SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC 2026

You are welcome to meet GP archives team at Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle – June 22-24 – Stand C9.

THE FIRST AIR TRAVEL TROUGHOUT EUROPE

GP archives is proud to share that the digital restoration of ‘The First Aerial Journey Across Europe Ever Filmed’, a Gaumont production dated 1922, has been shortlisted for a Focal International Award in the Best Archive Restoration and Preservation Project category. Impatiently expected by numerous experts and professionals of both the film and aerial communities, ‘The First Aerial Journey Across Europe Ever Filmed’ is known as the first film ever featuring an intercontinental air ...

FRANCE, PARIS. THE STRIKE. STRIKERS, POPULAR FRONT.

Between elections and brass bands, popular dances, strikes and demands, ninety years ago, to the sound of the accordion, the Popular Front was re‑enchanting the everyday lives of the French.

MAY 1ST!

GP ARCHIVES TEAM WISHES YOU A HAPPY MAY 1ST!

CLOSURE OF BROTHELS

If Marthe Richard has left her mark on her era thanks to the law she helped pass 80 years ago, did you know that she was also a spy and a female aviator ? Find out more in this 1934 Pathé "Talking News".

OUTSIDE THE WALLS

While the Centre Pompidou is undergoing a makeover, its programming continues beyond its walls. From June to December 2025, the legendary couple Nikki de St Phalle and Jean Tinguely will be honored at the Grand Palais, filmed here by Pathé in 1961. (Ref: 1961 33 2)

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