Le maquis du Vercors fut pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un haut lieu d'organisation de la résistance en France. Ici, trois maquisards racontent leur emploi dans cette organisation, entre constitution de groupes de combattants et création de faux papiers.
Le général François Huet, à l'époque 3ème chef militaire du maquis du Vercors, détaille les différentes phases de l'attaque de l'armée allemande contre le massif du Vercors, en juillet 1944.
Interviewé, Pierre Dalloz, un des membres fondateurs du maquis du Vercors pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en France, revient sur la genèse du maquis : "Le Vercors était un refuge d'ouvriers qui désiraient se soustraire au travail obligatoire en Allemagne".
During the Second World War, in France, several hypotheses had been explored at the time of the creation of the Vercors maquis on its use. Originally it housed refractories at the STO (Service du Travail Obligatoire). Interviewed, General Le Ray, presents here the first hypothesis.
During the Second World War, in France, several hypotheses had been explored at the time of the creation of the Vercors maquis, on its use. Originally, it housed refractories at the STO (Service du Travail Obligatoire). Interviewed, General Le Ray, presents here the third of these hypotheses.
The massis du Vercors was a mecca of resistance to the German occupation during the Second World War. Back on this part of this story with the testimony of three former guerrillas, Jean Drevet, Geneviève Gayet and Marc Ferrot.
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en France, la résistance à l'occupation allemande s'est organisée en partie dans la massif du Vercors. Lors de l'attaque allemande du lieu en juillet 1944, le hameau de Valchevrière fût entièrement détruit. Retour sur cette histoire avec l'un des maquisard, témoin et acteur, Robert Pitoulard.
Jackie KENNEDY introduces herself (in perfect French) to the French, interviewed by Etienne LALOU, at her home, in her residence in Massachusetts. She is of French origin (maiden name Jacqueline Bouvier), her family arrived in the United States in the 18th century. She studied in France at the Sorbonne in comparative literature and political science, and apparently has an excellent memory of it: "I have a 2 and a half year old daughter, Caroline, I sometimes speak French to her but she can only sing for the moment"Brother Jacques" in French, but she will continue to learn..."
The Great Black March on Washington, led by Pastor Martin Luther KING, on August 28, 1963, gathered 200,000 protesters. This march to demand equal rights between whites and blacks, channeled by federal forces, crosses Washington to arrive at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial with strong banners and signs singing the anthem "We shall overcome!" ("We shall conquer!").
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Reverend Martin Luther KING, a nonviolent black civil rights activist in the United States. Comments on archival images and excerpt from a statement in which he speaks French.
Report dedicated to the Isidor and Ida Strauss Public Primary School, located in the East district of Harlem. It is a kind of test school where Puerto Rican, white and black students receive a good education and rub shoulders without difficulty. The school principal, interviewed in French, says that the question of skin color never arises between black and white children.
In the United States, the Civil Rights Act was passed in July 1964, in the form given to it by President Kennedy. The journalist Milton VIORST, interviewed by Jacques SALLEBERT, believes that with this law, "the movement of the equality of the blacks is launched, but will not succeed for a very long time". For him, the most important thing is that it will now prohibit black people from being driven out of public places, as was often done before.
In April 1963, blacks demonstrated in the segregationist city of Birmingham (Alabama), demanding equal rights between blacks and whites. These demonstrations were violently repressed by the police.
In the United States, the Civil Rights Act was passed in July 1964, in the form given to it by President Kennedy. According to the journalist Milton VIORST, interviewed by Jacques SALLEBERT, it is an important event, which warns the segregationists, and especially the States of the South, that the government of the States-Unis is firmly committed to supporting civil rights and racial equality movements.
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the landing of Provence in August 1944, return on the role played by the women in this landing in the bay of St Tropez through the testimony of Georgette Aubignac, lieutenant of transmissions in 1944, she expresses her "immense emotion. The Marseillaise has sprung, extraordinary. The English were worried, they had landed at Omaha Beach. "The welcome at Cogolin was overwhelming. Transmissions were provided by women, a minor but essential task.". Images of posters enlisting women in the female corps of transmissions.
Five American D-Day veterans from Provence are looking to redo their parachute jump fifty years later. As a safety measure, they will finally jump at sea assisted by General Piquenal. Accelerated sports preparations of veterans. Interview Jean-Pierre AZUR having refused their initiative for security reasons, of Colonel BLAKE, British parachutist confirming that the Provençal ground is too hard for "old" and testimonies of veterans.
On August 15, 1944, two months after Normandy, 450,000 soldiers landed on the coast of Provence.. Among them was Pierre Velsch, aged 18 at the time. He was one of the first to set foot on the beaches of Var with his comrades of the commandos of Africa. Meeting with Pierre Velsh, one of the last veterans on the occasion of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Landing of Provence. Interview with Pierre Velsch, Veteran of the landing in Provence, voluntarily hired against the advice of his father, showing the beach where they should have landed and his son Richard Velsch The interview alternates with INA archive images.
On the occasion of the official ceremonies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the landing of Provence on August 15, 1944, met and testimonies of veterans of former French colonies mobilized during the Second World War from Africa, of North Africa and Indochina and the French Antilles.
Interview at home with the writer and poet Paul Géraldy, he evokes the memory of the Second World War and in particular this "grandiose and magical" moment of the landing of Provence, perched on the roof of his house, the reception of the staff in his house and the donation of his car during the war.