History and society Archives
Mémoire(s) de
2023
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Anglais Allemand Arabe
As part of the Romandy Mémoire(s) project, RTS has organised public screenings of archive footage in several different Swiss localities. An opportunity for the local population to relive their shared history.
Episode 1
49 min
Mémoires du Pays-d'Enhaut
Rougemont, dans le canton de Vaud. La RTS organise une journée de projection de ses archives du Pays-d'Enhaut. Les habitants se confrontent à une mémoire collective : beaucoup se reconnaissent, revoient des proches... L'émotion est au rendez-vous. Immersion dans le passé, à la découverte d'une région et de ses habitants.
Episode 2
47 min
Mémoires d'Estavayer-le-Lac
Prillaz, dans le canton de Fribourg. La RTS organise une journée de projection de ses archives d'Estavayer-le-Lac, une petite ville nichée sur la rive sud du lac de Neuchâtel. Les premières images ont été tournées en 1954. Les habitants s'interrogent : entre hier et aujourd'hui, qu'est-ce qui a changé ?
Episode 3
45 min
Mémoires du Val d'Illiez
La RTS s'est rendue à de nombreuses occasions dans la région du Val d'Illiez. Troistorrents, Val-d'Illiez, Champéry, Les Crosets, Champoussin et Morgins ont vu passer ses caméras dès les années 1960. Les habitants de la vallée sont conviés à un voyage inédit : regards croisés entre passé et présent.
As part of the Romandy Mémoire(s) project, RTS has organised public screenings of archive footage in several different Swiss localities. An opportunity for the local population to relive their shared history.
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La Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) est une entreprise audiovisuelle de service public, appartenant au groupe média SSR (Société Suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision), qui propose des programmes sur quatre chaînes radio, deux chaînes tv et de nombreuses plateformes digitales.
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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.
