Atteyat Al Abnoudi, Horse of Mud, 1970

Digitization: Jean-Philippe Bessas

In one of her first and most poignant works, documentary veteran Ateyyat El Abnoudy captures the dignity of Cairo's poor.

- P. Saumade, Le Puits de la chance (The Well of Fortune), 1960s

Algeria, France

Digitization : Polygone étoilé

Film by a conscript in the Algerian war.

Travelogues are films shot by travelers. These amateur films document geographies and eras, transmitting history by becoming archives. The private collection of the Atelier du 7e art (Dornecy, France) is dedicated to preserving and safeguarding a little-regarded amateur heritage, which nonetheless sometimes offers rare images - for example, this dazzling film shot in Algeria by a French conscript during the war of independence.

- Eliane and Pierre Brossier, Yemen, 1970s

France

Digitization: Polygone étoilé

Eliane and Pierre Brossier donated the amateur films they made to Frédéric Rolland of the Atelier du 7ème Art.

These sound films, shot in double Super 8 and Kodachrome film, like Yemen, are precious documents shot in the 1970s off the beaten track, where child labor, for example, is visible.