The University of Algiers is 50 years old. It is an organisation grouping together four faculties. While disciplines such as law and literature are taught in the traditional way, the same cannot be said for other fields, such as science, which uses modern techniques. They were studied in a wide variety of places, because the … Continued
Colour film, B/W screening element. Film showing the various stages in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride from its basic compounds: salt, limestone, coke and electricity. This new material is used in textiles, leather goods and upholstery, interior fittings and also in industry: manufacture of sheaths for electrical cables, packaging products, microgroove discs, etc.
Diving to great depths was only possible following extensive experiments conducted by Professor Picard with the Batyscaphe off Dakar. The first experiment showed the FNRS II Batyscaphe reaching a depth of 1,500 metres in a non-embarked dive and, despite being watertight, having suffered enormously from the swell. Two years later, the Bathyscaphe FNRS III, built … Continued
Every heartbeat sends out regenerated blood that nourishes living cells and sustains life. Every day, countless pumps, veritable “metallic hearts” whose rhythm sets the pace of modern industrial life, transport not only water but a wide variety of fluids. Through its many examples, this film shows that modern industry can meet every demand in this … Continued
The machine at Marly, which supplied water to Versailles and the ponds in the park, was condemned. Its disappearance brings to mind the first machine, whose memory is linked to the Château de Modave, in the Ardennes, 50 metres above the banks of the Houyaux, and for which a lot of water was needed. A … Continued
Pierre and Marie Curie’s work, which led to the discovery of radium and radioactivity, began with a photographic plate that was inexplicably obscured. The greatest discovery of the century was above all the work of a couple of genius researchers, who owed their success to a tenacious will, more than to the paltry means at … Continued
For thousands of years, hostile to man and beast alike, the cold was nothing more than a natural scourge linked to the eternal return of winter. In the course of the last century, the liquefaction of certain gases made it possible to produce artificial cold, the useful and beneficial role of which has continued to … Continued
Although the name Colomb Béchar conjures up images of a sun-drenched city in the sands, anyone visiting for the first time is immediately caught by the fresh spell of this oasis, whose contrast with the nearby desert seems so immense that it perpetually renews the idea of a miracle. In ten years, the town’s population … Continued
There are two versions of this film. The first dates from 1934 and lasts 15′. The second is from 1948 and lasts 13′. It’s a reduced version with a reworked commentary and different music. “The metro was born in 1900 with the Universal Exhibition, thus realising a long-developed idea whose first serious study dates back … Continued