Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu June 2005

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Media Collections:
France

This guide is a browsing aid to selected titles in the video/DVD collections at Rutgers Libraries. The most up-to-date, accurate, and complete information regarding the libraries' holdings is available only through IRIS, our online catalog.

A 14th-century Easter matins with The harrowing of hell and Visit to the sepulchre

[Pt 1.] 14-th century Easter matins / directed and edited by Andrew Hughes -- [pt. 2] Harrowing of hell / directed and edited by Andrew Hughes -- Visit to the sepulchre / directed by David Klausner from an edition by Susan Rankin: Medieval videos collectionIncludes a complete monastic Easter matins service, and the liturgical dramas The harrowing of Hell and The visitation to the sepulchre, written for the Benedictine nuns of Origny-Ste-Benoite in the 14th century, and performed in a liturgical setting.

1 videocassette (ca. 61 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-929

The Battle of Poitiers 733

Shows and tells how Charles Martel led the Franks to victory over the Muslim invaders of southwestern France, led by Ábd-ar-Rahm-an, in the Battle of Poitiers, sometimes called the Battle of Tours, in 732. This decisive battle is placed in the context of the time, place and opposing peoples.

1 videocassette (32 min.) : 1990

MEDIA 2-1636

Books and kings

This program was filmed at the French National Library where, for the first time, the public was permitted to view the rarest and most beautiful works from its ancient book collection.

1 videocassette (45 min.) : 1999

DANA 1825

Cathedral

Combines location sequences and animation to show the building of a Gothic cathedral. Begins with a tour of Chartres, Reims, Amiens, Bourges, Beauvais, Notre Dame de Paris, Laon, and the Royal Abbey Church of St. Denis. Discusses life in the medieval era and how churches were a center of life.

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : 1995

DANA 1533

Cezanne the man and the mountain

"This portrait of Cezanne revolves around the central theme of his painting: his fascination with nature and his love-hate relationship with his birthplace, Aix-en-Provence, most specifically the nearby mountain, Sainte Victoire, which he painted repeatedly throughout his life. Richly illustrated with his paintings, and with views of the countryside, the story opens with the artist at 67, at odds with both peers and critics, and traces Cezanne's career to his final recognition as the 'father of modern painting'."--Container.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1985

DANA 756

The children of Chabannes

A tale of courage, resilence and love set during WWII, "The Children of Chabannes" tells the story of how the people of Chabannes, a tiny village in unoccupied France, chose action over indifference and saved the lives of 400 Jewish refugee children ... but this oasis of hope is shattered in August of 1942, when the war reaches the doorsteps of the chateau where the children lived.

1 videocassette (92 min.) 1999

MEDIA 2-6706

Chocolat

When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitudes begin to change.

1 videocassette (ca. 122 min.) : 2001

DANA 1650

Chocolat

A young woman returns to Cameroon to trace her past in this enthralling depiction of a family's struggle during the final years of French colonialism in Africa that takes a profound look at the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society.

1 videodisc (106 min.) : 2001

MEDIA 10-83

Christo in Paris

Chronicles the struggle of the artist, Christo, to gain permission to wrap the Pont-Neuf in fabric for fourteen days. Shows the bridge as it was being wrapped and the reactions and dialog it inspired as a finished work of art.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1990

DANA 881

Chronique d'un ete Chronicle of a summer

A documentary film crew asks the people of Paris if they are happy.

1 videocassette (90 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-2379

Comment ca va?

1 videocassette (78 min.) : 1995

DANA 489

Constance of Rabastens

"An illiterate common woman, Constance of Rabastens' visions of the apocalypse and prophecies of the coming of the Antichrist resulted in her imprisonment at the hands of the Inquisition and the Archbishop of Toulouse"--Container.

1 videocassette (24 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5043

Le Corbusier

Deals with the life and works of the architect Le Corbusier. Explains his revolutionary ideas on architecture and urban renewal and shows their practical application in his most important buildings in Europe and Asia.

1 videocassette (46 min.) : 1986

MEDIA 2-1953

Le Corbusier Villa Savoye

Presents a detailed study of Villa Savoye, designed by Le Corbusier. Discusses many ideas and themes used by the architect in his work.

1 videocassette (25 min.) : 1975

MEDIA 2-3067

Crusades

"The Third Crusade added the names of Richard 'the Lionheart' and Phillip of France to the roster of holy warriors, and Terry Jones examines the reality behind the legends of their noble deeds. The Fourth and final Crusade, launched as a commercial operation, sacked and looted Constantinople, the Christian city that originally inspired the holy movement."--Container.

