Silent document showing different dives performed by swimmers using a springboard placed on the edge of a cliff about fifteen meters above the sea. - Angel jump - Double Somersault - Funny dive, diver dressed in an old bath suit with horizontal stripes, clinging to the end of the jump, simulating a fall, recovering and jumping rope before reaching the water - Simultaneous dives of six divers from the top of the cliff.
Preview presentation of Jacques DEMY’s film, "Les parapluies de Cherbourg", in New York. Interviews with Jacques DEMY, Catherine DENEUVE and Michel LEGRAND, after the screening.
The magnificent castle of Chantilly served as the setting for the duel between a filly and the runner Jules LADOUMEGUE, "the fastest man in the world".
A sequence filmed on the technique of Marie-José PEREC with the comment of his coach Jacques PIASENTA student with the champion on a video screen the "cyclogram of his ankle" and his stride for two different races.
In Lille, are Christmas parking meters charged? The subject observes the attitude of motorists and police officers in front of a small urban joke: in these days of Christmas, fir trees were hung on the parking meters of the neighborhood. Commented factual images and funny interviews.
The tradition of "guenels" consists in making beets, Venetian lamps to keep Christmas. The children sing "guenels" in front of the houses and in exchange receive treats and a few coins.
The writer Roald Dahl is interviewed by a young Franco-American reader Suzy, bilingual. He speaks, in English, of his characters and stories all imaginary and children much funnier than adults. Her words are translated by Suzy. He concludes with a few words in French about his pleasure of appearing on French television.
Cécile, 10, filmed during a walk in the forest with her comrades, explains what will be for her the woman of tomorrow, an equal woman of man, who is no longer underestimated.
Provencal children respond with humor and poetry to questions about Christmas: Do you eat something special? What are you doing on Christmas Day? What is the nursery?
L'écotaxe est de retour avec l'annonce par la ministre des Transports, Élisabeth Borne, de cette taxe à venir l'an prochain sur tous les vols au départ de la France, que ce soit pour l'européen ou l'international. Interview de Anne Rigail (Directrice générale d'Air France), de Daniel Fasquelle (député LR du Pas-de-Calais) et de Delphine Batho (présidente de Génération Ecologie).
Un homme armé d'un couteau et criant "Allah Akbar" a tenté hier à Paris d'attaquer un militaire à la tour Eiffel. Même si aucune victime n'est à déplorer, la sécurité de la Dame de fer suscite les inquiétudes. Récit du déroulé des faits et mesures de prévention à venir pour sécuriser les lieux.
"On n'est pas des créations artificielles, comme certains coups du show business". TAI LUC, chanteur de "La Souris déglinguée" dénigre les coups médiatiques pour propulser certains artistes sur le devant de la scène. Son groupe poursuit fidèlement sa carrière "underground" depuis des années. Enregistrer des disques et faire des concerts : "un travail de longue haleine... comme les taupes"
Sitting on a Parisian sidewalk, the members of "La Souris déglinguée" talk about their debut and their audience. They began in 1977 in small cinemas in Ile de France. TAI LUC adds that they even started in his room... To the question about the bad reputation of their audience of skinheads and punks, he answers "we have the audience we deserve. since we come from this audience, we end up with the same people". The singer-songwriter explains what "the zone" represents in his texts: the suburb from which they originate.
Au lendemain des attentats new-yorkais, retour sur le détournement de l'Airbus d'Air France en provenance d'Alger, le 23 décembre 1994, par des terroristes du Groupe Islamique Armé (GIA), et l'assaut donné sur l'aéroport de Marseille-Marignane par les hommes du GIGN. Les Renseignements français de l'époque avaient en effet découvert que c'était en fait à l'origine une opération-suicide qui visait Paris, avec notamment le but ultime des terroristes d'écraser l'avion sur la tour Eiffel. Témoignage d'Edouard Balladur (Premier ministre à l'époque des faits) : "L'objectif des terroristes était d'atteindre Paris et la tour Eiffel... C'est pourquoi j'ai pris toutes les mesures pour contraindre l'avion à atterrir à Marignane..."
In the Jura, meeting with Monsieur SIMONET, a sabotier who still makes wooden toys in his workshop at Christmas Eve. He talks about his job and his techniques and expresses his nostalgia for the past: "... we were quieter then than now, life was not the same... especially young people, now they have the cinema or the theatre...".
The English developed an ersatz of foie gras obtained without gavage which they called "false fat". This new product is not very well received in the Landes by the protagonists of the traditional foie gras industry. A French chef officiating in London, Pascal Aussignac, has little taste of the taste qualities of this product, while Marie-Pierre Pé, in charge of communication at the Comité interprofessionnel du foie gras, questions the poor communication quality of these English producers. Finally, a microsidewalk made with Landais and the reaction of a restaurateur of Dutch origin, Marcel Van Der Sluis, lover of real foie gras, do not bode well for the future of this new product in the Southwest.
The INA Galaxy 
