More impressive and valuable than ever, aircraft carriers are indispensable to a strong defense, and even symbols of a country’s nuclear might. Using interviews with historians and military personnel, archival images and 3D reconstitutions, this absorbing documentary traces the history of these massive warships, crown jewels of the French navy.

More impressive and valuable than ever, aircraft carriers are indispensable to a strong defense, and even symbols of a country’s nuclear might. Using interviews with historians and military personnel, archival images and 3D reconstitutions, this absorbing documentary traces the history of these massive warships, crown jewels of the French navy.