History and society Archives
La folle histoire du Club Med
2023
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Roumain Anglais Allemand Arabe
"My job involves bringing people from all over the world to the most beautiful places in the world and giving them a little happiness". This is how Gilbert Trigano described his life's work: Club Med. We look back at a utopian idea that became a reality.
Episode 1
44 min
1re partie
1978. Inspiré par un concept de vacances inédit, le film « Les Bronzés », incarné par la troupe du Splendid, fait entrer le Club Med dans le coeur des Français. L'entreprise est alors florissante et sert de tremplin à de nombreux artistes, comme Patrick Bruel, Nicolas Canteloup, Marc Jolivet...
Episode 2
45 min
2e partie
Créé en 1950, le Club Med, d'abord modeste entreprise familiale, devient un groupe international florissant. Un succès dû à deux hommes : Gérard Blitz, ancien champion olympique, piètre gestionnaire aux idées de génie, et Gilbert Trigano, entrepreneur obstiné, pourvu d'un indéniable sens des affaires. Retour sur leur folle aventure.
"My job involves bringing people from all over the world to the most beautiful places in the world and giving them a little happiness". This is how Gilbert Trigano described his life's work: Club Med. We look back at a utopian idea that became a reality.
May 1969. Alain Tanner paints the portrait of Gérard Mollard, a wine waiter at Lausanne train station buffet: his work, this thoughts, his long hours on his feet, the hotplate and waiting too... Catering, a world in itself, which does not seem to have changed since the 19th century.
What shaped Swiss thought? By analysing the history of the country, Tristan Miquel and Julien Girardin question the ethical and philosophical challenges facing their society and draw up parallels between the past and the present to stimulate reflection on different schools of thought.
Wendy Pillonel's docu-drama follows the fate of the Brefin family. Two members of the family are searching for Mireille and Rosette, who disappeared in the 2004 tsunami. An opportunity to look back at their moments of hope and despair, the difficulty of grieving to continue to live. Firsthand experiences.
December 1944. They thought that the war was over because Belgium had been freed three months earlier. But the families in Ardennes saw the Germans return by surprise. We look back at a terrible battle, through accounts, sequences from the archives and interviews with historians.
Jonas Schneiter is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Télévision suisse romande. This is the opportunity to watch outstanding images and personalities again from French-speaking Swiss television from yesterday and today. On the programme: emblematic sequences, memories, laughter and emotion, under the eye of a new generation of viewers.
June 1955. One year after the battle of Dien Bien Phu, French captain Paul Belmont is sent back there to find the remains of dead soldiers. He identifies eight among thousands. A look back at his journey and a tribute to the fallen soldiers of the Indochina war.
A century ago, Paris hosted the Olympic Games. Set in the unique social, cultural and political context shortly after WWI there were two notable absences: Germany and Russia. A look back at the Games, that saw the consecration of Paavo Nurmi, the "Flying Finn", and the American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller.
