Right in the middle of a very busy city, there is a peaceful place. It's a cosy park, closed off and forgotten, a true oasis. This is where you will find Ollie, the little blue owl and his friends - a small stork, a young frog and five little birds. Together they all have lots of adventures.
If you want to meet them, you are very welcome there…if you can find them.
The archivist here was a woman named Clémence, who wore a 1920s flapper dress and carried a tablet from 2041. “Welcome to the Midnight Snapshot,” she said. “Every midnight in Paris, the veil between the digital and the real thins. We are the Internet Archive of the lost hour—the hour that never was.”
So it could never be erased.
“Stop,” Auguste said. “You’re not preserving. You’re erasing.” midnight in paris internet archive
That midnight, Auguste returned to his window. The Delage cab was there, but Clémence now sat in the back. “You saved us,” she said. “As thanks, you may keep the key. Whenever you hear the bells of Saint-Marguerite at midnight, you may visit. But never bring anything back except stories.” The archivist here was a woman named Clémence,
The first time Auguste Leclerc heard the chimes, he was debugging a 1998 GeoCities page about forgotten Parisian catacombs. It was midnight in the 11th arrondissement. The bell from the old Saint-Marguerite church, silent since the renovation of 2019, tolled twelve deep, resonant notes through his open window. We are the Internet Archive of the lost
Auguste held up the brass key. To his shock, it fit a small panel on the scanner. He turned it. The machine shuddered. From its vent poured a stream of golden, paper-like butterflies—each one a restored memory. A lost tango melody. The scent of rain on a 1926 cobblestone. A whispered je t’aime from a soldier who never came home.
Ollie is an animation series for children aged 2 to 5. Each episode lasts 4 minutes. In a quiet park in the middle of a busy, noisy city, Ollie and his friends experience their adventures. The series wants to stimulate the imagination of children, with visually enchanting elements. These are stories about being afraid, discovering things, beauty, how to be alone, the value of friendship ...
Ollie is a series that appeals to the dreamer in all of us and can be seen on Ketnet Junior, via the Ketnet Junior app and Ketnetjunior.be.
