The end of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) saw the birth of the panoramas of war, huge circular paintings depicting scenes of war, cruelty and desolation that were contemplated by thousands of spectators, a kind of inmersive static newsreels, a mass media prior to the era of mass media, a virtual reality on canvas.

Cast:Florian Wormser, Yadegar Asisi, Adrien Moser, Dominik Bartmann, Jean-Pierre Klein, François Robichon,

Genre:Documentary, History,

country:France, Germany,

Production:France Télévisions, Ere Production, SR, Moselle TV,