1 videocassette (50 mins.) : 1995

MEDIA 2-3504

D-Day

This film "is told through the voices of people who participated in the planning and execution of the invasion, and in the battle for the Normandy beaches. This documentary recounts the invasion in human terms, as a struggle between good and evil, hope and despair, and life and death. Their stories and voices, edited from over 100 hours of interviews, are woven together with footage and photographs from American, British, and German archives"--Container.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1994

MEDIA 2-4045

Danton

Historical drama portraying the aftermath of the French Revolution. The new Republic is in disarray, threatened by the dictatorship and "Reign of Terror" brought about by Robespierre, when Georges Danton, the popular revolutionary hero returns to Paris to plead with the people for an end to the bloodshed. What begins as a public cause soon turns into a personal conflict between Danton and Robespierre and Robespierre subsequently has Danton arrested for treason and condemned to the guillotine.

1 videocassette (VHS) (136 min.) : 1984

MEDIA 2-231

The Days of our years

A documentary written from the perspective of France that covers major world events of the first 50 years of the 20th century. Highlights include rare footage of 1900's Paris, attempts at air, sea and polar exploration, rare footage of artists including Renoir, Picasso, Shaw, Rodin, Sartre, Matisse and Colette. Includes the Paris Expositions of 1900 and 1937, films of World War I and World War II, the women's suffrage movement, and major figures in the world of art, sports, religion and government.

1 videocassette (72 min.) : 199

MEDIA 2-2834

De Bende van Rouch Rouch's gang

Follows the film crew of "Madame l'Eau" and provides a glimpse behind the scenes as director Jean Rouch and his four friends from Niger make their film. This outsider's view of "Madame l'Eau" provides insight into how Rouch approaches his films. In most of his films, Jean Rouch has used his four African friends; Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia and Tallou Mouzourane as actors and Moussa Hamidou as sound man. Rouch has been their friend for more than forty years and this complex bond of friendship serves as the theme for this documentary.

1 videocassette (70 min.) : 1998

MEDIA 2-3868

De Gaulle and France

Cassette 1. Hour one: A vision of France -- Hour two: Return of the general -- cassette 2. Hour three: Challenging the worldA portrait in three parts of Charles de Gaulle, the French military officer, politician, statesman and chronicler of history. Combines rare archival footage and interviews with people whose lives intersected his.

2 videocassettes (180 min.) : 1992

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-1860 cassette 1 2-1861 cassette 2

Degas, the unquiet spirit the life and art of Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

A profile of the life and work of Edgar Degas, a complex man and an unorthodox artist. He dared to show women as real people engaged in unglamourous activities. Includes many originals and a private collection of his fragile and rarely viewed sculptures.

1 videocassette (65 min.) : 1980

DANA 1489

Dream of the wild horses (Le songe des chevaux sauvages.) [Motion picture]

A cinematic poem which uses slow motion and soft focus camera to evoke the wild horses of the Camargue District of France, showing them as they roam on the beach.

9 min. sd. col. 16 mm 1962

MEDIA 1-26

Emitai

Dramatically depicts the confrontation and resistance that ensued between the French colonial goverment and the Diola people in Senegal. The colonial goverment's conscription of young Diola men to fight for France in World War II and their demand for food from the women and old men set the stage for the clash between the Diola and the French.

1 videocassette (105 min.) : 1971?

MEDIA 2-2220

Europe goes nuclear

Pt.1. Britain and France, 1945-1968 -- pt.2. West Germany and NATO, 1950-1967. During the 1950s and 1960s NATO ministers agreed to rely more on nuclear strength to defend the continent. The motivations of Great Britain and France to pursue independent nuclear forces and to rearm West Germany are examined.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-790

France, 1904-1912 the enemy below

Examines the appeal of early French cinema to the working class audience and the populist themes that dominated the earliest films. Shows how bourgeois values found their way into popular cinema only with the devistataions of the First World War.

1 videocassette (26 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-675

France (Central)

Features performances of traditional folk dancing from central France, with commentary by the directors of the performing groups.

1 videocassette (50 min.) : 1988

DOUGLASS 175

François Truffaut, 25 years, 25 films

"Once the most influential critic of the French New Wave, Francois Truffaut became a brilliant, prolific, and uncompromising director, creating 25 films in 25 years.... This documentary package ... is a multi-feature tribute that includes Truffaut's rare 1957 film, Les Mistons, which foreshadowed The 400 Blows."--Container.

