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Dancing, camels and boats. Algeria, 1947
Clip 8 from 'Deglet-Nour, Doigt de Lumiere', a 1947 documentary about Algeria during French colonization. Men and women dance in traditional costume by a fire. Caravans of camels move through the desert. A map of Algeria highlights its...
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Greenland expedition, 1934, by French explorers - indigenous people hunt with harpoons in kayaks. Children learn to ride kayaks.
Eskimo kayaks. Hunter throwing harpoon w/ propelling stick. Explorers and Eskimos in kayaks. Children learning to row in false kayaks made of stones. Woman and children sitting in middle of flowers, child playing to fish. Explorer...
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Man at work with his colleagues. USA, 1953
Clip 3 from the 1953 documentary 'Once a Scout' about the Boy Scouts of America. Young boys learn at the Boy Scouts, and sit by the side of a fire with an older teacher.
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Visual tricks with cameras, made in France, 1956
Clip 6 from the 1956 French documentary 'Images d'hier et D'aujourd'hui' (Images of Yesterday and Today) about the history of photography, featuring reenactments from the early 1900s. In this clip, camera tricks show people walking...
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Camel train in the Moroccan desert, farming and water, c.1960
High angle shot of desert in North Africa. Wide shot of caravan in the desert. Caravane crossing the screen, wide shot and medium shot. Men draw out the water from a well. Water conteiner made from animal skin and metal. High angle shot...
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Tower Bridge: Looking at London, 1968, part 5 - Cargo from ships is distributed via different channels
Part 5 of the 1968 film Tower Bridge: Looking At London, which explores the history and development of the Tower Bridge along the River Thames. Presented by Ann Dickinson. In this clip, the cargo of the Baltic Sun is unloaded and...
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Coffee break at the hospital. Girl decides to study to be a medical technologist and goes to college with her friends, 1954
Part 5 of an educational film about a career in Medical Technologist, Canada 1954. A young lady decides she wants to enter a career as a medical technologist and goes to college with her friends. (acted).
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Bahrain 1960s - pearl hunters dive for oysters in the Persian Gulf.
Clip 3 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf. Men dive from boat for oysters and pick out the pearls on deck.
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Supersonic Preview part 3 - British Airways Concorde takes off. Interior cockpit with pilots. Interior cabin with passengers being served food. c.1976
Clip from a documentary on the Concorde plane, showing us how wonderfully useful, fast and liable it is. This film predicts the beginning of a supersonic age. Probably 1976, when the Concorde entered service as a commercial airliner....
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Messengers, congressional meeting, and battle. USA, 1960s
Clip 5 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). Messengers distribute letters amongst the settlers. Military and strategic congressional meetings regarding the rule of the newly found...
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Establishing shots of Paris and its colleges and universities, 1951
Clip 1 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. Ancient map of Paris. Aerial shot of central Paris (Ile Saint-Louis). Eiffel...
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Basque beret and chistera production. Basque Country, c.1930s
Clip 7 from the documentary Zazpiak Bat about the Basque Country. Scenes from a production line of Basque berets, espadrille shoes and chistera racquets. Shots from inside a Basque home. An animated map of the Basque Country and end...
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Tibetan uprising in 1959 - refugees and combat. Tibetans flee to India and Nepal where they set up a new community.
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Tibet. Buddhist temples. Communists seize Tibet, fighting, Tibetan refugees, Tibetans in India and Nepal. Burning houses, fights in Asian countries.
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 12 - elderly people in a care home, or special accommodation
Clip from a documentary type account of the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council. Surveys opinions of tenants rehoused on GLC estates as to their new houses...
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Karachi Cantonment Train Station
Daily scenes at Karachi's main train station, Karachi Cantonment
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Empress Market, Karachi: Meat Market
Butchers' area at the old Empress Market, Karachi
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Tallinn architecture and citizen meeting. Estonia, 1971
Clip 2 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Shots of the coast and sail-ships. High angle and aerial views of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, and its architecture. Men and women sit at a...
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Meetings at the Paris Conservatoire, France, 1943
Clip 1 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. January 1943. Young men walk down Paris...
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Pilgrims gather at Sehwan Shrine, Sindh
Pilgrims gather for prayer by the tomb of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a prominent Sufi saint from the 13th century
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Richard Hunt, the sculptor, at work in his studio in Chicago. Neighbourhood boys watch. 1965
Richard hunts searches for car parts in a junk yard. Works with them in his studio with neighbourhood kids watching. Chicago 1965
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Photographer Ansel Adams working on location in California and at home, playing piano and dining with his family. 1965
Photographer Ansel Adams working on location in California and at home, playing piano and dining with his family. 1965
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Five Nations rugby match, France Vs Ireland, Paris 1970s
Clip from a 1970s tourism film promoting Paris. France plays Ireland in a Five Nations rugby game in Paris 1970s.
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Capital County, 1950, part 2 - Animated maps show the development of the city of London
Clip 2 of a film called Capital County, exploring the work of the London County Council (LCC) and the development and administration of London in 1950. The film presents council services seen through the eyes of an ordinary citizen of...
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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...