The Global Archive Complementing the Tone of Verdun, souvenirs d'hi...

Dir: Léon Poirier

In the lands of Brière a bitter dispute broke out over the draining of marshes for brick making. An old man, Aoustin, leads the resistance and refuses to give the hand of his daughter Théotiste to a young peasant, Jeannin, who supports it.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Rama, the Cannibal Girl perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A stoker, dissatisfied with his job, escapes from his ship to an island where he lives with a native girl. Eventually he is picked up by a passing steamer.

Dir: Léon Poirier

The film tells the expedition, led by Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil and sponsored by André Citoën, leaving Beirut in Lebanon to rally China through the ancient Silk Road with half-tracks vehicles, between 1931 and 1932.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La croisière jaune perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer in the French army who became an explorer and geographer, then a Catholic monk, priest, linguist and hermit in the Hoggar desert in Algeria.

Dir: Léon Poirier

Toward the close of World War I, European railroads in Djibouti are under siege by bands of indigenous warriors, while one of the white employees falls for a mysterious woman tied to the rebels.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Call perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Léon Poirier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La voie sans disque perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

This non-fiction feature produced by the Citroen automobile company features a car which makes a trip across the African continent.

Dir: Léon Poirier

Genevieve is an orphan and lives with her younger sister Josette. She ends her marriage to an honest and respectful man. After dramatic incidents, wandering she finally manages to reach the house of her fiance's house

Dir: Léon Poirier

Dramatic re-enactment of the battle of Verdun during World War I, as seen by both French and German sides.