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In France, the early 19th century was a time in which people were preoccupied by social policy, the fight against injustice, and the emergence of an industrial working class, and these concerns were reflected in the arts as well as in political and social policies and urban planning. It was around this time that Niepce took the first landscape photograph from his window, in 1827 and was soon followed by Daguerre. This documentary recreates the atmosphère of early nineteenth-century France, drawing on political records, the very first photographs, the wealth of cinema dramatisations of this eventful period, stage plays and paintings, which reveal changes in clothing, behaviour and lifestyles as well as in aesthetic values.

France - 2003 - 55 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour and B&W

Director Jacques Deschamps Script Jacques Deschamps Camera Brigitte Barbier, Peter Chappell, Jacques Deschamps Sound Jacques Deschamps, Nicolas Bouvet Editing Luc Forveille Narrator Jean-Pierre Cassel

Production 13 Production - Palette Production, 140 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4026 0697 Fax : +33 (0)1 4026 0346 E-mail : palette@paletteproduction.com Co-Production ARTE France, Musée du Louvre

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