Bridgeman Arts
Polynesian people dancing in the forest. France, 1955
Clip 7 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of Polynesian women dancing and running through a forest while a man plays a guitar-type instrument. A man cuts some...
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
Hunters and exotic animals. France, 1955
Clip 10 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Two black men wander through the jungle with spears. A monkey climbing a tree. A ranger hunts alligators. Exotic birds walk...
Bridgeman Arts
Notre Dame exteriors and Ile Saint-Louis streets. France, 1957
Clip 2 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Exterior shots of the Notre Dame cathedral. Street scenes of the Ile Saint-Louis and shots of its buildings and hotels.
Bridgeman Arts
Miners working inside the coal mine. France, 1952
Clip 7 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners work in the pits of the mine, explode coal reserves and work alongside the rail pulleys that transport the coal...
Bridgeman Arts
Tuareg tribe at camp, playing and listening to music. Man holds woman's hand (courting?). Algeria 1957
Clip 9 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. The Tuaregs, Bedouin tribes. Woman plays a string instrument with others sitting around listening. Person greeted as they walk up to tent in encampment in the Tamanghasset...
Bridgeman Arts
Lenin anniversary book meeting and canal workers in the Fergana Valley. Uzbekistan, 1970
Clip 4 from the 1970 documentary 'Maitre de L'Eau' (Masters of Water) about water and irrigation in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and Karakum Canal. Men gather for a meeting for a book dedicated to Lenin's 100 year anniversary. Canal...
Curated Video
Director of Controversial Film: Michael Jackson Was Innocent
The director of the controversial documentary "Square One" defends his work and explains why he thinks Michael Jackson is innocent.
Sky News
Ron Burgundy Q&A with Audience at Emerson College
Ron Burgundy Q&A with Audience at Emerson College
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei visits Gaza Strip
CLEAN : Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei visits Gaza Strip
Bridgeman Arts
Sahara, Algeria, 1954 - Schools, coal mines, power stations and railways in Colom Bechar
Clip 4 from the 1954 film 'Les Deux Visages Du Sahara', a short propaganda film exploring the French government's contribution to Algeria during colonization. In this clip, school children outside a school. Scenes of workers at a coal...
Bridgeman Arts
Paris scenes and Notre Dame exteriors. France, 1957
Clip 1 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Scenes of the River Seine and Paris. Statue of King Henry on horseback. Views of the city from the roof of the Louvre. Exterior shots of the Notre...
Bridgeman Arts
Dog-sledging in Norway 1970s
From a promotional film about skiing in Norway in the 1970s.
Bridgeman Arts
Czechoslovakia 1968 - Tanks and civilians on the streets of Prague. National Assembly calls for freedom and respect
Clip 6 from the 1968 film "Seven Days to Remember", a chronology of the events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20, 1968 by troops from the Warsaw Pact. In this clip, tanks hide themselves with the use of smoke...
Bridgeman Arts
Re-enactment of a rite in 1930s Mali, where a young man gives himself to a clan and becomes a full member. The young bride getting ready.
Part 9 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Re-enactment of a rite in Mali, where a young man gives himself to a clan and becomes a full member. The young bride getting ready. Second...
Bridgeman Arts
Journey For Survival part nine - People in developing countries are vaccinated against smallpox. The Prime Minister of Nepal, Surya Bahadur Thapa, speaks to camera.
Clip from 'Journey For Survival' 1981 documentary about drought and famine in developing countries. People in developing countries are vaccinated against smallpox. The Prime Minister of Nepal, Surya Bahadur Thapa, speaks to camera.
Bridgeman Arts
Barbican 1969, clip 5 - the Barbican site under construction
Clip 5 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. Shots include the Barbican site under construction. The focus of the film is to explain how the new scheme will 'bring life...
Bridgeman Arts
Holiday group swimming in the Creuse river and visiting a farm. France 1930s
Clip 4 from the 1930s French documentary 'A la decouverte de la France: La Creuse ignoree' (Discover France: The unknown Creuse), about the Creuse region in France. Holiday group cycling along the Creuse River in the countryside. They...
Bridgeman Arts
Sweden 1970s - industry: cars, aviation, trains, telecommunications and electronic
Promotional film with American VO about Sweden, made in 1970s. Clip features scenes inside the Volvo company and other manufacturing businesses which include the production of cars, food, trains, aircrafts, and telecommunications.
Bridgeman Arts
Sahara, Algeria, 1954 - Colom Bechar, camels, and vehicles driving through roads and water
Clip 2 from the 1954 film 'Les Deux Visages Du Sahara', a short propaganda film exploring the French government's contribution to Algeria during colonization. In this clip, scenes of Colom Bechar and its people. Men on camels, and...
Bridgeman Arts
African tribal dancer changes and goes to work as a doctor, Madagascar, 1930s
Part 2 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas : De Madagascar - Tombouctou / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Sacred tribal dance. Dancer changes out of tribal dress and into everyday clothes. European missionary is present....
Bridgeman Arts
Saturday, August 24, 1968 Streets of Prague during Soviet occupation. The opposition sabotage Soviet plans. Soviet politicians in conference.
Part two 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...
Bridgeman Arts
Moroccan men and women play drums, clap and sing, women dance in traditional clothing, c.1960
The Berbers sit in a circle under an open tent, clapping their hands. Close up of a leather drum. Woman in the center covers her face with a veil. Woman starts to dance. She uncovers her face. Moroccan women in jewellery dancing. Medium...
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...