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11th International Boating Show in Paris, 1970s
Clip from a 1970s tourism film promoting Paris. Sailboats in exhibition centre, man dressed as Captain Haddock drives a car with a sailboat on top around Paris. Views of the Arc de Triomphe, La Madeleine church and the Seine.
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FLM PS0659 9 Bahrain 1960s - Boys going to school and playing basketball.
Clip 9 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Archeologists at Ras Al Qala'a archaeological site. Ruins. Boys going to school and playing basketball.
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Israelite women in Kibboutz working the fields, sharing meals and voting while the children are in creche. c.1960
Israelite women in Kibboutz working the fields, sharing meals and voting while the children are in creche. c.1960
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Young lady writes diary with French VO, c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. Track from a diary to a young woman in bed. She picks the diary up and starts writing.
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Date trees and market vendors. Algeria, 1947
Clip 7 from 'Deglet-Nour, Doigt de Lumiere', a 1947 documentary about Algeria during French colonization. Scenes of palm trees and date trees. Men sort through the date harvest and prepare them for market.
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Coal miners get on a night bus to work. Workers at the colliery. France, 1952
Clip 1 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Coal miners get on a night bus to the colliery. Some of them have injuries and walk with walking sticks. Workers...
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City scenes in Stockholm. Sweden, 1960s
A clip from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Shots of building and cathedral exteriors on the streets of Stockholm. Cars travelling down the road system. Boats in the...
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Miners and boys climbing up from the underground mining tunnels. France, 1952
Clip 4 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners and young boys walk through the underground mining tunnels. They climb up using a ladder.
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Miners and boys descend to the underground mining tunnels. France, 1952
Clip 3 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners and young boys travel down into the underground mining tunnels.
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Cactus plants. France, 1955
Clip 11 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of various cactus plants growing in the hills.
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Juan-les-Pins 1952 - beach and glamorous people, babies children playing, synchronised waterskiing
Part 2 of 1952 promo film about Juan-les-Pins. Aerial view of Juan-les-Pins, beach and mass of tourists, people on the promenade, children and dogs, pushchairs, soldier on leave, baby in pushchair, soldier talking with a nanny, water...
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Insane people in small Moroccan vilage are put into an underground bunker, religious leaders exorcise people by hitting them with a shoe, c.1960
Marabout hits people with a leather slipper / shoe. Mad people lead to a shed / prison / underground shelter by others. Medium shot : Moroccan man making gestures to the camera, saying something (we don't hear his voice). Close up of...
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Re-enacted scenes of early recording studio. Demo of recording to members of public.
Clip 2 from Au Creux des Sillons. French language film about the history of sound recording made in 1958 with the help of Pathe-Marconi. Shows the process of manufacturing vinyl discs from studio recording to factory. Historical...
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Old man and young girl drink tea together. France, 1960
Clip 7 from the 1960 French film 'Au Coeur de la Ville', about an old man who rescues a young girl from suicide. An old man and a young girl sit at the table drinking tea, along with the man's dog. The man gets up to leave.
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Nighttime tandem waterskiing with lights, Juan-les-Pins, 1952
Part 5 of 1952 promo film about Juan-le-Pins. Four people hold lights while waterskiing at night.
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Afghanistan 1945 - men perform traditional Attan dance. CU shots of smiling men in turbans.
Afghanistan 1945 - men perform traditional Attan dance. CU shots of smiling men in turbans.
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USSR 1970s - nature scenes of flowers and ocean. Men blowing up mountains and felling trees.
Time lapse Tulip opening out. Tulip field. Yellow butterfly on a kind of thistle. Landscape, forest and mountains in the mist. Clouds over the sea. Birds / seagulls in the sky, then close to the surface of the sea water. Waves on the...
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Bayonne cathedral, buildings and industry. Basque Country, c.1930s
Clip 1 from the documentary Zazpiak Bat about the Basque Country. Scenes of the Bayonne cathedral, Basque museum, industry, ships, ports, villas and the beach. Fishermen unload their fish. Boats travel along the river. Shots of paintings.
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London at night - city lights, roasted chestnut vendor, glamorous couple in restaurant. c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. Shots of bright neon city lights, young lady buys some roast chestnuts from a street vendor, an elegant couple in a restaurant clink glasses and drink...
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Greenland expedition, 1934, by French explorers - men on board ship in the Arctic ocean.
Boat in Arctic ocean. Scientists on deck : Paul-Emile Victor, Dr Robert Gessain, Fred Matter-Steveniers, Michel Perez. Boat breaking ice, icebergs.
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People of the Kolkhoz in the Fergana Valley. Uzbekistan, 1970
Clip 5 from the 1970 documentary 'Maitre de L'Eau' (Masters of Water) about water and irrigation in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and Karakum Canal. Families and communities sit around tables laden with food. Scenes of nature in the...
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Opening credits of film about Juan-les-Pins, France, 1952
Part 1, Opening credits of film about Juan-les-Pins, France, 1952
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Afghanistan 1945 - Herat Citadel, traditional spinning dance (Attan) similar to whirling dervishes.
Great walls, fortress, Herat Citadel around the city of Herat. Traditional warlike dances (similar to whirling dervishes), drums, dancers with traditional costumes. Gate, inscription, Persian border, Turkmen horsemen.
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Wildlife in a Ukrainian nature reserve, 1970s
Ukrainian steppe near Askania Nova. Pink flamingoes, wild horses (Przewalski's horse), zebras, antelopes, two stags fighting, herd of deers, birds w/ a feather crest, ostriches, Hungarian steppe cattle, bisons, aurochs. High angle over...