Film national de la Machine Agricole française (Francia/1912) R.: Jean-Claude Bernard. D.: 5’. Did. francesi
Le Centre d’enseignement agricole et ménager de Coëtlogon – Rennes (Ille-et- Vilaine) (Francia/1929) R.: Jean Benoit-Lévy. D.: 4’. Did. francesi
[Couronnement d’Hailé Sélassié Ier, roi des rois d’Éthiopie, seigneur des seigneurs, lion conquérant de la tribu de Juda, lumière du Monde, élu de Dieu] (Francia/1930) D.: 6’. Did. francesi
La vie des termites, inspiré de l’oeuvre de Maurice Maeterlinck (Francia/1931(?)) R.: H. Dufaux, E. Hornung. D.: 6’. Did. francesi
L’île de la Réunion, terre sucrière française (Francia/1934) R.: J.K. Raymond Millet. D.: 4’. Did. francesi
New town, la ville heureuse (Francia/1950) R.: John Halas, Joy Batchelor. D.: 5’. V. francese
Des maisons et des hommes (Francia/1953) R.: Pierre Jallaud, François Villiers. D.: 6’. V. francese
Ma famille et mon toit (Francia/1956) R.: Jean-Pierre Decourt. D.: 9’. V. francese
Madame Valentin 3e gauche (Francia/1959) R.: Jean Leherissey. D.: 7’. V. francese
Allegro, ma troppo (Francia/1962) R.: Paul de Roubaix. D.: 4’. V. francese

Among the many audiovisual collections preserved in the French National Archives, the government film libraries deserve to be spotlighted. The French Ministry of Agriculture was first to grasp the benefits of the moving image and to set up its own collection for propaganda, information and promotion purposes; a tool in the service of social progress. Back as far as 1912, Film national de la machine agricole francaise by Jean-Claude Bernard showed the advantages of modern, speedy and efficient equipment. In the 1930s, several well-known filmmakers, notably Jean Benoit-Levy and J. K. Raymond Millet, made institutional films while developing their own cinematic language. Reports and documentaries shot in Ethiopia and Cote d’Ivoire exist within the French colonial context. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urban Planning established a film library to document the ravages of war and promote government policies. The seventh art was centre-stage again: John Halas, the 1950s British master of animation put forward a film on new towns; Jean Leherissey made Madame Valentin 3e gauche, a creative documentary about the Salon des Arts Menagers (SAM), an annual Paris exhibition of homeware, design and home appliances. Other institutions followed suit, such as the Ministry of Youth and Sports, who acquired the experimental film Allegro ma troppo by Paul de Roubaix, scored by Francois de Roubaix and edited by Robert Enrico in 1962.