Arte - Mysteries in the Archives Series 2 (2010) Part 6 1967 De Gaulle in Quebec

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 “Mysteries in the Archives” is a collection aiming to uncover and rediscover known or unpublished images that bear witness to our history.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 6 1967 De Gaulle in Quebec

On an official visit to Canada, four words were enough for Charles de Gaulle to provoke a diplomatic scandal “Vive le Quebec libre! ” It is July 24, 1967, just after 730 p.m. Charles de Gaulle speaks into the microphone on the balcony of the city hall of the French-speaking Canadian metropolis Montreal “Long live Quebec! Long live… free Quebec!” The statement by the French President at the time shocked the Anglo-Saxon world. De Gaulle immediately breaks off his trip to Canada and returns to Paris as quickly as possible – by plane and not by ship, as on the outward journey. Why did de Gaulle travel to Canada by sea in the first place? And why had he first stopped in the overseas territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon? But above all what was the slogan of the separatists from the Quebec region doing in a speech by the French President? And another curiosity the microphones on the balcony of Montreal City Hall had already been taken down and were only set up again shortly before de Gaulle's arrival. Calculated provocation on his part? If so, for what purpose? And what are the consequences?

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