Bridgeman Arts
The Living City, 1970, part 18 - Londoners speak at Tower Hill, fire breather performs, City of London Police station on Wood Street
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
Bridgeman Arts
Capital County, 1950, part 8 - Children's home, welfare centre, and inspection of market stall scales
Clip 8 of a film called Capital County, exploring the work of the London County Council (LCC) and the development and administration of London in 1950. The film presents council services seen through the eyes of an ordinary citizen of...
Bridgeman Arts
Moroccan men and women making music in a mosque, c.1960
Clip from 'Going Places' series with Lowell Thomas. Men playing the tambourines and clappin their hands inside the mosque. Women clapping their hands.
Bridgeman Arts
Sweden 1970s - Banking and industrial exports
Promotional film with American VO about Sweden, made in 1970s. Clip features scenes of bankers at work in their offices, and shots of transatlantic ships carrying cargo, and exports such as railways made for African countries.
Bridgeman Arts
Open-air ballet in Monte Carlo. French Riviera, 1951
Clip 2 from the 1951 French language film 'Croisiere Bleue' about the South of France, the French Riviera, Monaco and Monte Carlo. Four ballet dancers perform on an outdoor stage. Close-ups of the dancers as they dance.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Currency reform instituted by Marshall Plan; Munich street scenes of people anxious for information
Title 'Wahrungsreform!' superimposed over Deutsche Mark paper currency / street scene with pedestrians, cars and streetcars on wet street, narration in German throughout / VS street scenes, some people with opened umbrellas / MS men...
Bridgeman Arts
Banana harvest and forests in Guadeloupe, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 10 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, men and women harvest bananas and transport them. Scenes of flowers, plants and wildlife in the forests of Guadeloupe.
Bridgeman Arts
Young lady writes in her journal before going to sleep. c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. Young lady writes in her journal before going to sleep. French VO.
Bridgeman Arts
Police in Britain part 1 - policemen on the beat, controlling traffic, at the station, policewoman. London 1960s.
Clip from a film about the work of bobbies (British police) in Great Britain in the 60s, and their everyday tasks and duties.
Bridgeman Arts
King Arald and his viking ships. Oslo, 1960s
Clip 1 from 'Oslo, The Viking Capital' (Oslo, Ville des Vikings) from the 1960s, an animated film about vikings in Oslo. Planet Earth revolves on its axis. King Arald commands his viking ships in the sea.
Bridgeman Arts
Miners at work. France, 1950
Clip 10 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of the mining industry in a French town, including workers labouring and railways transporting coal.
Bridgeman Arts
Home cinema projecting footage in a living room, made in France, 1956
Clip 8 from the 1956 French documentary 'Images d'hier et D'aujourd'hui' (Images of Yesterday and Today) about the history of photography, featuring reenactments from the early 1900s. In this clip, a group of people set up a home...
Bridgeman Arts
Emergency Measures College in Canada. 1960s
Clip 2 from French Cold War film 'Alimentation de Secours en Period D'Urgence (Nourrir les Populations Affamees)', about how to feed a displaced population during a disaster or emergency. Footage of students learning food preparation...
Bridgeman Arts
The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 2 - Common Council meeting at Guildhall
Clip 2 from the 1960 film 'The Lord Mayor', commissioned by the City of London Corporation to give an overview of its services, including schools, markets, housing welfare and health. In this clip, a Common Council meeting takes place in...
Bridgeman Arts
School children and parents at school. Estonia, 1971
Clip 8 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Young children and their parents attend their first day at school, where they are given books by the teacher.
Bridgeman Arts
Workers coming home and sand dunes. France, 1950
Clip 2 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of workers coming home from work, wives preparing tea, and the town's sand dunes.
Bridgeman Arts
Disaster food preparation and children. Canada. 1960s
Clip 4 from French Cold War film 'Alimentation de Secours en Period D'Urgence (Nourrir les Populations Affamees)', about how to feed a displaced population during a disaster or emergency. Footage of children being fed at food centres....
Bridgeman Arts
Street scenes and pigeon feeding in Paris. France, 1957
Clip 3 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Exterior shots of buildings in the city centre of Paris. People fishing by the River Seine. Roads and traffic in the city. People feeding the pigeons.
Bridgeman Arts
Kolkhoz farmers and animals. Scientists at work. Estonia, 1971
Clip 6 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Scenes of Kolkhoz farming in the countryside. Cows grazing in the fields and bulls being pulled by their nose rings. Scientists at work in their...
Bridgeman Arts
Barbican 1969, clip 4 - shots of post-Blitz bomb damage
Clip 4 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. Shots include St Paul's reflected in puddle, photographs of bomb damage to the city during the Blitz. The focus of the film is...
Bridgeman Arts
Capital County, 1950, part 5 - Council members in meetings, ambulance service, and fire brigade
Clip 5 of a film called Capital County, exploring the work of the London County Council (LCC) and the development and administration of London in 1950. The film presents council services seen through the eyes of an ordinary citizen of...
Bridgeman Arts
The Living City, 1970, part 8 - London's markets: Billingsgate, Spitalfields and Smithfield.
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
Bridgeman Arts
Nun prayers at an alter in an underground archaeological site, Nazareth, Israel 1940s
Clip 5 from 'Le Chemin des Croisades', a French language film about Israel in the 1940s/1950s. Nun prays at an alter in an underground archaeological site, Nazareth, Israel 1940s
Bridgeman Arts
Fairground rides, France, 1947
Clip 7 from a French-language film about fairground entertainers from 1947. French narration. Fairground rides including roller coaster, bumper cars, carousel rides, pendulum rides, swing rides, etc.