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Nuns look after disabled/sick children and teach schoolgirls in a convent in Nazareth. Israel 1940s
Clip 4 from 'Le Chemin des Croisades', a French language film about Israel in the 1940s/1950s. GV shots of Nazereth, and the Church of the Annunciation. Man rides donkey over the hills. Shot of Christian church.
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A is for Atom part 5 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. The human body with the circulatory system glowing. The glowing - nuclear giant - more giants spring up around him - with planes flying past - blatant celebration of nuclear power...
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Cam Ranh Bay and soldiers on boats. Vietnam, 1945
Clip 9 from the 1945 film 'Escales Imperiales' (Imperial Ports of Call), which highlights the maritime routes linking the French empire into one vast network. Cam Ranh Bay near Saigon and soldiers on boats.
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Mining factory and machinery. France, 1952
Clip 8 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Scenes from a mining factory. A worker operates the extraction machinery. Railways transport coal.
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Singer and jazz band at nightclub in Juan-les-Pins, 1952
Part 4 of 1952 promo film about Juan-le-Pins. male singer sings a French song into a microphone. Jazz musicians play together, piano solo.
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 10 - Smithfield, Billingsgate and Spitalfields markets
Clip 10 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, scenes of food and other imported...
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Central administrative buildings and scientific institutions in Kiev, Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 4 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Wide shot with modern buildings in a row, and a rank of flags of various countries. Flags with building in the...
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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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Diving, waterskiing and skiing in Norway 1970s
From a promotional film about skiing in Norway in the 1970s.
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Miners at work and outside the mine. France, 1952
Clip 9 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners work inside the underground mine, drill the walls, and get lifted up by the pulley system. Workers stand outside...
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Traditional Ukrainian wedding celebrations and dancing. Natural landscapes, Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 11 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Close up of a Ukrainian orthodox bride. Country wedding, bride coming to a cart, two women carrying a rind-shaped...
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Children playing in the sand, close ups of workers, city scenes and bookshop. Algiers, 1961
Clip 4 from the 1961 film 'De quel amour blessec', which shows images from Algeria through the centuries from the perspective of four writers: Apulece, Saint Augustin, Ibn Khaldoun et Albert Camus. Children play in the sand and sing....
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Swimmers and fishermen under water in Guadeloupe, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 11 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, swimmers and fishermen sort through fish by the water. Underwater scenes of sea plants and fish. Sunbathers on the...
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Railway construction. USSR, 1973
Clip 1 from the 1973 propaganda film The Soviet Army: The Railway Army. Men from the Soviet Army's railway unit plan and construct railway lines using machinery and heavy-lifting trucks.
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Tuareg tribe set up camp in desert. French teacher living with the nomads teaches French to children. Algeria 1957
Clip 7 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg people set up camp in desert. French teacher (Jacques Beauvau?) living w/ nomads and teaching Tuareg children after building his classroom. Also shots of the...
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Montage of books, different lessons, and children in classrooms at the Lycee Henri IV in Paris, 1951
Clip 3 from the 1951 French film 'Le Lycee Sur La Colline', following a student of the 1950s from his entry at Lycee Henri IV (Paris) to his final graduation. Close up of books: Method of Romance language (Methode de langue latine),...
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Young children, suffering from maternal deprivation, before and after psychotherapy treatment, c.1960
Science / Psychotherapy. A clinical and outdated look on psycho-therapeutic treatments in children suffering from maternal deprivation following separation at early age. Institutionalised children suffering from isolation, mournful...
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Re-enacted scenes of people posing for the camera, 1880s, made in France, 1956
Clip 1 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, men and women pose for the camera in...
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Sand yacht race, USA, 1940s-1950s.
Running on the beach with wheels and a sail, sand yacht, couples competing on sand yachts, girl falling from sand yacht, sports blooper.
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School children are taught emergency exercisis, USA, c.1960 - clip from 1960s Cold War educational film
Peace Education program of the American friends Service Committee, "The Language of Faces", c.1960. Cold War film. Children in school corridor, sitting and reciting a rhyme. Teachers train them for emergencies/crisis situations. CU...
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Charles de Foucauld, Tuareg village, Algeria 1957
Clip 2 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. Re-enactment Charles de Foucauld, man in white robe perusing book, De Foucauld's dictionary. The Ahaggar / Hoggar mountain range Touring Club de France Various shot of the...
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Re-enacted scenes of families with camera during early photography, made in France, 1956
Clip 3 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, fathers take photographs and movies of...
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Tuareg tribespeople preparing food and drink in encampment, Algeria 1957
Clip 8 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. The Tuaregs, Bedouin tribes. CU on tribesman building a fire. PAN on tribesmen resting. Various shots of shy women and their children preparing the food in the encampment...
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Settlers and Native Indians in battle. USA, 1960s
Clip 2 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). A reconstruction of a Native Indian spying on the settlers. A battle ensues between the settlers and the natives, involving gunfire, arrows,...