publication date 09/02/1961 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Roger BASPARD, Director General of EDF, talks about the consequences of EDF’s nationalization on research in the fields of new energy sources, particularly nuclear energy. 'One of the great advantages of nationalization is that it has enabled research programmes to be concentrated and relatively large sums of money to be spent on it,' he said. In partnership with the Atomic Energy Commission for natural uranium, EDF is developing industrial facilities in Marcoule and Chinon.

Chinon Nuclear Power Plant

Publication date 22/10/1964 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Presentation of the Chinon site and its three reactors: EDF1, EDF2, EDF3. EDF2 and EDF3 are about to be commissioned. Comment on the overall and aerial plans of the site.

Pierre Messmer announces the construction of 13 nuclear power plants

Publication date 06/03/1974 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

A few months after the oil crisis of October 1973, Pierre MESSMER, first minister, announced that France would launch the construction of 13 nuclear power plants of 1,000 megawatts each. He points out that these 13,000 megawatts represent all the electrical energy available in 1962.

Inauguration of the Cadarache dam

Publication date 05/05/1959 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

The construction of the Durance continued with the inauguration and launching of the Cadarache dam and the Jouques plant in the presence of Mr Haas-Picard, Prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône. This control of the flow of the Durance will allow, in addition to the production of electricity, a better irrigation of the region. Comment on the images of the dam and its opening in the presence of a large audience.

Borrowing from EDF

Publication date 09/01/1957 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Faced with the constant increase in electricity consumption in France, EDF launched a large loan. Illustration of the exponential multiplication of the uses of electricity, corolar of the intense modernization of the country: household appliances, transport, illuminations. Images of new EDF equipment, such as thermal power plants.

Inauguration of Tignes Dam

Publication date 09/07/1953 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Inauguration of the dam of TIGNES, the highest in Europe (180 meters), by the President of the Republic Vincent AURIOL on 4 July 1953. Visit of the new village still under construction and collect at the monument to the dead. Visit of the hydroelectric plant and speech by President AURIOL.

Merger of Gaz de France and Groupe Suez

Publication date 25/02/2006 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

The Franco-Belgian company SUEZ and Gaz de France will merge to counter the strategy of the Italian group ENEL, which intended to buy the grouoe SUEZ. However, this operation requires the State to give up some of its shares, which could lead to progressive privatization. Detailed explanations illustrated by images, infographics and the statement of Prime Minister Dominique de VILLEPIN announcing the merger as well as the interview of the CGT administrator of Gaz de France, Yves LEDOUX.

Hydroelectric power - Aigle Dam

Publication date 10/07/1947 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Reportage on the works of development of the hydroelectric dam of the Aigle on the Upper Dordogne, in Bort-Les-Orgues, in Corrèze.

Sarkozy EDF meeting

Publication date 08/06/2004 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Reportage The SNCF filed a complaint after the power outages caused by EDF’s CGT activists protesting against the company’s privatization project. Finance Minister Nicolas SARKOZY visited EDF headquarters to meet with unions and employees in a tense atmosphere. Comment on images of the Minister and demonstrators alternating with excerpts from Nicolas SARKOZY’s statement as well as brief interviews of EDF employees in anger.

Launch of Fessenheim power plant

Publication date 07/03/1977 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

The new nuclear power plant in Fessenheim has just been started up, this one was designed on an American model. The national nuclear programme provides for the establishment of other similar power stations on French territory.

Creil thermal power plant

Publication date 17/01/1956 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

In Creil, a new thermal power plant has just been built. The staff mobilized will be reduced thanks to the two control rooms. The electricity generated will meet the needs of Paris in particular. Comment on the inside and outside views of the power station,

100,000 more kilometres

Publication date 21/10/1954 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Inauguration and visit of the Nantes-Cheviré thermal power plant by Marcel FLOURET, President of Electricité de France, Pierre TISSIER, President of SNCF and Roger CADEL, Managing Director of Charbonnages de France. The construction of this power station is part of the programme of intense modernization of the French energy production network. Comment on different interior and exterior of the plant.

Opening of EDF’s capital

Publication date 24/10/2005 From €100.00

EDF-GDF

Reportage Evocation of the green light given by the government of Dominique De Villepin for the opening of EDF’s capital and reactions of politicians. Commentary on factual and archival images alternately with an extract from the press conference of Dominique De VILLEPIN and interviews of Marie George BUFFET, PCF, and François HOLLANDE, for the PS.

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