Mystères d'archives DVD covers.
TV series (2018)
German title: Verschollene Filmschätze
English title : Archive Mysteries
Based on then "news" footage, each episode is a recall of an event, mainly how it has been reported and sometimes which could be its origins or its consequences. But always through the camera ...
Episode 1[]
1944 : Les images du jour J (D-Day images).
Supermarine Spitfire[]
Douglas Boston Mk III[]
Douglas Boston Mk III OA-L RAF (Free French) Squadron 342 "Lorraine"
Barrage balloon[]
Douglas C-47A Skytrain[]
Note the load under the fuselage.
Waco CG-4A[]
Episode 3[]
1970 : Les funérailles du président Nasser (the funeral of President Nasser).
First, arrival of the foreign dignitaries at Maṭār al-Qāhirah al-Dawlyy / Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA).
Ilyushin Il-18V[]
Reg. 7T-VRA Ilyushin Il-18V c/n 181003402 / 034-02 of Algerian Air Force. Built in 1961 as CCCP-75764 (until December 1963). End of life in 1989 and followed by a Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar with the same 7T-VRA registration.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Nightly arrival of Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin.
Mil Mi-8[]
Coffin first ferried to the starting point of the funeral procession by five helicopters.
Ilyushin Il-18D[]
Reg. CCCP-75464/SSSR-75464 Ilyushin Il-18D c/n 187010401 of Aeroflot but used for the Soviet government for VIP transport. Seen in 1969 here when President Nasser was coming back from a three weeks journey in USSR. These 'hollydays' were in fact used for medical care after a heart attack.
Episode 4[]
1979 : Le voyage de Jean-Paul II en Pologne (John Paul II's trip to Poland).
Boeing 727-243/Adv[]
Reg. I-DIRD Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane Boeing 727-243/Adv "Citta di Bergamo".
Mil Mi-8S[]
Two Mil Mi-8S of LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze serial 627 (whith the Pope onboard) and 631.
Landing at Auschwitz on 7 June.
Tupolev Tu-134A[]
Reg. SP-LHD Tupolev Tu-134A of LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze built in 1976.
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