1 videodisc (90 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 7-89

Frantz Fanon

Depicts the life of Frantz Fanon from his birth in 1925, in Martinique, his medical training in France and his disillusionment which resulted in Black Skin, White Mask which was recognized as a bible of the decolonization movement. Includes interviews with family members, friends and colleagues.

1 videocassette (50 min.) : 1995

DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 608 2-2617 2-3281

Gardens of France Ile-de-France

A tour of some of France's most beautiful gardens with a discussion of development and significance.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1995

DOUGLASS 203

George Méliès cinema magician

Méliès was the first cinema genius, a professional magician who realized that the movies offered the best illusion machine ever. His were the original horror/sci-fi/fantasy films.

1 videocassette (27 min.) : 1978

MEDIA 2-1197

Gertrude Stein when this you see, remember me

Portrays events in the life of Gertrude Stein--hostess, art collector, friend of famous artists, and self-proclaimed genius--in Paris in the early twentieth century, using the author's words and the words of her friends to present a portrait of the woman.

3 videocassettes (90 min.) : 1989?

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2031 cassette 1 2-2032 cassette 2 2-2033 cassette 3

Godzilla meets Mona Lisa

Pt 1. The Monster -- pt 2. The LadyLooks at the architecture of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and its unconventional approach to art display. Parisiens and tourists voice favorable and unfavorable opinions as they are shown viewing the museum's modern art collection.

1 film reel (57 min.) : 1983

MEDIA 4-539

Golden oldies

Contains 103 of the funniest and most imaginative foreign television commercials from England, France, Germany, Sweden, Argentina, Canada, Denmark, etc. Vol. 1 (46 min.) covers the years 1968-1980; vol. 2 (54 min.) covers from 1981-1989. Vol. 1 includes the famous "boy in the bathtub" Shiseido soap spot from Japan.

2 videocassettes (100 min.) : 1992?

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2771 cassette 1 2-2772 cassette 2

Henri Cartier-Bresson point d'interrogation

Documentary about photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, including footage of him in his Paris and Provence homes and many stills of his works. He talks about his passion for drawing, offers his opinion on different types of photography and shares photos of himself.

1 videocassette (37 min.) : 1998

DANA 1501

Hommage à la danse baroque

La bourgogne -- Bourrée d'Achille -- Aimable vainqueur -- L'allemande -- Menuet d'Alcide -- La contredanse [a2] -- The favorite -- Sung gavotte (L'Affilard) -- La mariée -- Gigue de Roland -- The gavot -- Le passepied -- La forlane -- Rigaudon des Vaisseaux -- La Savoye -- Menuet à 4 -- Sarabande pour femme -- A contredansePresents a performance by a group of music students from the Dept. of Music at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The performances were a class project by members of a seminar entitled Baroque Dance for musicians. Baroque music of the late 17th and 18th centuries from France and England are both played and danced by the same group of students taking turns playing instruments and dancing. Choreography of the period has been carefully studied and reproduced and the students do a variety of dances solo, in pairs, or in groups, dressed in period costumes. The program is gracefully woven together with the reading of a long 18th century poem entitled The Art of Dancing, by Soame Jenyns.

1 videocassette (56 min.) : 1991

MUSIC 309

Hotel Terminus the life and times of Klaus Barbie

This award winning documentary covers more than 70 years, 3 continents, and 120 hours of interviews as it explores the disappearance of and subsequent 40-year hunt for Klaus Barbie, chief of Gestapo Dept. IV in Lyon, France, 1942-1944.

2 videocassettes (267 min.) : 1995

DANA. DANA 452 cassette 1 452 cassette 2

In a brilliant light Van Gogh in Arles

A biographical film on Vincent van Gogh and his prolific production of 200 paintings and 100 drawings during the short period of 10 years when he was an artist, focusing on his life in Arles, France.

1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1984

DANA 735

The Internationale

Using rare archival footage and interviews with historians, musicians and activists, this film tells the story of this 100-year-old anthem of the oppressed and exploited, and celebrates the relationship between music and social change.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5716

The jeweled city

This program offers a narrated tour of the cathedral, along with a historical portrait of the political and religious fervor of the medieval architects who saw it through to completion.

