A television documentary directed by Marcel Ophüls examining the Munich Conference of September 28, 1938, when European leaders met to avert the outbreak of war. Through archival documents and interviews, the film reconstructs the political atmosphere surrounding negotiations between Britain and France on one side and Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on the other, situating the agreement within the broader context of European appeasement in the face of fascism.

In this corner of the Vendée, the inhabitants still remember the troubled times of the Revolution of 1789. Today, the social classes clash in a very muffled conflict. Head for the village of Mouchamps, to meet its villagers who talk about their region, their customs and their life...

A documentary about the French army : history, politics and function in today's society.

A documentary about the French army : history, politics and function in today's society.

A 1965 segment from a French television program "Seize millions de jeunes" which takes a look at the mod movement in the United Kingdom, and includes performances by the Who at the Marquee Club in London’s West End, as well as an interview with Pete Townshend.

A 1965 segment from a French television program "Seize millions de jeunes" which takes a look at the mod movement in the United Kingdom, and includes performances by the Who at the Marquee Club in London’s West End, as well as an interview with Pete Townshend.

This almost 8 hour humongous 1973 documentary by two of the filmmakers who made The Sorrow and the Pity recounts fifty years of the history of France from the 1920s to 1972. It is particularly thorough in documenting the significance and rise to power of Charles De Gaulle. The film's most valuable contributions are its interviews with all sorts of people who lived through this period of history, from Marshall Petain's lawyer (Petain headed the Vichy government of occupied France) to resistance figures, and Frenchmen who fought on the side of the Nazis in Russia.

An experimental, early form of "docufiction," 'Bruno' follows a young (and fictional) graduate of Philosophy who is confronted with his lack of concrete professional qualification during a job search, including several interviews with real job recruiters. Presented as part of the French news magazine program "Seize millions de jeunes."