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"L'histoire au scalpel" (History under the Scalpel) is a French documentary series, notably broadcast on France 5 and Histoire TV, in which the forensic doctor and anthropologist Philippe Charlier uses modern scientific methods to investigate historical mysteries. By examining the relics and bodies of historical figures such as Napoleon, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, or Saint Louis, he seeks to elucidate the causes of their death, the diseases they suffered from, or to authenticate objects.

This is the story of one of Europe's biggest migrations; one of people fleeing poverty or persecution and hoping for a better life. German-speaking people descended the Rhine and Danube rivers, from the 17th century until the end of the First World War, and settled in America, Eastern Europe, Russia and Africa.

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Trains, planes or maritime travel – innumerable travellers use these junctions that catapult them to new adventures every day. What kind of planning and logistics are necessary to make the commute, the flight, the trip of millions and millions of individuals possible at all? What goes on behind the scenes to insure that everyone gets where they need to go in a timely manner? Giant Hubs will take the viewer behind the scenes of this almost impossible endeavour and find answers to these and to a lot more questions.

Faster, lighter, and easier to handle than its predecessors, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is filled with revolutionary technologies. With a powerful, fuel-efficient motor, interactive cabin windows, and superior aerodynamics, the 787 combines human genius and technological innovation. This film takes you behind the scenes to discover the secrets of one of the most advanced airplanes in the world.

The making of the Paris 2024 opening ceremony.

From the beginning of the Middle Ages, castles have imposed themselves as symbols of power. Over time, France will cover itself with fortresses built according to almost identical plans. It was in the 12th and 13th centuries that castles took their typical form and truly knew their golden age! Their architecture will freeze for eternity the very image of these medieval buildings. How to explain this prosperous period? What technologies did the architects of the Middle Ages deploy to accomplish such monumental works? To better understand it, we will follow a group of medieval history enthusiasts. Together, they imagined a crazy project: to build a real fortified castle using the methods of the 13th century. Through this titanic challenge, this documentary finally pierces the mysteries of the great builders of History.

This series gives a new life to silent archives. It shed new light on WWII and the preceding years by revealing what the masters of the Reich and their acolytes were really saying to each other while being filmed, thinking no one could hear them. Surprising or trivial, mundane or astonishing, their words now deciphered give a new perspective on these historical archives and get us closer to the harsh reality of these tragic days.

Ballroom immerses us in the LGBTQIA+ and racialized community of Greater Paris, united around ballroom culture. We follow the daily lives of young adults from the House of Revlon, each facing challenges that strongly reflect the societal issues of 21st-century France. Hybrid heroes, navigating the edge between marginalization and stardom.

A poetic journey through the world of images—those of today, yesterday, and tomorrow—exploring its trends, techniques, challenges, research, secrets, dangers, obsessions, and allure.

The documentary series "Travail, salaire, profit" (work, salary, profit) takes us into the mysteries of the global economy, which is often too opaque to grasp all the ins and outs. Gérard Mordillat and Bertrand Rothé interview 21 researchers from around the world - economists, sociologists, historians, anthropologists, philosophers - on the fundamental concepts of the economy: work, employment, wages, capital, profit and the market.

More than 50 million years ago, the ancestors of the Whales and other Cetaceans adapted to living in the ocean. This might seem like a backward step: how could a mammal breathe, give birth, suckle its young, sleep and feed underwater? Nonetheless, they succeeded in conquering the depths of the whole planet. To survive, they developed mysterious means of communication and new hunting techniques.