1 videocassette (50 min.) : 1998

MEDIA 2-2465

Joan of Arc

Brief biography of the legendary Jeanne d'Arc, the 15th century French peasant girl who became a soldier and martyr.

1 videocassette (11 min.) : MEDIA 2-3432

Joan the maid -- the battles

Tells the story of Joan of Arc recorded in meticulous detail, relying on original court transcripts and eyewitness accounts. "The Battles," the first segment of this two-part account of her life, follows Joan from her birth in 1412 describing her early life, to her response to inner voices during battles at Orleans culminating with the defeat of the English at Tourelles.

1 videocassette (112 min.) ; 1997

MEDIA 2-5395

Joan the maid -- the prisons

The second segment in a two-part account of the life of Joan of Arc, begins in June, 1429, as Joan rejoins the Dauphin at Loches and embarks on a series of French victories over the English. But in May of the following year, Joan is captured and imprisoned. In January of 1431, the trial of Joan of Arc begins and during five months, she faces her two judges; accused of sorcery, impurity, wearing men's clothing and refusal to submit to English rule, she is condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake.

1 videocassette (116 min.) : 1997

MEDIA 2-5394

Kofi chez les Français

Focuses on Kofi Yamgnane, the first black African immigrant to be elected mayor in France, who was subsequently appointed Secretary of State for Integration under Prime Minister Edith Cresson.

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1993

MEDIA 2-3497

L'oeil de Vichy

A compilation of long forgotten film footage and newsreels, produced by the Nazis and French collaborators during World War II. From the small town of Vichy in Central France, Field Marshall Petain's puppet government worked with their Nazi overlords in creating pro-Nazi propaganda. They skillfully produced a strange alternative history of the war years in order to turn public emotion against the Allies and the Jews.

1 videocassette (110 min.) : 1993

DANA 1502

Laissez-passer Safe conduct

Set in wartime France, this film depicts life during the Nazi occupation, against the background of the French film industry. The story follows two men who struggle to maintain their integrity while working for the German controlled Continental Film Studios.

1 videocassette (163 min.) 2004

MEDIA 2-6802

The lion in winter

Queen Eleanor (Hepburn) tries to align herself with France in order to insure her eldest son's position as heir to the throne. King Henry (O'Toole) favors his youngest son for the coveted title. The sons care little for either parent, and each will stop at nothing to obtain personal power. The King and Queen's relationship is dissected as they plot, love, cheat, connive and try to politically devour each other.

1 videocassette (134 min.) : 1987

DOUGLASS. MEDIA 68 2-1730

Lumiere's first picture show

Employees leaving Lumiere Factory -- Arrival of Express at Lyons -- Friendly party in the garden of Lumiere -- Feeding the baby -- Boys sailing boats, Twilleries Garden, Paris -- The falling wall -- Baths at Milan, Italy -- French dragoonsA compilation of eight of the earliest silent film shorts produced by the Lumiere brothers.

1 film reel (14 min.) : 197

MEDIA 2-47

Man Ray films

Retour à la raison (1923, 2 min.) -- Emak Bakia (1926, 20 min.) -- L'étoile de mer (1928, 15 min.) -- Mysteres du château du Dé (1929, 25 min.) -- 10 home movies (b&w, silent): Rue Campagne-Premiere (1923-1929); Corrida (1929); Autoportrait ou Ce qui manque a nous tous (1930); Poison (1933-1935); L'Atelier du Val-de-Grace (1935); Course landaise (1937); La Garoupe (1937); Ady (1938); Dance (1938); Juliet (1940)"This videocassette includes the four films which established Man Ray as a major figure of the 1920s avant-garde cinema...as well as eleven [sic] short 'autobiographical' films"--Container.

1 videocassette (112 min.) : 1998

DANA 1471

Mémoire : des souvenirs = remembering memory

Hélène Cixous is one of the world's most intriguing modern theorists, critics, and authors. Inspired by Cixous' autobiographical writings, this intimate program explores her literary universe by tracing her genealogy, beginning with her family's immigration to colonial Algeria and ending with her own immigration to France as a teenager.

1 videocassette (54 min.) : 1997

MEDIA 2-5113

Memories of Monet

Blends views of Claude Monet's gardens at Giverny, France, with his paintings as Clare Bloom evokes the friendship between the French impressionist master and the American painter Lilla Cabot Perry.

