1970s TV archive on the Swiss border and border guards in Geneva, and on how rivers and bodies of water were used to help trace the borderline (weren't TV programmes slow paced back then? Rather refreshing!): https://www.rts.ch/archives/tv/information/la-suisse-est-belle/11280287-geneve-frontiere-deau.html
#geography #borders #frontiers #visualArchive #visualMethods #Genève #douaniers
Genève, frontière d'eau

Rivières et lac constituent des frontières naturelles pour le canton de Genève et elles n'échappent pas à la surveillance.

rts.ch