Visual Learning Systems
Magnificent Mammals: Placental Mammals
We are all familiar with common examples of mammals such as cats, dogs, and horses. Humans are also mammals. This action-packed series of videos illustrates the common characteristics of mammals while also exploring some of the major...
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with rats emerging from holes
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Curated Video
SYND 8 5 73 BOSTON TEA PARTY SHIP REPLICA "BEAVER"
A replica of one of the ships, the Beaver, involved in the Boston Tea Party leaves harbour in Denmark.
1. cu of the rigging with pull out to show the ship in harbour
2. vs of the crew loading the ship with supplies
3. ms of a crew member...
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SYND 23 6 76 FASHION SHOW IN PARIS
Models exhibiting autumn fur collection of Robert Sacks of Paris
lead in: with temperatures soaring to record heights throughout most of europe, thin sun dresses and t-shirts remained the fashion favourites.
but in the traditional...
Curated Video
The rodents that could reveal the key to a long and cancer-free life
LEADIN:
A look at the odd little rodents which scientists think could hold the blueprint to healthy old age and resistance to many cancers.
STORYLINE:
This little creature is a rodent by name,...
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The rodents that could reveal the key to a long and cancer-free life
LEADIN:
Scientists believe an odd looking rodent that has a resistance to cancers could hold the key to a healthy old age.
The naked mole-rat from East Africa has a unique genetic make-up that means it can...
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The rodents that could reveal the key to a long and cancer-free life
LEADIN:
Scientists believe an odd looking rodent that has a resistance to cancers could hold the key to a healthy old age.
The naked mole-rat from East Africa has a unique genetic make-up that means it can...
Curated Video
Sewer rats being caught for food
LEADIN
Rats are a valuable source of cheap protein for many impoverished Cambodians - despite most societies considering them disease-carrying pests.
But some city dwellers are now eating locally caught...
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.
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Cuban National Ballet and Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble perform 3 shows
Children from the Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble (CBYE) joined the Cuban National Ballet in a special performance of the "The Nutcracker" at Havana''s historic Gran Teatro.
Candy canes, sugar plums, fairies and princesses took to the...
Curated Video
McCartney takes time out to promote his children's book
New York 3 October 2005
1. Wide Book store tilt down
2. Wide street pan to book store
3. Wide walking fans
4. VOX POP: (English) Debbie Levitt:
"He's just such a great people person. He loves to meet his fans. He really acknowledges and...
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Fossil helping determine when mammals split into diferent groups
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Recent
1. Mid view of Dr Zhe-Xi Luo and Dr John Wible looking at fossil under microscope
2. Close-up of fossil
3. UPSOUND: (English) Dr Zhe-Xi Luo,
"What is most important...
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One red squirrel population is facing extinction
Dorset - 1 November, 2007
1. Various of healthy red squirrels
Formby, Merseyside - 21 October, 2008
2. Wide of car entering Formby Red Squirrel Reserve at Formby
3. People at information post
4. Various of woodland forest
5. SOUNDBITE...
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UK animal smuggling threat to reptiles
AP Television
Broadford, Isle of Skye, UK - July 15, 2011
1. Various snakes at serpentarium
2. Mid shot conservationist speaking to visitors
3. Various Mangrove Monitor lizard
4. Alex Shearer in cage with mangrove monitor lizard
5....
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Rare wolf conservation programme in Ethiopia
1. Various of rare Ethiopian wolves in Bale Mountains
2. Wide of Nick Jacobsen, EWCP (Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme) Field Monitor looking through binoculars
3. Close up Jacobsen
4. Ethiopian wolves in Bale Mountains
5....
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CATCHING SNAKES - ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
AP Television
Cape Town - 20 - 24 April 2012
20 April, 2012
1. Wide pan of snake handler Grant Smith looking for snake in bushes
2. Close up of a puff adder in bushes
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Grant Smith, Snake handler:
"With any snake,...
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Rare red squirrels thrive on an Island in the UK
Dorset, England - recent
1. Wide of shore from boat sailing towards Brownsea Island, Dorset, England
2. Close of board showing picture of island and nature reserve
3. Various of red squirrel scurrying through bushes
4. Close of squirrel...
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UPDATE Ruling party candidate holds big lead in early returns
1. Wide of supporters of presidential candidate of National Liberation Party, Laura Chinchilla, outside polling station
2. Wide of Chinchilla voting inside polling station at Joaquin Garcia Monje School
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Laura...
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Inauguration of President elect Laura Chinchilla
1. Wide of stage where swearing in ceremony is taking place
2. Cutaway of Costa Rica flag
3. Various shots of audience
4. Outgoing president of Costa Rica Oscar Arias arriving
5. Wide of stage
6. Cutaway of guests already on stage
7....
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Springtime keeps wildlife centre busy
AP Television
Green Balkans Centre near Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, 30th May 2010
1. Close up of owlet
2. Close up as a vet catches the owlet
3. Close up a veterinary holds and inspects the owlet
4. Wide vet holds and inspects the owlet
5....
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NICARAGUA: HEALTH AUTHORITIES FIGHT MYSTERY EPIDEMIC
Nicaraguan authorities continue to fight the mystery disease which has hit the country in recent weeks.
Teams of international specialists have arrived and identified the illness which has claimed at least 16 lives.
In a remote region of...
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French photo duo Pierre et Gilles love to shock
Famed French photography duo, Pierre et Gilles, are hoping to shock with their latest work - a huge photograph of Algerian-born former prostitute Zahia Dehar made over as Marie Antoinette, provocatively clutching her stomach and holding...
Bridgeman Arts
Scenes of animals and desert in a small town. New Mexico c.1950.
Clip 2 from the film 'The American Scene: Indian Life in Mexico' c.1950. Scenes of canyons, horses and other animals in a small town in New Mexico, home to artist Georgia O'Keeffe.