Bridgeman Arts
Sahara, Algeria, 1954 - Colom Bechar, camels, and vehicles driving through roads and water
Clip 2 from the 1954 film 'Les Deux Visages Du Sahara', a short propaganda film exploring the French government's contribution to Algeria during colonization. In this clip, scenes of Colom Bechar and its people. Men on camels, and...
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Ask The Experts: The Flaw In Calling Communities 'Food Deserts'
It's not just the stigma of calling a community a "desert." It's taking an incredibly complex problem and boiling it down to income and space.
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RR0142/B China: Desert
Inner Mongolia: Sand covered village of Saihantala village; Shang Bao shovelling sand; Sot in Mandarin; Shang Bao, railway worker; village with workers; worker walking along alleyway; sand covered highway with truck; Mongol herder and...
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Thousands at risk of starvation as drought devastates parts of Chad
1. Various of Bedouins travelling by camel with possessions
2. Various of pastoralist Hissaeni Abdoulaye fetching water for his livestock from well
3. Wide of Abdoulaye pouring water into a drinking trough for his goats
4. Mid shot of...
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Scientists: World likely won't avoid dangerous warming mark
LEAD IN Scientists are telling world leaders that if more isn't done the world will likely hit the agreed-upon dangerous warming level in about 35 years.Six top scientists have released a brief report saying that unless more cuts in...
Bridgeman Arts
Canal engineers in the Fergana Valley. Uzbekistan, 1970
Clip 6 from the 1970 documentary 'Maitre de L'Eau' (Masters of Water) about water and irrigation in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and Karakum Canal. Canal engineers look at plans by the canal. Forklift operators dig the ground in the arid...
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NASA Captures 20 Years of Seasonal Changes
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: MUST COURTESY NASA
SHOTLIST:
NASA TV - MUST COURTESY NASA
Animation
1. Animated map time lapse showing seasonal changes over years
NASA TV -...
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Rumsfeld defends post war strategy in Iraq
1. Wide shot of US Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers giving briefing
2. Press
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Defence Secretary:
"Obviously, everyone agrees, we've been working for several months...
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Indoor ski slope being built on the Arabian Peninsular uses new technology
Dubai, United Arab Emirates and London, UK - 25/30 May 2005
Dubai - May 25, 2005
25. Wide shot of sunbathers on beach with Burj Al Arab hotel in distance
26. Girls wearing bikinis in the water
27. Jet skiers in the water
28. Tourists...
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Remote desert becomes Mars for NASA scientists
Guanaco Mine, South of Antofogasta in the Atacama Desert - 16 October 2005
1. Various wide shots red, rocky terrain of the Atacama
2. Various team of NASA scientists gathered by vehicles
3. Robot Zoe driving along
4. Cameras on top...
Bridgeman Arts
Dancing, camels and boats. Algeria, 1947
Clip 8 from 'Deglet-Nour, Doigt de Lumiere', a 1947 documentary about Algeria during French colonization. Men and women dance in traditional costume by a fire. Caravans of camels move through the desert. A map of Algeria highlights its...
Bridgeman Arts
Qatar oasis, experimental farming, white Arabian oryx, thoroughbred camels and falcons. UAE, 1974
Clip 6 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Qatar Oasis and experimental farming. A preservation herd of endangered white Arabian oryx, thoroughbred camels, and falcons.
Bridgeman Arts
Camel train in the Moroccan desert, farming and water, c.1960
High angle shot of desert in North Africa. Wide shot of caravan in the desert. Caravane crossing the screen, wide shot and medium shot. Men draw out the water from a well. Water conteiner made from animal skin and metal. High angle shot...
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Namibia's poor aspirant golfers play on the Sand Dunes of Walvis Bay
1. Wide shot golfers coming over sand dune
2. Wide shot golfers walking down dune
3. Wide shot golfer marking tee box with club in sand
4. Mid shot golfer marking tee box
5. Tight shot children watching
6. Wide close up golfer tees...
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Counting the animals at London zoo
London, January 8 2009
1. Wide shot lion
2. Close up lion
3. Mid shot lion
4. Pan from keep to bearded pigs
5. Close up bearded pigs
6. Various set up David Field, Zoological Director, London Zoo
7. Various meerkats
8. SOUNDBITE...
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A look at alternative sources of energy in China
April 29, 2007
1. Wide pan of bus driving across desert with Yumen Wind Power Plant in background
2. Mid of windmills spinning in the breeze
3. Close-up of windmill spinning slowly
4. Wide of two workers walking towards base of windmill...
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Desert glacier proposal by Dutch artist
SOURCE: Ap Verheggen - No restrictions
The Hague, Netherlands - Oct 18, 2011
1. Various of artist's impression of the project "Glacier in Desert", by Ap Verheggen
AP Television
The Hague, Netherlands - Oct 18, 2011
2. Various of Ap...
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EGYPT: EGYPTOLOGISTS CONFERENCE OPENS
Cairo, Egypt 28 Mar, 2000 and File
1. Wide shot of conference venue
2. Close up of conference sign
3. SOUNDBITE (French)
3. Interior wide shot, pan to audience
4. Close up of speaker on platform
5. Cut away of audience
6....
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9028D
6.7.90 (Dur: 5mins 5secs/Engl sot: None)
RR MUSIC: "Madagaskira" and "The Spectacle" by David Muddyman
STORY: Throughout the Middle East, the scarcity of water
and its pollution have become...
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SAUDI ARABIA: SAND GAZELLE BREEDING PROGRAMME
English/Nat
Sand gazelles - virtually wiped out in much of Saudi Arabia - are now
enjoying a resurgence, thanks to a programme that breeds the animals in captivity.
Forty-five of them were released into the wild this week - the ...
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6 star luxury hidden amoung desert sand dunes
In the middle of the world's biggest red sand desert is one of the world's most luxurious hotels.
The Qasr Al Sarab resort in Abu Dhabi's Empty Quarter celebrates Emirati culture and traditions.
Qasr Al Sarab is nestled between two...
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Ancient irrigation system risks being lost
LEADIN:An ancient water irrigation system used in Oman risks being lost due to disuse and neglect.STORYLINE:Thunder and rain in the arid al-Hajjar mountain range on the Arabian Peninsula are a rare sight. Oman, one of the world's most...
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NASA Captures 20 Years of Seasonal Changes
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: MUST COURTESY NASA
SHOTLIST:
NASA TV - MUST COURTESY NASA
Animation
1. Animated map time lapse showing seasonal changes over years
NASA TV -...
Bridgeman Arts
Merchant and cargo ships, United Arab Emirates, 1974
Clip 1 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Map of Arabia. Footage of water creeks and desert land in Arabia. Oil workers working in the desert. Oil reserves on fire in the desert. Merchant...