Agence Française Indépendante (AFI) founded in London by Paul-Louis Bret
Paul-Louis Bret considers that AFI can represent what remains of free French public opinion, with the capacity to criticise the Vichy regime. The AFI reaches an agreement with the British Ministry of Information and Reuters to broadcast a daily French language service of around 10,000 words across free Europe.
The birth of AFP
Liberated France’s first dispatch is
issued on August 20, 1944.
OFI is renamed Agence France-Presse.
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The 10 Most Popular Videos on AFP’s YouTube Channel - Week of September 19 to 25, 2022
VIDEO 1 Mexico City residents gather in street after quake on anniversary of deadly tremors | AFP
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The new photo service uses the Belinograph
The AFP photo service is created in 1944 by freelance photographers Georges Mélamed, André Raimbaud and Robert Palat, who cover the Liberation of Paris.
The Belinograph, invented in 1907 by Edouard Belin, transmits images by telephone and radio links.
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Telex
Invented in Germany in the 1930s, the telex arrives in France in 1946. It is used to send information and teletype messages.
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Stalin’s death: the first scoop
The death of Joseph Stalin, on March 5, 1953, brings AFP a global scoop that will leave its mark on the fledgling Agency’s history. At the time, foreign journalists in Moscow are unable to instantly transmit news in real time because of the regime’s censorship. AFP, however, was constantly
monitoring Radio Moscow’s domestic broadcasts from Paris.
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