Card was a pioneer in the archival world and a close friend and confidante of Henri Langlois of the Cinémathèque Française in Paris.
His notoriety started in 1968 during the campaign against the dismissal of Henri Langlois from the Cinémathèque Française.
In October 1950 Herman Puig travelled to Paris where he met with Henri Langlois, the director of the Cinémathèque Française.
Smihi has cited the cinéma vérité pioneer Jean Rouch and Henri Langlois of the Cinémathèque Française, whom he met at the Francophone Film Festival, as being among those who imparted to him a sense of the magic of movies.
Henri Matisse | Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne | Bernard-Henri Lévy | Henri Dutilleux | Paul-Henri Mathieu | Henri Poincaré | Robert Henri | Henri Mignet | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Henri Fayol | Henri Bendel | Henri Barbusse | Jean-Henri Fabre | Henri-Pierre Roché | Henri Langlois | Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | Henri Fantin-Latour | Paul-Henri Spaak | Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre | Henri Wallon | Henri Vieuxtemps | Henri Vernes | Henri Salvador | Henri Pousseur | Henri Michaux | Henri Guillaumet | Henri Estienne | Lycée Henri-IV | Henri Tajfel | Henri Sauguet |