The archives are classified in 12 categories:
A total of 4818 photographs are included in these archives. They are made from 21 films, 5 director's projects, as well as Christian-Jaque's movie about Marcel Carné and in general, Marcel Carné's career.
There are 89 script breakdowns in these archives (65 originals, 24 copies) related to 20 films and 13 director's projects, as well as the script breakdowns from the film made by Christian-Jaque about Marcel Carné with his autobiography.
11 synopsis are included in these archives, 1O originals and one copy. They relate to 5 director's films, 3 director projects and one televised document made by Christian-Jaque about Marcel Carné.
The 72 press kits in these archives include 33 originals and 39 copies made from 19 films and one of director's show in audiovisual format.
There are a total of 60 film posters : 33 originals, 27 copies related to 16 films.
27 advertisement sheets display the director's work in the archives.
The movie making career of Marcel Carné as director was rewarded 23 times by 18 medals or trophy and 5 diplomas.
The archives include 98 books and documents (86 books and 12 documents) describing Marcel Carné, his films and his entourage.
61 documents exist in this category. They are made of 44 letters (33 originals, 11 copies), 13 telegrams (3 originals), 8 invitation notes ( 7 originals, 1 copy) and 6 business cards (2 originals and 4 copies).
There are 10 original drawings and models in the archives relating to 3 director's films.
There are 8 objects in the archives that are connected to the cinematographer career of the film director. They include among other, the director's chair and a 35mm camera.
Considerable amount of Press Clips exist in the archive.