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CLEAN : Coronavirus: workers sew protective masks at a factory in Sharjah
Workers sew protective masks at a factory in Gulf emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Women in New York City model leather fashions; various shots of leather being sorted and sewn
Title "Fashion spotlight on leather" superimposed over model displaying leather coat covered in gold leaf she is wearing / two sots of man sorting calf skins on work table / three shots of men cutting skins for parts of garments / three...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Clothing made from feed bags
Title card: "Dresses from Sacks! Feed-Bag Fashions" superimposed over printed feed bags / interior general store with young women examining bags of chicken feed made from cotton prints / woman feeds chickens / hands wash feed bag and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Ramona Deitemeyer of Lincoln, Nebraska wins 17th Mrs. America contest
Title: "Mrs. America - Mother of 5 Wins Laurels" superimposed over side view of Mrs. Ramona Deitemeyer of Lincoln, NE - Mrs. America of 1956 - being photographed / WS Ellinor Village, Ormond Beach, Florida / contestants for Mrs. America...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Police Athletic League provides children of New York City with various constructive activities to keep them out of trouble
Title card: "Calling New Yorkers! Be a pal!" / WS Empire State Building / overhead shot of children standing on sidewalks / children playing in street / children sitting on landing of fire escape / two boys jumping on rear bumper of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Little girls' fashion dresses are made into fashion dresses for dolls by designer Rose Bee; a doll cries "real" tears
Title: "Pint-Size Fashions: Every One A Doll!" superimposed over turntable scene of "Baby Sue" dolls / INT Miss Bee Rose, noted fashion designer for dolls, sketches girl in party dress called "The Tea House" for Sweet Sue, conceived on...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Scenes of refugees in camp doing daily tasks, making garden
French refugee camp with men working grounds around flagpole flying French flag, barracks in bg, maybe tower in far bg / men working grounds, branch in fg / pan men hoeing garden with hoes, pickaxes and shovels / VS closer shot men...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Dresses for little girls
Title: "Especially for the Young in Fashion" superimposed over little girls at a table /factory manufacturing clothes / cutting fabric / pattern for dress being cut / sewing room / CU fingers feeding fabric through sewing machine feeder...
Bridgeman Arts
Developments in machinery and the Industrial Revolution. 1942.
Clip 6 from 'The Industrial Revolution', a 1942 black and white documentary exploring the evolution and transition of the manufacturing processes of human kind. Footage of advancements in machinery, including the internal combustion...
Bridgeman Arts
Irrigation and agriculture in Morcocco, c.1960
Landscape of Morocco / North Africa with mountains on the background. People taking out a mud from a well. Images of water in canal. Moroccan people farming with hands and foot without any tools. Irrigation system: men pulling out the...
Bridgeman Arts
Girls learn to use typewriters, draw, paint, stitch and sew. Students perform ballet and dance. France, 1942
Clip 6 from the 1942 French film 'Francaises De Demain' about the women's school Ecole Nationale Professionnelle de Jeunes Filles, established in 1934 in Vizille, Vercors / French Alps. Girls learn to use typewriters and have art lessons...
Curated Video
The U.S. Military Needed Masks. A Sewing Circle Answered The Call.
Like many places across the country, the military and VA hospitals have had their fair share of coronavirus outbreaks.
Bridgeman Arts
Daily life at a Bedouin encampment, Algeria 1957. Women milking goats and preparing food. Tribesmen with camels.
Clip 2 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Daily life at a Bedouin encampment. Women milking goats and preparing food. Tribesmen with camels.
Bridgeman Arts
Television, factory and construction industries. Algiers, 1961
Clip 3 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. Montage of workers in different...
Bridgeman Arts
Greenland expedition, 1934, by French explorers - eskimos make canoe covers from seal skin
Children playing in water. Woman sewing skin, man using it to cover the structure of canoe. Women working on canoe, children looking.
Sky News
Workwear clothing factory
CLEAN: Interior shots of staff printing logos onto work wear and operating sewing machines at clothing factory on 13th May 2020 in Telford, England
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CLEAN : Myths and menstruation: overcoming Pakistan's period taboo
Bent over her hand crank sewing machine Hajra Bibi carefully stitches sanitary pads for the women of her mountainous village in northwestern Pakistan one of many rural areas in the deeply conservative country where periods are still...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Pay per stitch: ÔThe Sweat ShopÕ promotes do-it-yourself style
VOICED: Pay per stitch: ÔThe Sweat ShopÕ promotes do-it-yourself style
Curated Video
Bode fashion show in NY inspired by attics
BODE NEW YORK'S ATTIC TRIP Emily Adams Bode is a whisperer of vintage textiles, from 1900s mattress covers to delicate table linens, lush bath towels and monogrammed bed sheets from the '50s and '60s. For her latest collection, she was...
Bridgeman Arts
Nuns at church, and glassblowers at work. Sweden, 1960s
Clip 8 from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Scenes of nuns at church, engaging in craft-making. A woman moulds a piece of metal as her cat sits nearby. Glassblowers shape...
Bridgeman Arts
School performances, parades and choir singing. Estonia, 1971
Clip 9 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Older school children in traditional dress give flowers to elders. Students perform dances on stage. A band plays music and a community parade walks...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Women showcase swab-making process as Uruguay champions Covid-19 fight
With supporting scientific research, the help of sewing machines, dexterity and a lot of patience, a group of Uruguayan women make handmade swabs, a fundamental product in times of Covid-19 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
MEXICO: MAN STAGES PAINFUL PROTEST AGAINST BUS COMPANY CLOSURE
Natural Sound
A man in Mexico has sewn together his lips and had his eyes and ears stitched closed as a painful protest against the closure of a Mexico City bus company.
Eleven thousand people lost their jobs last year when the...
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CLEAN : Bangladesh factory miracle survivor
CLEAN : Bangladesh factory miracle survivor