The one who during the Second World War, led from London the French resistance against the Nazi occupier, is also at the origin of the Veme republic of which he was the first president, in 1958
A report that proposes to follow the former companions of the Liberation and the French Free Forces in London, on the occasion of the commemorative ceremonies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the appeal of General de Gaulle. Comment on factual images alternating with the testimonies of veterans, including Claude ROSO (Free French Forces), André QUELEN (Liberation Companion), Jean-Mathieu BORIS (idem) and Roger NORDMAN (Free French Forces).
On the occasion of the commemoration of the appeal of June 18, 1940, report devoted to Charles de GAULLE and his very first filmed appearance. Interview of Jean-Louis CREMIEUX-BRILHAC (companion of the Liberation and historian of Free France) on this exceptional archive document.
A report on the controversy surrounding the decision to include General de Gaulle’s "Memories of War" in the program of this year’s French baccalaureate. Commentary on illustration images interspersed by interviews with three high school students, Frédérique ROLET (teacher of letters in college and secretary general SNES-FSU), Michel TAURIAC (author of the "Dictionnaire amoureux de De Gaulle") and INA archive images on the General and his Memories.
Report on the Historial Charles de GAULLE aux Invalides, in Paris. Commentary on factual images and interviews Sharon ELBAZ (Historial Commissioner), General Robert BRESSE (Director of the Army Museum) and Yves GUENA (former President of the Charles de Gaulle Foundation).
100th anniversary of the birth of Charles de GAULLE, November 22, 1890. Comment on factual and archival images and interviews Gaston PLISSONNIER (PCF), Jean-Pierre CHEVENEMENT (PS) and Jacques CHIRAC (President of RPR).
20 years ago the GAULLE general disappeared. On the occasion of this anniversary, a SOFRES survey among the French shows that the image of the founding father of the Fifth Republic had not been tarnished over time. Based on archives, retrospective of the significant events of contemporary French history linked to the General.
Charles de GAULLE year, commemoration of the call of June 18, 1940: historical retrospective based on photos and archival images of the call launched from the BBC in London and interview of Elisabeth de MERIBEL (former Secretary-General de Gaulle).
Twentieth anniversary of the departure of the presidency of the Republic of Charles de GAULLE after the failure of the referendum of 27 April 1969. Comment on archive images.
On 19 May 1958, at the Palais d'Orsay in Paris, on the occasion of a press conference given in the urgency of the events in Algeria, the General of GAULLE - who, a few days earlier, declared himself ready to assume the powers of the Republic - utters one of his most famous "short sentences": "Why do you want me to start a career as a dictator at 67 years of age?!..."
In Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises (Haute-Marne), his adopted village, the coffin of the general of GAULLE is transported to the church on a military armored car. Comment on factual images.
Speech tribute of President POMPIDOU to his predecessor, the general of GAULLE who died on November 9: "French, French, General de Gaulle is dead, France is widowed... In 1940, de Gaulle saved honour, in 1944, he led us to the Liberation and to victory, in 1958, he spared us the civil war, he gave France today its institutions, its independence, its place in the world, in this hour of mourning for the fatherland, let us bow down to the pain of Madame de Gaulle, of her children, of her grandchildren, let us measure the duties imposed on us by recognition, Let us promise France that it will not be unworthy of the lessons we have been taught and that, in the national soul, de Gaulle will live forever".
On the occasion of an official trip to Canada, the general of GAULLE, on July 25, 1967, gave a speech on the balcony of the Hôtel de Ville de Montréal, and on this occasion excited the whole country with his famous "short sentence": "Long live free Quebec..."
On December 13, 1965, during an interview with Michel DROIT, between the two rounds of the presidential election, the general of GAULLE resumes his famous formula inaugurated in writing, a few years earlier, in his "Memories of War": "It is quite true, I would say that it is my raison d'être, that since always, and today, I make France, indeed, some idea..." He then develops this certain idea...
Following the coup of the generals in Algiers, the general of GAULLE, in uniform, gives a speech at the Elysée, on April 22, 1961, the next day, with the famous "little phrase": "This power has an appearance: a quarteron of retired generals. It has a reality: a group of officers, partisans, ambitious and fanatical"
Speech of General Charles de GAULLE at the balcony of the General Government of Algiers on 4 June 1958, a few days after his return to power, in front of an immense (European majority) crowd. He said: "I understood you!... I know what happened here. I see what you wanted to do. I see that the road you have opened in Algeria is that of renovation and fraternity..."
In the first hours of the liberation of the capital, on August 25, 1944, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, the General of GAULLE delivers a speech with his famous phrase: "... Paris, Paris outraged! Paris broken! Paris martyred! But Paris liberated!... released by himself, liberated by his people, with the help of the armies of France...". Images filmed by a team of filmmakers of the Resistance.