1 videocassette (29 min.) : 1985

DANA 1287

La mer et les jours

Depicts the life of the inhabitants of the Breton Island of Sein--their devotion to the sea and the land; the dangers of fishing and maritime rescues; their everyday occupations and concerns.

1 videodisc 1961

MEDIA 10-327

Le Mont Saint-Michel et l'archange lumiere

Presents a tour of the island and cathedral of Mont St. Michel, France, showing every aspect of the structures and their unique surroundings.

1 videocassette (56 min.) : 198

DANA 184

Musée des beaux-arts de Dijon (Motion picture)

Brief review of the reign of the House of Burgundy over 14th and 15th century France, illustrated by art and artifacts of the time.

15 min. sd. color. 16 mm MEDIA 3-9

Le mystére Picasso The mystery of Picasso

Explores the mind and motivations of Pablo Picasso as he creates over fifteen works before the camera. Using a specially designed transparent 'canvas' to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera records. He begins with simple works that take shape after only a single brush stroke. He then progresses to more complex paintings, in which he repeatedly adds and removes elements, transforming the entire scene, until at last the work is complete.

1 videocassette (75 min.) : 2003

DANA 1895

Napoleon

v. 1. pt. 1. To destiny. pt. 2. Mastering luck -- v. 2. pt. 3. Summit of greatness. pt. 4. The endRecounts Napoleon's extraordinary rise from the obscurity of his Corsican childhood, his ascent to absolute power, his conquest of Europe, his final defeat at Waterloo and his final days exiled in the South Atlantic.

2 videocassettes (240 min.) : 2000

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-4348 cassette 1 2-4349 cassette 2

O saisons, o châteaux

A tour of the chateaux of the Loire district in France, accompanied by a playful text and excerpts from French poems.

1 videodisc (21 min.) 1957

MEDIA 10-329

On the move D-Day to the liberation of France

Secret preparations for the largest military invasion in history, Operation Overlord, become reality with the D-Day landings in Normandy. To consolidate their position, the Allies then launch Operation Cobra in Brittany. The invasion of southern France is next, part of Operation Dragoon.

1 videocassette (80 min.) : 1987

MEDIA 2-550

Paul Gauguin te oviri rerioa = the savage dream

"...explores the artist's obsessive search for a 'savage' alternative to his own culture, which drove him to that far point of the earth and became a critical aspect of Gauguin's art and life. Shot on location in Tahiti and the Marquesas, the film focuses on Gauguin's final years and his monumental artistic achievement during that period."--Container.

1 videocassette (45 min.) : 1988

DANA 747

Portraits volés Stolen portraits

Stolen Portraits is made up of accounts by friends, colleagues, actors and actresses, film makers and relatives commenting on the man and his work. Featured are extracts from his films, rare and unpublished photos, and archive material that will represent a new look at an extraordinary man. Highlights include clips from The 400 Blows, Stolen Kisses, The Man who Loved Women, and The Woman Next Door--Container.

1 videocassette (93 min.) : 1995

DANA 458

Realism, impressionism, and post-impressionism

Videodisc version of an episode from the Art of the Western World "adds hundreds of still pictures....Together, the motion program and The Picture Gallery of hundreds of stills offer the viewer a unique opportunity to discover the joys of Western Art's greatest treasures....The film studies the first giants of the modern age from Realism and Courbet, to Monet, Degas, Manet and Impressionism to the greats of Post-Impressionism, van Gogh, Cezanne, Seurat and Gaugin"--Container.

1 videodisc (ca. 55 min.) : 1992

MEDIA 7-60

The Roots of war ; The First Vietnam war, 1946-1954

A short history of the century during which France dominated Vietnam under the colonial tradition leads up to the rise of Ho Chi Minh. Tells how, in the last days of World War II, the tiny country was the scene of chaos, great-power rivalries, and a power vacuum.

1 videocassette (120 min.) ; 1987

MEDIA 2-575

Rouch in reverse

French ethnologist/filmmaker, Jean Rouch discusses his work with Manthia Diawara. Includes a cross-section of Rouch's work with clips from his documentary Les Maitres Fous, his cinema verite classic, Chronique D'ete, and his pioneering masterpiece Moi, Un Noir (Treichville). Throughout the interview Diawara places Rouch's films in the context of the on-going struggle of Africans to construct their own vision of modernity.

