Promineces, 1935-1936-1937. Noir et blanc, muet, titré, 6’. Film de Bernard Lyot (inv. n°7)
End-to-end photomontage of solar prominences filmed by Bernard Lyot à at the Observatoire du Pic du Midi in the period from 1935 to 1937 by placing the camera behind the coronograph.
Positifs Granulation,} 1943. Noir et blanc, muet, 4’. Film de Bernard Lyot (inv. n°18)
An attempt to film solar granulation, using a camera at the 38cm refractor of the Pic du Midi without a polarizing solar filter.
A l’observatoire du Pic du Midi, 1950. Noir et blanc, muet, 10’. Film attribué à Joseph Leclerc (inv. n°31)
A ski caravan in the Arizes, made up of scientists (Meydien, Garcia, J. Rösch, Ambroise, Barnéoud), is on the way to the Observatoire du Pic du Midi. Views of the Observatory and surrounding areas : the east pylon, foundation plaque, the Baillaud and Gavarnie domes. Life of the scientists (De Decker, Trellis, Carmuze, Barnéoud, M Hugon) at the Pic du Midi, between instrumental adjustments and measurement or observation with instruments such as the anemometer, the Josephine thermometer, the barometer and the coronagraph.
The film finishes with a chess game between P. Muller and Estève just before sunset.
Couronnes trichromes : contretypes négatifs recadrés titrés. Couronne Blanche. Noir et blanc, muet, titré, 6’. Film de Bernard Lyot (inv. n°32)
The chromosphere and the solar corona filmed in 1941 by Bernard Lyot at the Observatoire du Pic du Midi using a cinematograph, the coronagraph and a monochromatic filter.
The astronomer is fixing behind the filter of the astronomical refractor three cameras three colour cameras) to film the prominences simultaneously in green, red and H alpha wavelengths. Finally, to study the white light solar corona, Bernard Lyot attaches a "high contrast" glass plate camera to the coronagraph, without any monochromatic filter.
A la conquête du Soleil. Noir et blanc, muet, 2’. Film de Bernard Lyot (inv. n°34)
Start of a project to make a documentary about solar prominences, filmed by Bernard Lyot at the Pic du Midi.
Couronne, 1942. Noir et blanc, muet, 3’. Film de Bernard Lyot (inv. n°35)
End-to-end photomontage of the solar corona filmed by Bernard Lyot in 1941 at the Observatoire du Pic du Midi using a camera placed behind the coronagraph and polarizing filter.
Du Pic du Midi à Khartoum. Noir et blanc, muet et sonore, 9’. Film de Bernard Lyot (inv. n°37)
This film has three features :
- A feature on the life of Bernard Lyot : mountain climbing to reach the Pic du Midi observatory, meals and the observing campaign in Khartoum (Sudan)in 1952.
- A feature made by Joseph Leclerc on the rotation of the planet Mars(October 1941), the March 1942 total eclipse of the Moon, and an extract from a TV news programme about the 1963 solar eclipse.
- Finally, a radio feature about a total solar eclipse (perhaps the 1963 one) observed by the general public in the south of France.
B. Lyot : protubérances. Eclipse Bratas. Noir et blanc, muet, 5’. Film de Bernard Lyot et Joseph Leclerc (inv. n°43)
A cinematographic report on the chromosphere, the prominences and sunspots filmed by Bernard Lyot in 1936 and 1937 at the Observatoire du Pic du Midi. The film also has a sequence on a mission to observe an eclipse in Sweden (probably the 1945 Bratas eclipse), and a sequence about the apparent motion of the Midnight Sun at the Arctic Circle. The film ends with a feature on the 9th of July 1945 total solar eclipse in Bratas (Sweden), filmed by Joseph Leclerc.
Protubérances 1935-1939. Chromosphère 1942. Noir et blanc, muet, 12’. Film de Bernard Lyot (inv. n°57)
Cinematographic recording of the spectacular movements of solar prominences, filmed by Bernard Lyot at the Observatoire du Pic du Midi between 1936 and 1939. This is followed by a feature on the chromosphere at the edge of the solar disc, and another on the solar disc filmed in 1942 using a 38 cm refractor and a monochromatic filter.
Observatoire de Saint Michel. Noir et blanc, muet, 6’. Film de Bernard Lyot (inv. n°109)
In honour to the Observatoire de Haute-Provence, this film shows the view from the Observatory, the domes, the Jean Perrin building, the observations, the meals, and the main square of the Saint- Michel-l’Observatoire village.
Protubérances, 1935-1936-1937. Noir et blanc, muet, titré, 6’. Film de Bernard Lyot (inv. n°7)