Bridgeman Arts
The Living City, 1970, part 4 - busy streets of London, commuters, traffic, Bank of England
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
Bridgeman Arts
Berlin post WWII - communism, Walter Ulbricht, refugee camps, Berlin at demarcation line, 1945
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Cold War. Eastern Germany, Berlin. Brandenburg gate. Military parade in Eastern Germany, Walter Ulbricht (w/out sound) making speech, meeting the parade. Berlin 1945, Soviet army, fall of Berlin. Burning...
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...
Press Association
HS2 launches the Midlands' first tunnel-boring machine
HS2's tunnel-boring machine (TMB) 'Dorothy' begins it's one-mile journey under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire, the first TBM on the midlands section of the project. Interviews with HS2 CEO Mark Thurston and project manager...
Press Association
Paddington station unusually quiet as rail strikes take place
Platforms stand almost empty in Paddington in London as further industrial action is taken by rail unions.
Press Association
Grant Shapps needs to tone down the rhetoric and get on with his job - Mick Lynch
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch says 'Grant Shapps needs to tone down the rhetoric and get on with his job', on day three of a mass walkout of rail workers over conditions and a pay dispute.
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
Sweden 1970s - Banking and industrial exports
Promotional film with American VO about Sweden, made in 1970s. Clip features scenes of bankers at work in their offices, and shots of transatlantic ships carrying cargo, and exports such as railways made for African countries.
Bridgeman Arts
Czechoslovakia 1968 - Prague Spring and representatives signing the Bratislava Declaration
Clip 1 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, a train comes into the station. Prague Spring...
Bridgeman Arts
Miners at work. France, 1950
Clip 10 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of the mining industry in a French town, including workers labouring and railways transporting coal.
Bridgeman Arts
Barbican 1969, clip 4 - shots of post-Blitz bomb damage
Clip 4 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. Shots include St Paul's reflected in puddle, photographs of bomb damage to the city during the Blitz. The focus of the film is...
Bridgeman Arts
Cam Ranh Bay and soldiers on boats. Vietnam, 1945
Clip 9 from the 1945 film 'Escales Imperiales' (Imperial Ports of Call), which highlights the maritime routes linking the French empire into one vast network. Cam Ranh Bay near Saigon and soldiers on boats.
Bridgeman Arts
Mining factory and machinery. France, 1952
Clip 8 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Scenes from a mining factory. A worker operates the extraction machinery. Railways transport coal.
Bridgeman Arts
Railway construction. USSR, 1973
Clip 1 from the 1973 propaganda film The Soviet Army: The Railway Army. Men from the Soviet Army's railway unit plan and construct railway lines using machinery and heavy-lifting trucks.
Press Association
Crossrail to run empty trains for weeks to ensure ‘flawless’ service
Crossrail will operate empty trains for several weeks to ensure the service is “absolutely flawless” when it opens, the boss of Transport for London said. Andy Byford, London’s transport commissioner, told reporters he does not want the...
Curated Video
RR0131/A China: Expansion
Near Golmud, Qinghai Province (recent): railway construction workers lay track across plain; mountains beyond plain; Lhasa, Tibet (file): Potala Palace; near Golmud (recent): La Youyu, deputy chief of the Qinghai railway construction...
Bridgeman Arts
Storks nesting in cupolas and railway wires, USSR 1970s
Storks nesting in cupolas and railway wires, USSR 1970s
Bridgeman Arts
Cruisers arrive in Port Said, sailors on leave, and navigating the canals. Egypt, 1945
Clip 3 from the 1945 film 'Escales Imperiales' (Imperial Ports of Call), which highlights the maritime routes linking the French empire into one vast network. Arrival in Port Said (Egypt). Feluccas, a statue of Ferdinand De Lesseps and...
Bridgeman Arts
Locomotives in town. France, 1950
Clip 13 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of locomotives moving through the railways around town.
Bridgeman Arts
Off-duty soldiers. USSR, 1973
Clip 2 from the 1973 propaganda film The Soviet Army: The Railway Army. Off-duty soldiers from the Soviet Army's railway unit shower, polish their shoes, tend to the greenhouse garden plants, engage in photography, and have discussions...
Press Association
Tfl Engineering chief on preparing for Elizabeth Line opening at Whitechapel
Interview with Andy Lord, managing director of London Underground and Tfl Engineering, regarding the new station concourse and forthcoming Elizabeth Line services at Whitechapel station in east London.
Sky News
Network rail boss won't take his annual bonus
Network rail boss won't take his annual bonus
AFP News Agency
VOICED : End of the line for Kenyas lunatic
VOICED : End of the line for Kenyas lunatic
Bridgeman Arts
Old man gets ready in the morning and goes to the shops. France, 1960
Clip 6 from the 1960 French film 'Au Coeur de la Ville', about an old man who rescues a young girl from suicide. An old man gets ready in front of his mirror and shaves his face. He goes to the shops and buys bread, returning home to the...