British Movietone
SOVIET CHIEFS IN INDIA
A warm welcome was given to Marshal Bulganin and Mr Khrushchev when they arrived at New Delhi, on their first visit to India. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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PRESIDENT AURIOL'S US ENGAGEMENTS
The French President's US engagements included a visit to George Washington's home at Mount Verson, the Arlington cemetery (where he paid honour at the Unknown Soldier's Tomb) and the Lafayette Statue. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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MOSCOW - CAMERA CLOSE UPS
A look at the Soviet capital today, the crowded underground railway and the Sunday queue of visitor's to Lenin's Tomb. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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THE MOSCOW SCENE
Here are some scenes from Moscow that show you what life in Moscow is really like before a big football match. Between Germany and the Dynamos. Germany lost by three goals to two. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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SOVIET LEADERS WELCOME HOME
Moscow's Central Airport - and an enormous crowd greeted Mr Bulganin and Mr Khrushchev. Among the officials present were Mr Malenkov (recently back from Britain), Mr Molotov and Marshal Voroshilov. A number of jet fighters fly past in...
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THE QUEEN IN THE WESTERN ISLES
The crowds who gathered at Barrow in Furness saw Princess Margaret arrive to embark in ""Britannia"". She was accompanying the Queen and the Duke on their tour of the Western Isles. Her Majesty visited the little island of Iona in the...
Bridgeman Arts
ANCIENT PETRA, JORDAN, 1976
Visiting the ancient city of Petra in Jordan with the tombs carved in rock, the temples and the ancient buildings.
Bridgeman Arts
Visiting Graves in France, 1970s
British car outside French cafe. Owner with broom smiles at camera. Sign: Entree De L'Hotel. POV from car driving through Paris, Notre Dame. Graveyard, grave stone of Private E J Burbridge aged 18. GVs of graveyard. Woman amongst stones....
Curated Video
EGYPT: PYRAMIDS & TOMBS
English/Nat
Tombs recently excavated in Egypt have cast a new light on the workers who constructed the pyramids.
They have apparently been modelled on the design of the Great Pyramids at Giza, demonstrating that pyramids were not just...
Bridgeman Arts
Metal industry in Bahrain, grave mounds, pearls, cargo ports, women singing, 1974
Clip 2 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage of factories, the metal industry, and mineral wealth in Bahrain. High angle footage of grave mounds and burial tombs. Footage of ancient...
Curated Video
INDIA: EARTHQUAKE DISASTER: FOLKLORE (V)
Voice and effects
The earthquake which devastated western India last week (Jan 26) is still sending out aftershocks, but now of a spiritual kind.
Villagers near its epicentre have reported almost supernatural phenomenon, with claims of...
Curated Video
Archaeologists discover new workers'' tombs near pyramids
1. Wide shot of site of tomb with Giza''s pyramids in the background
2. Mid shot of the tombs with camera crews filming
3. Pan from one tomb to adjacent tomb
4. Zoom into bones lying in tomb
5. Various of of bones including skull lying...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Secrets remain locked in Bulgarian historical valley
VOICED : Secrets remain locked in Bulgarian historical valley
Bridgeman Arts
Pilgrims gather at Sehwan Shrine, Sindh
Pilgrims gather for prayer by the tomb of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a prominent Sufi saint from the 13th century
Bridgeman Arts
Pilgrims gather at Sehwan Shrine, Sindh 1
Pilgrims gather for prayer by the tomb of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a prominent Sufi saint from the 13th century. Colour corrected.
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Pharaonic prince's 4,500-year-old tomb found near Cairo
1. Wide, pull out from Saqqara pyramid to the site of the newly discovered tombs
2. Tilt down of entrance of tomb
3. Various of drawings and hieroglyphic inscriptions on the walls of Princess Shert Nebti's tomb
4. Various set up shots...
Curated Video
At Saddam's tomb, loyalists mourn their lost leader
At Saddam's tomb, loyalists mourn their lost leader
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Egypt unveils five ancient tombs in Saqqara
Egypt unveils five ancient Pharaonic tombs at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, the latest in a series of landmark discoveries in the area (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Head of antiquities announces discovery of two tombs
1. Pan of excavation site in the Saqqara pyramids area, Step Pyramid of King Djoser in background
2. Various of workers in excavation area where two tombs were discovered
3. Back shot of Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's antiquities authority...
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Antiquities minister announces opening of pyramid and tombs
1. Pan right from Khufu pyramid, to entrance of tombs opened to the public on Thursday after restoration
2. Medium of Egypt's Minister of Antiquities, Mohamed Ibrahim arriving at tomb of Queen Meresankh III for reopening ceremony
3....
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EGYPT: 4000 YEAR OLD LUXOR TEMPLE UNDER THREAT FROM SUB-SOIL WATER
Luxor temple, Upper Egypt, 18 November 1996
1. WS Luxor temple
2. MS sphinxes
3. Tourists walking in temple
4. Tourist taking photographs
5. Various shots of columns
6. Series of shots of workers carrying out restoration work
7....
AFP News Agency
VOICED : For Syrians in Lebanon no resting place in life or death
VOICED : For Syrians in Lebanon no resting place in life or death
Curated OER
Engineering an Empire - Egypt (Part 2/10)
Your world history class might be interested to know that the early Egyptians had the first interstate highway system. Part two of "Engineering an Empire," looks at canal and harbor construction on the Nile that permitted transport of...