Photo credits

France's maiden voyage (1962)

A film by Jacques Martin-Pigeon
Collection of the Pôle Image Haute-Normandie (France)

On February 1962, amateur filmmaker Jacques Martin-Pigeon filmed the maiden voyage of the French ocean liner the "France". After leaving Le Havre, the ship arrived five days later in New-York.

Colette Vibert-Guigue caméra au poing (2006)

Photographie de Marc Rougerie
Collection Cinémathèque des Pays de Savoie et de l'Ain

Jan Ercé, réalisateur amateur

Collection Cinémathèque des Pays de Savoie et de l'Ain

Making of the french TV serie "Sébastien et la Mary-Morgane" (1970)

A film by Daniel Savoye
Collection du Pôle Image Haute-Normandie

In 1970, amateur filmmaker Daniel Savoye films the making of a French TV serie entitled "Sébastien et la Mary-Morgane" in Fécamp (Normandy). On the boat, the young protagonist Sébastien is played by Medhi El Glaoui.

The German road sign (1944)

A film by the Club des cinéastes amateurs de Malesherbes
Collection of Ciclic (France)

On August 21st 1944, after US army has arrived in Malesherbes (Loiret, France), a French man took possession of a German road sign. This image is from the film "Liberation de Malesherbes" filmed and edited in 9,5 mm by members of the local amateur film club.

Construction of a big stack in France (1957)

A film by Lucien Borcelle
Collection of Ciclic (France)

This image is from the 9.5 mm film "Harvest 1957" made by Lucien Borcelle who was a primary school teacher in the village of Manchecourt (Loiret, France). A big stack is constructed in order to preserve sheafs until the threshing.

Fotografia - The Centrum of Working Youth

A film by Václav Ševčík jr.
Collection of National Film Archive (Czech Republic)

The students of Fotografia, a photography school, are participating in a May Day parade in the town of Prostějov, probably in the beginning of 1950s. This film contains also sequences of school trips to Prague and historical places of former Czechoslovakia.

A child with a hat (c. 1950)

A film by E. Michels
Collection of the Centre national de l'audiovisuel (Luxembourg)

In the Luxembourgish countryside, Mr. Michels films a family walk in 8 mm.

Berel's Berta (c. 1950)

A film by the Amicale Strassen
Collection of the Centre national de l'audiovisuel (Luxembourg)

This image is from the film Berel's Berta, eng Geschicht aus der Letzebuerger Hemecht, a 8 mm short film made by a local organisation in Strassen (L'Amicale Strassen). The film recounts the story of a Luxembourg family who lives on a farm.

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