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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 9 - Port Health Authority inspectors at work on ships
Clip 9 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 council meeting for the Port Health...
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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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The Living City, 1970, part 9 - the buildings and monuments of Christopher Wren, London
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...
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Positive effects of psychotherapy on child suffering from maternal deprivation c.1960 - girl plays with friends and toys
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 A clinical and outdated look on psycho-therapeutic treatments in children suffering from maternal deprivation following separation at early age.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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Tower Bridge: Looking at London, 1968, part 5 - Cargo from ships is distributed via different channels
Part 5 of the 1968 film Tower Bridge: Looking At London, which explores the history and development of the Tower Bridge along the River Thames. Presented by Ann Dickinson. In this clip, the cargo of the Baltic Sun is unloaded and...
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Pottery in a small town. New Mexico c.1950.
Clip 3 from the film 'The American Scene: Indian Life in Mexico' c.1950. Scenes of children playing games on the ground. A woman cooks bread in an outdoor oven. Women singing and making pots.
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Hoggar mountain range, the Tuaregs, Bedouin tribesmen load camels with salt to travel across desert, Algeria 1957
Clip 1 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Aerials of the Hoggar Mountains. Tribesmen load camels with salt to travel across desert.
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1000 Quakers stage a two-day anti-nuclear vigil outside the Pentagon, Washington D.C. 12-13 November 1960
Peace Education program of the American friends Service Committee, "The Language of Faces", c.1960. Cold War film. 1000 Quakers hold a two-day vigil outside the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on 12th and 13th November 1960. Marching while...
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Nurses and scientists in training. Art school, market, gardens and a woman belly-dancing. Algiers, 1961
Clip 2 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. Nurses, all dressed in white listening...
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Sunday, August 25, 1968 Prague citizens opposing the Soviet occupation rename their streets and put up posters and signs of protest.
Part three of Seven Days to Remember Part 2, documenting events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August, 1968. Made by valiant Czech filmmakers, who risked their lives to film the defiance in the streets and to get their...
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Famadihana funerary tradition in Madagascar, 1930s.
Part 8 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Interesting clip documenting the Famadihana funerary tradition in Madagascar, 1930s. Known as 'the turning of the bones', Malagasy people bring...
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Coffee break at the hospital. Girl decides to study to be a medical technologist and goes to college with her friends, 1954
Part 5 of an educational film about a career in Medical Technologist, Canada 1954. A young lady decides she wants to enter a career as a medical technologist and goes to college with her friends. (acted).
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Supersonic Preview part 3 - British Airways Concorde takes off. Interior cockpit with pilots. Interior cabin with passengers being served food. c.1976
Clip from a documentary on the Concorde plane, showing us how wonderfully useful, fast and liable it is. This film predicts the beginning of a supersonic age. Probably 1976, when the Concorde entered service as a commercial airliner....
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Living at Thamesmead, 1973, part 8 - Child's trip to the dentist
Clip 8 from the 1973 film Living at Thamesmead, a semi-fictional account of a couple who live in the Thamesmead estate, created by the Greater London Council to promote the estate. In this clip, a young couple come across a child eating...
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Messengers, congressional meeting, and battle. USA, 1960s
Clip 5 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). Messengers distribute letters amongst the settlers. Military and strategic congressional meetings regarding the rule of the newly found...
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Establishing shots of Paris and its colleges and universities, 1951
Clip 1 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. Ancient map of Paris. Aerial shot of central Paris (Ile Saint-Louis). Eiffel...
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Basque beret and chistera production. Basque Country, c.1930s
Clip 7 from the documentary Zazpiak Bat about the Basque Country. Scenes from a production line of Basque berets, espadrille shoes and chistera racquets. Shots from inside a Basque home. An animated map of the Basque Country and end...
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Locomotives in town. France, 1950
Clip 13 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of locomotives moving through the railways around town.
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Nixon in France, 1969
Clip 9 from the 'The First Step: President Nixon's European Visit', a film produced by the United States Information Agency in 1969, covering Richard Nixon's European visits and meetings. In this clip, Nixon is seen getting off a plane...
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The Living City, 1970 part 1 - The Blitz, 1940
Shots include: first shots of London in the Blitz, the city on fire, firefighters on the streets of London tackling the blazes, the ruined cityscape
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 3 - shots of houses in disrepair, kids playing on street in working class neighbourhood, demolition of old houses
Clip from a documentary type account of the slums of London and the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council in slum clearance and building and its plans in the...
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Tibetan uprising in 1959 - refugees and combat. Tibetans flee to India and Nepal where they set up a new community.
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Tibet. Buddhist temples. Communists seize Tibet, fighting, Tibetan refugees, Tibetans in India and Nepal. Burning houses, fights in Asian countries.
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Belgians crossing the border to work. France, 1950
Clip 8 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of Belgians crossing the border to work.
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Sacred tribal dance. Sorcerer dances to the snake. Madagascar 1930s.
Part 1 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas : De Madagascar - Tombouctou / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Sacred tribal dance. Sorcerer dances to the snake. Madagascar 1930s.