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A typical start to the day at a school for young women. France, 1942
Clip 3 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. One full day in the school. 7 AM: bell rings ;...
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Bahrain 1960s - His Highness Sheikh Sir Salman II bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain, with his entourage. Shipbuilding at Mina Salman Port in Manama.
Clip 2 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. His Highness Sheikh Sir Salman II bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain, with his entourage. Persian boats and barges under construction.
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Young lady looks out window as the BOAC plane lands c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. CU plane landing (opening landing gear), passengers preparing for landing, awaking.
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Sport and Basque pelota. Basque Country, c.1930s
Clip 4 from the documentary Zazpiak Bat about the Basque Country. Men playing a game of Basque pelota while onlookers watch.
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Children outside the Pantheon, and interiors of the Lycee Henri IV in Paris, 1951
Clip 2 from the 1951 French film 'Le Lycee Sur La Colline', following a student of the 1950s from his entry at Lycee Henri IV (Paris) to his final graduation. Pantheon square with bus and children of the 1950's in short trousers, wearing...
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Scenes from universities and musical academies, Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 5 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Wide shot of universities an schools in Ukraine, eastern Europe. People / students sitting on benches / banks...
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Colleagues laugh at an old man and his manager shouts at him. France, 1960
Clip 8 from the 1960 French film 'Au Coeur de la Ville', about an old man who rescues a young girl from suicide. An old man is laughed at by his colleagues in his workplace. He is called into the manager's office, and is shouted at. He...
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Sheikh in Biskra. Farmers and children with animals. Algeria, 1947
Clip 2 from 'Deglet-Nour, Doigt de Lumiere', a 1947 documentary about Algeria during French colonization. A sheikh, and pictures of sheikhs on the wall. A man climbs up a tree and gathers its branches. Farmers plough the land. Children...
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Old man and child eat dinner. France, 1960
Clip 4 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 eat dinner at his house, with his dog also at the table.
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Swimming, sailing and ice yachting. Sweden, 1960s
Clip 2 from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Shots of people swimming in pools and women sitting by the poolside. Scenes by the harbour, including footage of boats and...
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Paris at night, streets, landmarks, cancan dancers, 1970s
Clip from a 1970s tourism film promoting Paris. Shots of city lights, streets, traffic, Arc de Triomphe, Hotel Pigalle, Lido, Moulin Rouge, cancan dancers on stage.
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Christmas in Paris, 1970s
Clip from a 1970s tourism film promoting Paris. Santa Clauses outside window display, christmas trees for sale, food market, Fauchon, selling fruit basket and specialities, (retro 70s food), Christmas lights.
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Beaches and speedboat racing in Cannes. Southern France, 1955
Clip 2 from a 1955 French film 'Petits Paradis de Mediterranee' exploring the Mediterranean harbour and the South of France. Beach scenes of sunbathers and tourists in Cannes. Speedboats race in the regatta as people watch from the shore.
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New village by Olga Diptan, traditional embroidery, arts and crafts. Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 9 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Pan of a new constructed village in Ukraine, by Olga Diptan (?) with streets and modern houses. Zoom in on her...
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Views of the Royal Festival Hall, a street artist, Trafalgar Square, pigeons, and Hyde Park fountains. London c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. Shots of the Royal Festival Hall, a street artist, Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park fountains.
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Au lycee Papillon - At School in Papillon. France, 1936
A short French film made in 1936 named 'Au lycee Papillon', featuring Georgius (Georges Guibourg). A despairing school teacher joins with Georgius to question the boys in the classroom. All break out into song and end up fighting and...
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Bedouin tribesmen on camels in Algerian desert, 1957
Clip 6 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. Shot of shadows on the ground of people walking with their camels in the Tamanghasset region. Shot of tribesman crouching and looking on the horizon with rising sun, with...
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Camel train carrying salt in desert, Timbuktu, Mali, 1930s. Tuareg warriors ambush them and reenact a battle.
Part 5 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Camel train carrying salt in desert, Timbuktu, Mali. Tuareg warriors ambush them and reenact a battle.
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Children swimming in pool and Tuareg farmland in Algerian desert, 1957
Clip 5 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. Children playing in a swimming in pool in the Hoggar / Ahaggar region.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Anglophone Cameroon caught between soldiers and separatists
Do you shut shop at the risk of punishment by the authorities or do you brave the wrath of separatist militants in English speaking parts of Cameroon for ignoring strike calls Traders in Buea the capital of the Southwest region face a...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : 'Exhausted' Swiss doctors reel as second virus wave hits
For weeks now, the Covid-19 has been mercilessly lashing Switzerland, and in particular its French-speaking region, where hospitals are rapidly becoming overwhelmed (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Wallonia leader defends amended CETA deal
Paul Magnette head of the southern French-speaking Belgian region of Wallonia defends changes made to the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) which he says is more fair than the previous accord
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Captured German footage of soldiers shipboard and on land during World War II
[French language VO throughout ] German soldiers seated on deck of ship with a few looking over railing / tilt down to deck of vessel / pile of equipment with wheel / aerial view of boats in harbor / men exiting ship carrying duffel bags...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Vincent Auriol addresses the UN General Assembly at 1951 Paris meeting
VS SOTs French Pres. Vincent Auriol addresses the sixth session of the UN General Assembly during its meeting at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris; he speaks in French / he departs podium, to VO applause / tilt-down WS dais at front of...