1 videocassette (51 min.) : 1995

MEDIA 2-3616

Salamandre chateaux of the Loire

Chapter 1. Aerial fly-bys of the eighteen chateaux -- ch. 2. Interiors (narrated walk-through) -- ch. 3. Construction history (narrated computer animation) -- ch. 4. The royal emblems (narrated computer animation) -- ch. 5. The history of the Loire Valley -- chs. 6-23. The individual chateauxFifthteenth and sixteenth-century French castles are pictured in aerial fly-bys and explained in a narrated walk-through. Some portions include computer animation.

1 laser videodisc (30 min.) : 1988

MEDIA 7-103

Samuel Beckett silence to silence

A documentary film shot on location in Dublin and France which traces the artistic life of Samuel Beckett through his prose, plays and poetry.

1 vidoecassette (81 min.) : 1986

MEDIA 2-301

Le Sang d'un poète

A surrealistic allegorical myth, full of visual symbolism and abstract effects, about an artist who sacrifices himself to his art.

1 videocassette (55 min.) : 198

DANA 336

The secret of Marcel Duchamp

This program explores the life and work of the enigmatic artist Marcel Duchamp and tells the story of his late love affair with Maria Martins, which inspired his final artwork, the Étant Donnés. In 1913, Duchamp shocked the cultural establishment when he turned everyday objects into works of art simply by adding his signature. Also includes archival footage of an interview with the artist.

1 videocassette (50 min.) : 1999

DANA 1606

Sisters in resistance

Four women reunite to reminisce about their days in the French Resistance. They recall setting up a Resistance network by establishing safehouses, disseminating underground publications to counter Nazi misinformation, and transmitting military intelligence to London. The women survived imprisonment in Ravensbrück, a Nazi women's concentration camp, and then went on to form the Association of Women Deportees and Prisoners of the Resistance. They have been recognized as French heroines, and are still passionately engaged in causes of justice.

1 videocassette (60 min.) : 2000

MEDIA 2-5714

La Sociologie est un sport de combat Sociology is a martial art

Documentary on influential sociologist Pierre Bourdieu; uses interviews, lectures, and discussions to illustrate his theories of culture.

1 videocassette (140 min.) : 2001

MEDIA 2-5903

Solzhenitsyn's children -- are making a lot of noise in Paris

A somewhat unconventional look at a serious subject -- an intellectual political movement in France that may alter the face of Communism in Europe.

1 videocassette (ca. 88 min.) : 1978

MEDIA 2-6153

The Sorrow and the pity

Examines the occupation of France by the Germans during World War II using reminiscences of individuals and officials involved in the events at the time. Concentrates on the themes of collaboration and resistance.

2 videocassettes (260 min.) : 1984

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-50 cassette 1 2-51 cassette 2

The Terror, 1793-1794

Analysis of the events leading up to the period of the Terror and its aftermath during the French Revolution.

1 videocassette (23 min.) : 1971

MEDIA D-88

Three colors Cézanne

This video analyzes the radical nature of Paul Cézanne's invention, tracing its origins in the art of the nineteenth century and work of the Old Masters, revealed all the more clearly by a broad view of his lifetime preoccupations.

1 videocassette (56 min.) : 1996

DANA 1822

U.S.S.R. 1926-1930 born yesterday

Examines early cinema and its relationship to society in six countries: Great Britain, United States, Denmark, France, Soviet Union and Germany. Each program includes excerpts from several films.

1 videocassette (26 min.) : 1989

MEDIA 2-676

Van Gogh revisited

This version was prepared for the 100th anniversary of Vincent's arrival in Arles. It presents his biography and works within the frame of different environments he chose for living, and their influences on his art.

1 videodisc : 1988

MEDIA 7-102

Vatel

The Duc de Condé's employee, François Vatel, is in charge of cooking and preparing shows for the French King Louis XIV when he visits the castle of Chantilly, owned by de Condé. If Vatel can impress the King, de Condé will gain his favors, and the destiny of France will change. While the King is visiting and three days of banquets ensue, Vatel falls in love with the King's mistress.

1 videodisc (103 min.) : 2001

MEDIA 10-119

The Western tradition

Program 39. The death of the old regime -- Program 40. The French revolution -- Program 41. The Industrial revolution -- Program 42. The industrial worldThe collapse of France as a kingdom, the French revolution and the new revolutionary state became an ideal for some Europeans, but a terrror for others. The new power sources and the production techniques started the age of industrial expansion.

1 videocassette (110 min.) : 1989

DANA. MEDIA 780 2-3156