Arte - Mysteries in the Archives Series 2 (2010) Part 1 1936 The Lindbergh Case

Mysteries in the archives, ten investigations into ten events of the twentieth century that have marked our memory and our imagination. In the French series, we learn about the historical events of the 20th century by closely investigating archive films. Who is in the picture, who is missing? Why was the camera pointed right here? Who is sitting next to whom? The “Mysteries in the Archives” series takes us to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth and the Khmer Rouge camps, the occupation of Saigon and a Tour de France. We follow John F. Kennedy's visit to Berlin as well as the funeral a few months later, and we learn about the Shah's celebrations at ancient Persepolis and de Gaulle's scandalous speech in Quebec. By looking at the pictures again and more closely, the series reveals how history has been processed, told and manipulated in the pictures. Each image is carefully studied and analyzed until its secrets are revealed. The series explores the power of pictures to tell otherwise. It raises the question do we see what we know or can we know more with the help of the image? “Mysteries in the Archives” is a collection aiming to uncover and rediscover known or unpublished images that bear witness to our history. The audiovisual document becomes a piece of evidence that it is up to us to question, to make people talk. The image is scrutinized, dissected, and often, Mysteries in the Archives takes our gaze away from what the camera operator had seen or expected. Each episode is constructed as an investigation. Some are about cheerful and amusing topics, others are about more solemn, momentous events. Serge Viallet, a true detective of the image, reveals a multitude of new elements and significant anecdotes hidden behind the story as it was shown to us in cinemas and then on television. Meticulous investigations are undertaken - film is rummaged, sifted through and sorted, examined frame by frame and analyzed until it finally reveals its secrets. This collection includes all 10 episodes of season 2.

Part 1 1936 The Lindbergh Case

From 1934 to 1936, the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German illegal immigrant accused of the murder of the young son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, unleashed passions. On April 3, 1936, 52 people, including several journalists, attended the execution of the German-born Bruno Hauptmann. He had been sentenced to death in the electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Augustus, the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh. The abduction of Lindbergh's child was named a crime of the century, and the press effectively convicted the accused before trial. Hauptmann himself swore his innocence to the end. Following this lawsuit, news cameras were evicted from American courtrooms for years. How did the press make this case the “Trial of the Century” and what impact has it had on the course of justice?

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