Sète, a reflection of a port in its canals

Collection title

Thalassa : le magazine de la mer

ID

INA00124

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

10/10/1983

Production year

1983

Abstract

This story is about the life and history of the port of Sète, today an important trading port and the first Mediterranean fishing port, which makes live most of Sète people. Here, modernity and tradition, merchant ships and fishing boats coexist. Interview with Jacques Roure, a writer, on the city, its people, its traditions, and on the nesting life of the city and the port. Interview with the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sète (development of trade, evolution of the port infrastructures, economic and employment consequences). Interview with the Major Arbitrate of Sète, who speaks about the port, and Italian fishermen from Naples who settled in the early century.

Type

video

Production companies

• France Régions 3 - Own production

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Personalities

• Roure Jacques
• Bonfils Claude
• Anselme Henri

Primary theme

Fishing and harbour activities

Secondary themes

• Economy / Trade
• Society and way of life / Migrations
• Tourism and cultural sites / Urbanism and cities / Main harbours

Credits / Cast

• Blanchet Lise - Journalist

Period of events

• 1983

Map locations

• France - South East - Sète

Original language

French

Media running time

26m28