819-line was an analog monochrome TV system developed and used in France as television broadcast resumed after World War II. Transmissions started in 1949 and were active up to 1985, although limited to France, Belgium and Luxembourg. It is associated with CCIR System E and F.
"Marly Horses" test card from RTF Alger (predecessor of TV1 Algeria) from 1956, originally in 819 lines.
René Barthélemy was a French engineer and a pioneer in the development of television.
Barthélemy camera from 1935 kept at the CNAM.
Plaque commemorating the first television broadcasts in France