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Audiovisual Archives

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

30 September 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video / Photo
Marina Meier, film archives and Sabine Haberler Kreis, photo archives

For the past 15 years, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage has been celebrated on October ...

<i>Mysteries in the archives</i> deciphers one of the ICRC’s films

Mysteries in the archives deciphers one of the ICRC’s films

30 August 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Marina Meier, film archives

Since 2009, the documentary series Mysteries in the archives has been deciphering images filmed for more than a century around the world. In ...

The ICRC film archives

The ICRC film archives

10 August 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video / Research Guides
Marina Meier, film archives

ICRC films In 1921, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) produces four films ...

The ICRC’s filmography turns 100. Timeline 1921-2021

The ICRC’s filmography turns 100. Timeline 1921-2021

9 June 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Samuele Capovilla and Marina Meier, film archives

This year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) celebrates the 100th anniversary of its first film. As you scroll through this ...

The ICRC filmography is 100 years old. What the films of 1921 were about?

The ICRC filmography is 100 years old. What the films of 1921 were about?

6 June 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Marina Meier, film archives

At the beginning of 1921, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) produces four films which it presents to the public for ...

The ICRC and the evacuation of children during the Spanish Civil War

The ICRC and the evacuation of children during the Spanish Civil War

10 May 2021, Articles / Photo
Damian Gonzalez

Context, types and limitations of these operations Introduction The Spanish Civil War, which lasted nearly three years, played a decisive role in shaping ...

Theatre in Third Reich prisoner of war camps

Theatre in Third Reich prisoner of war camps

26 April 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Photo
Farah Hocine, photographic archives

History and photography are undeniably intertwined; historians often lament, unsurprisingly, that photography was not invented earlier.[1] Visitors to the ICRC’s online audiovisual archive ...

<i>Prisonnier de guerre…</i>: when fiction staked its place in the ICRC’s filmography

Prisonnier de guerre…: when fiction staked its place in the ICRC’s filmography

14 April 2021, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Pauline Juvet, film archives

In the course of the Second World War, the International Committee of the Red Cross ...

The ICRC filmography is 100 years old. Journey into the past

The ICRC filmography is 100 years old. Journey into the past

28 January 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Marina Meier, film archives

1921-2021: the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is celebrating this year the 100th anniversary of its first film. This is an ...

The ICRC’s film archives from yesterday to nowadays

The ICRC’s film archives from yesterday to nowadays

8 December 2020, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Marina Meier, film archives

For a century, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been producing films to document and publicize its work to protect ...