- 05 -242015
Discover an enhanced playlist on the special exhibition “Churchill – de Gaulle” !
Discover the exhibition Churchill – de Gaulle through our dedicated You Tube playlist, enhanced with new videos. Three new videos : Churchill the painter ; the Special Executive Operation (SOE) ; the diarist’s workshop. A […]
- 03 -172015
“One hundred years of photography in the French Armed Forces”. Third episode. The Great War in Paris.
Preserved from invasion due to the “miracle of the Marne”, Paris saw the front draw back by nearly 100 kilometres in September 1914. The capital lived on against the backdrop of an omnipresent but remote […]
- 03 -132015
“One hundred years of photography in the French Armed Forces”. Second episode. Albert Samama-Chikli, a pioneer of war cinema.
Signing up voluntarily in 1915, Albert Samama-Chikli became an operator for the army’s photographic section (SPA). Taken for documentary and image propaganda purposes, his shots — like those of all the operators in the section […]
- 03 -102015
“One hundred years of photography in the French Armed Forces. First episode. Pierre Machard: War and war wound during WWI in photographs.
Pierre Marchard began his career in the army’s photographic section (SPA) in May 1915 and produced his last report on 14 July 1919 at the victory celebrations. In other words, he worked for the section […]
- 03 -062015
New exhibition and new serial: “One hundred years of photography in the French Armed Forces”
Since February 10, 2015, the ECPA-D (the French Defense Photographic and Audiovisual Production Unit) will celebrate its Centenary with a new exhibition devoted to One Hundred Years of Photography in the Army by presenting a selection of […]
- 10 -032014
Les Invalides during the Great War, twenty second episode : 4 July 1917, celebration of Independence Day !
This photograph shows the American General Pershing walking at a brisk pace across the main courtyard of the Hôtel des Invalides on 4 July 1917. Beside him on his left, with his top hat in […]
- 09 -292014
Les Invalides during the Great War, twentieth episode : a pigeon in the main courtyard
This photograph was taken from the upper balcony, at the south-west angle of the courtyard since the sundials can be seen at the top right. The plane in the foreground is a German Taube captured […]
- 09 -222014
Les Invalides during the Great War, nineteenth episode : a trophy for a loan !
December 1917: on the cobblestones of the main courtyard of the Invalides, civilians and military climb into the front gondola of the German Zeppelin LZ.49, to subscribe to the third National Defence loan, launched in […]
- 09 -192014
Les Invalides during the Great War, eighteenth episode : Night target located !
This trophy displayed in the main courtyard in October 1915 is less well-known than the cannon, the machine guns or the aircraft. This is a German searchlight used to light up the sky during the […]
- 09 -152014
Les Invalides during the Great War, seventeenth episode : passing through the Invalides
This postcard is a montage which uses a touched up photograph: the background, where the main courtyard is recognisable with part of one of the planes displayed, was lightened to make the shell and the […]
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