Mysteries in the Archives: Series 3

History Documentary hosted by Dana Westberg, published by Arte in 2012 - English narration



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"Images tell stories, we tell the stories of images." 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?
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"Mysteries in the Archives" is a collection aiming to uncover and rediscover known or unpublished images that bear witness to our history.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 3.

Series idea & director Serge Viallet ; A Co-Production of ARTE France and INA-Institut National de l'Audiovisuel in Association with YLE Teema and RTSI-Televisione Svizzera

7)  1961 Gagarin: First Man in Space
Flaky and blurry images, which show nothing spectacular. However, the one who is filmed realizes one of the wildest dreams of the 20th century. On Wednesday, April 12, 1961, for the first time, a man traveled into space. He is a Soviet citizen; Name: Yuri Gagarin. Barely four years after the first Sputnik satellite was put into orbit, the cosmonaut's exploit confirms the lead of the Soviets over the Americans. It's a great victory in the space race and, in the middle of the Cold War, it's also tremendous propaganda for the communist regime and a snub for the United States. But how did Yuri Gagarin been chosen? By who ? And why him? Another question: who shot the quantities of footage of Gagarin filmed before the day of the flight and after?
After the "Sputnik shock" the USA had to accept another embarrassment. The recovery of the lost film treasures sheds light on how, by whom and why Gagarin was chosen. The viewer also learns who shot the many pictures of him before the flight, on the day of the flight and after, and how they were used by the Soviet authorities.

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L3.1
Video Bitrate: 2 298 Kbps
Video Resolution: 720x400
Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 26 min
Number Of Parts: 10
Part Size: 463 MB
Source: DVD
Encoded by: DocFreak08

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