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The night watchman of Turckheim

Publication date 09/02/1969 From €100.00

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In 1969, in the heart of Alsace, the last night watchman of France makes every evening his round in the streets of the medieval village of Turckheim. Dressed in a traditional costume, carrying in one hand a halberd and in the other a lantern, he sang the curfew part of the night.

Lightkeeper in Ouessant

Publication date 11/01/1977 From €100.00

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Meeting with a lighthouse keeper in Ouessant. He talks about his responsibility, "Everything must work, always, never be broken down". He then described his duties: day and night shifts, weather observations, monitoring the beacon and providing radio calls and equipment maintenance.

The Bervères Igniter

Publication date 24/01/1964 From €100.00

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Silent document on a lamp igniter. He moves with his bike and ladder, then lights a street lamp.

The lighthouse keeper of Saint Philibert in Morbihan

Publication date 25/07/1964 From €100.00

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Meeting with Mademoiselle Le BAIL, lighthouse keeper in Saint Philibert, Morbihan, for 39 years. She explains her passion for her profession and its developments, including lighting techniques. She also started smoking during her night rounds to monitor the lighting of the lighthouse.

The oldest lace-makers of Fraisnes-en-Saintois

Publication date 20/09/1973 From €100.00

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Meeting with Germaine Thierry, the dean of lace-makers at Fraines-en-Saintois in Lorraine. It explains how it carries out its work. With humour, she shows her "window" (the medium used to carry out her work), where she put her purse and the mail of her lovers.

The last blacksmith of Genouillé in Vienna

Publication date 15/02/1966 From €100.00

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Meeting with the last blacksmith of Genouillé, in Vienna. After having ironed a horse’s hoof, he explains that he is going into retreat but that no one will succeed him. He remains hopeful that his forge can continue to run.

Coalminer

Publication date 20/02/1965 From €100.00

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In Paris, an Auvergnate charcoal-man, tells how he started his trade, on pictures of charcoal-men loading bags on a cart with arms in front of a café-charbon.

Carrier

Publication date 31/05/1970 From €100.00

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Humorous micro-sidewalk of porters on foot in the streets of Paris.

Lampist

Publication date 30/01/1965 From €100.00

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Gare du Nord, a lampist arrives on a platform in an electric cart and removes the falots (lanterns) from the rear of a car. Off, comment by a manager on the essential role of each SNCF agent.

Night Barrier Guard

Publication date 01/05/1968 From €100.00

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A barrier guard who only works at night tells the story of his evenings punctuated by the crossing’s gate openings and closures.

Barrier guard

Publication date 01/05/1968 From €100.00

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Audible signal, the crossing is closed manually by a barrier guard before the train passes, and the barrier is reopened. This is the daily life of two barrier guards who, during a knitting break in the shade, confide to get along well.

The work of plough

Publication date 10/01/1970 From €100.00

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In the forge of M. Charbonnier, one of the last carts in Corrèze, various phases of manufacture of a cartwheel.

The passion of old-fashioned ironing

Publication date 09/02/1995 From €100.00

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Portrait of Marie Louise Moqueur last old-fashioned ironing machine in Paris for 30 years. To iron, she uses only gas-heated cast iron and is unfamiliar with steam iron. She speaks passionately about her job.

Laundrier for 60 years

Publication date 02/09/1975 From €100.00

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In the last Parisian laundromat, a laundress said she had been coming to the laundromat for more than 60 years.

Plumassière

Publication date 01/01/1974 From €100.00

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Jaqueline Bisset has a rare profession in Paris.

Les dernières poinçonneuses du métro

Publication date 25/02/1972 From €100.00

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Des poinçonneuses de tickets, dans le métro parisien, parlent de leur métier en voie de disparition.

Laundriers at the wash house

Publication date 02/09/1975 From €100.00

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Evocation of the job of laundress in the last Parisian wash house.

Last small jobs: the pain remover

Publication date 06/12/1966 From €100.00

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Report on the latest street grinders, knives, scissors and other sharp tools.

Weavers and hawkers

Publication date 02/02/1965 From €100.00

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In Finistère, evocation of the tradition of the loom of weaver and peddler. Finished the golden age of making cloths to rig ships, but hemp and flax are still used. In Brennilis, a peddler goes to a customer to sell these fabrics sought after for their qualities.

Sabotier

Publication date 23/01/1964 From €100.00

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Report on the work of a sabotier in Peyrehorade (Landes) who has converted into an art sabotier. Different stages of making an ornamental hoof. Mr LABARTHE is proud to show his various diplomas, including that of Meilleur ouvrier de France.

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