On the occasion of the opening of the Foire de Paris, Porte de Versailles, this report proposes a florilège of inventions presented at the Lépine competition. Commentary on factual images and interviews with inventors, Jacques PITOUX, Paul CHARMET and Claude DUMAS.
The Paris Fair that opens today celebrates its 100th anniversary and its success has never been denied during this century. Generations of French people have discovered electrical appliances, DIY, decoration or even good local products. Commentary on factual and archival images (INA), visitors micro-sidewalk and interviews Jacques DUTERTRE (exhibitor since 1954) and Arévalo PEDRO (Ecuadorian exhibitor since 1990).
This report at the Paris Fair presents the latest inventions from the famous Lépine competition. The comment on factual images alternates with the interviews of inventors: Michel COHOU (leather goods), Fabrice LEBLAT (carpenter) and Mohamed EL OUERTANI (plasturgist).
It is well known, the value does not wait for the number of years. Ludovic CHOPINEAU, 13, winner of the recent Salon des jeunes inventeurs de Monts en Indre-et-Loire, is currently taking part in the famous Lépine competition. Ludovic CHOPINEAU has developed a fire detection system. Comment on factual images and interviews of the person concerned and his father.
Report on the Paris Fair (exhibition centre of the Porte de Versailles) and in particular on the domestic innovations presented there. Comment on factual images and interview David DE LATOUR, by Miele.
Reportage on the famous Lépine contest organized on the occasion of the Paris Fair (exhibition park of the Porte de Versailles). Back in archive images on objects that have become indispensable of the daily life and zoom on the inventions of 2016. Commentary on factual images and archives (INA) and interviews with Benjamin BUSSON, inventions designer, and Daniel GIBERSTEIN, president of "Finish Line".
Reportage at the Foire de Paris (Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles) on the flagship innovation of the famous Lépine competition, a simplified computer for elderly people named Maguy. Comment on factual images and interviews of users and engineer, Fabrice GUIRAUD.
Report on the 100th anniversary of the Paris Fair. Comment on factual images and archives alternating with the interview of Marie-José POST, director of the Paris Fair.
Portrait of Claude DUMAS, a cabinetmaker who dedicates his life to the search for inventions, from the craziest to the most original. He has been awarded several times in the Lépine competition, and is always after funding. The comment on factual images alternates with the interview of the interested person who presents some of his finds gathered in a room filled with bric and broc: the bed lullaby, the living wall, the retractable staircase (which received the Grand Prize of the 1992 Lépine competition), etc.
The Paris Fair, at the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles, welcomes the winners of the Lépine competition: the inventors present their findings. A comment on factual images alternate with interviews of Michel COHOU, Sophie BOURIEZ of HAUTECLOQUE, and Yann PAVIE, inventors (card holder, square, umbrella).
The Paris Fair celebrates its 100th anniversary. Comment on factual images and archives (INA) and interview Marie-José POST (director of the Paris Fair).
Reportage devoted to the famous Lépine contest that takes place during the Fair of Paris and which rewards the best inventions. A micro-sidewalk alternates with a comment on factual images and interviews of Didier CLEMENT (inventor) and Philippe GOIRE (idem, armchair "Boxway").
Presentation of the latest innovations exhibited at the Foire de Paris (Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles), as part of the famous Lépine competition: dishwasher with two independent blocks, remote controlled wine cellar, but also "sex toys". Comment on factual images, alternating with interviews of inventors Ludovic PICON, Euro Cave, and Delphine GAUDY, Dollhous and Miss Trendy.
A large nocturnal parade and a costume ball marked the start of the 78th Paris Fair, in a reconstituted Palais-Royal, which this year marries the cause of the Bicentennial of the Revolution. Comment on factual images and interview Jeane MANSON (singer). Yoba GREGOIRE stage.