News Clip6:02
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Paris's mushroom farmers fight to keep traditions alive

9th - Higher Ed
It is said that the Paris mushroom was discovered on a pile of manure in the stables of Louis XIV in Versailles, and that its cultivation developed in the catacombs of the capital under Napoleon 1st (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
News Clip2:28
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Prosecutors demand suspended sentence for woman who caused Tour de France pile-up

9th - Higher Ed
Prosecutors in the French town of Brest demand a suspended four-month jail term for a spectator behind one of the biggest pile-ups in the history of the Tour de France (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
News Clip3:17
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Russian offensive in Ukraine is the result of Putin's "paranoia", says French expert

9th - Higher Ed
Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine is "so illogical, so irrational and so unstrategic", says French geopolitical expert Jean-Dominique Giuliani (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
News Clip1:11
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Hospital staff protest at French health ministry over conditions, pay

9th - Higher Ed
Several hundred hospital staff demonstrate in Paris, in front of the Ministry of Health, to demand higher salaries and more staff amid a general mobilisation over a lack of resources in hospital emergency rooms (Footage by AFPTV via...
News Clip1:46
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : 'Hotel Rwanda' hero's daughter calls on President Kagame for father's release from jail

9th - Higher Ed
In Brussels, Carine Kanimba, daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, accompanied by lawyer Vincent Lurquin, calls on Rwandan President Paul Kagame to release her father who has been detained in Rwanda for more than 20 months and whose health is...
News Clip3:14
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : French vote in elections "more important than the presidential"

9th - Higher Ed
For some French people voting in the final round of parliamentary elections, these elections are "more important than the presidential election" (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
News Clip2:14
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Motorbike of French double-murder suspect found in Spain: prosecutor

9th - Higher Ed
A suspect's motorcycle is found in the "Jaca area" of Spain, says the public prosecutor for the Hautes-Pyrénées, Pierre Aurignac, following the murder of two teachers in a French village across the border (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
News Clip2:25
AFP News Agency

VOICED : French bill aims to "help workers", "expel delinquents" : interior minister

9th - Higher Ed
We have to help those who work, we have to be tough on those who commit delinquent acts": France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin sums up his future immigration bill in front of the press, between a hardening of expulsions and a...
News Clip6:56
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Paris high school students remember slain teacher with a minute's silence

9th - Higher Ed
Two years after the murder of secondary school teacher Samuel Paty, students at the Guillaume Tyrel High School for hotels and catering observe a minute's silence, before discussing the principle of secularism with their teacher (Footage...
News Clip0:47
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Fire in Vaulx-en-Velin: "a shock" for Interior Minister Darmanin heading to the site

9th - Higher Ed
The French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin speaks of a "shock" after a building fire killed 10 people including five children in Vaulx-en-Velin (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
News Clip2:36
Curated Video

WRAP Briefing by Council of Europe investigator on CIA flights report

Higher Ed
1. Dick Marty arriving at Council of Europe news briefing 2. Various journalists 3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Dick Marty, Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and Swiss Senator: "We have acquired information...
News Clip1:54
Curated Video

SYND 27 3 76 PORTUGESE PRIME MINISTER MARIO SOARES PRESS CONFERENCE

Higher Ed
Portugese Prime Minister Mario Soares gives press conference 1. Portuguese Prime Minister, Mario Soares, delivers speech at Socialist Party meeting 2. cutaway to cu Socialst Party emblem 3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Mario Soares press...
News Clip2:27
Curated Video

Suspects detained in raids remanded in custody

Higher Ed
Three Belgian suspects who were detained after last Thursday's raids in Brussels and Verviers, Belgium, were remanded in custody on Wednesday, a defence lawyer said. The suspect, named as Marouan E., who escaped alive from a firefight...
News Clip3:38
Curated Video

Preview ahead of crucial TV debate between Sarkozy and Royal

Higher Ed
Pool Boulogne-Billancourt 1. Various of preparations in television studio where debate between French presidential rivals, Segolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy will take place on Wednesday 2. Screens showing speaking times for Royal and...
News Clip2:53
Curated Video

Strauss-Kahn faces new sexual assault suit, lawyer says

Higher Ed
1. Set up shot of David Koubbi, lawyer for French novelist Tristane Banon 2. Cutaway lawyer robe and globe 3. SOUNDBITE (French) David Koubbi, lawyer for French novelist Tristane Banon: "I received as an order to file a criminal...
News Clip4:41
Curated Video

Film festival opens with a portrait of French singer Edith Piaf

Higher Ed
No re-use/re-sale of film/video clips without clearance AP Entertainment Berlin, 8th February 2007 1. GV cast and crew entering press conference 2. WS press conference 3. SOUNDBITE Marion Cotillard (French): "I didn't know much...
News Clip2:32
Curated Video

Sale of controversial Chinese bronzes at YSL, Berge auction

Higher Ed
February 25 2009 1. Wide shot exterior of Grand Palais where auction is taking place 2. Wide shot of Yves Saint Laurent-Berge auction underway 3. Projection of bronze rat head February 21 2009 4. Wide shot of Chinese rat head and rabbit...
News Clip2:33
Curated Video

Bat-wielding Muslim kills other worshipper in mosque

Higher Ed
1. Pan from apartment block to wide exterior of Annour Mosque 2. Mid of exterior of mosque 3. Close-up of Annour Mosque sign 4. Close-up of lock on mosque gate 5. Various of men standing outside mosque 6. Various of Mohammed Messaoudi,...
News Clip2:39
Curated Video

Prosecutor says 8 journalists, one police officer and one visitor killed in Charlie Hebdo offices

Higher Ed
Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins, said on Wednesday that eight journalists, a guest and a policeman were among 12 people killed during Wednesday's attack on the offices of satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Speaking during a news...
News Clip2:54
Curated Video

Sarkozy facing massive snub in regional elections

Higher Ed
March 10, 2010 1. Exterior of Elysee Palace (Presidential Palace) with honour guard 2. French President Nicolas Sarkozy stepping out of Elysee Palace 3. Close-up of Sarkozy 4. Close-up of French and European Union flags 5. Exterior...
News Clip3:02
Curated Video

BELGIUM: CONGOLESE OPPOSITION ALLIANCE PRESS BRIEFING

Higher Ed
French/Nat An alliance of Congolese opposition groups said Friday in Brussels that they do not recognise the legitimacy of Joseph Kabila's rule following the assassination of his father. Both the Non-Armed Democratic Opposition for...
News Clip3:20
Curated Video

Prosecutor says 4-year-old girl found alive under three bodies in car in French Alps

Higher Ed
A four year old British girl hid for eight hours beneath the bodies of her family in the back of their car before she was discovered by French investigators, who had been waiting outside the vehicle for a team of specialists to arrive, a...
News Clip1:24
Curated Video

Tuareg leader on asylum negotiations for Gadhafi officials

Higher Ed
Three of Moammar Gadhafi''s generals are in Niger''s capital after making a 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometre) drive across the desert to negotiate political refugee status for members of the toppled leader''s regime, two officials involved in...
Instructional Video1:26
Curated Video

MSF on abduction of 3 intl aid workers and 2 Sudanese guards in Darfur

Higher Ed
Armed men abducted three international aid workers and two Sudanese guards in Darfur, a week after the government in Khartoum ordered some aid groups expelled in response to an international arrest warrant for the Sudanese president,...