Bridgeman Arts
Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, marble barge and monuments in Beijing, China, 1920s
Clip 2 from the 1920s film 'China's Forbidden City' about Peking (Beijing) in China. The screen journal of a camera man's visit to the Imperial City of Beijing. The Temple of Heaven, Altar of Heaven, Summer Palace, marble barge and...
British Movietone
DUCHESS OPENS SCULPTURE DISPLAY
The Duchess of Kent recently opened the LCC's second open-air sculpture exhibition where she inspected the work of leading British and overseas sculptors. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
HORSE SCULPTURE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
The sculpture, a group of five rearing horses, has been commissioned by an Arab Sheikh to adorn his Palace. The work by Sculptor Philip Jackson, has been made in fibre-glass finished in bronze and thought to be the largest Equestrian...
Bridgeman Arts
A Trip to Egypt 1976
Flying from Cairo to Luxor then on to Karnak, Valley of the Kings, Aswan and many other sights including boats on the Nile in 1976. Aswan, a city on the Nile River, has been southern Egypt’s strategic and commercial gateway since...
British Movietone
ART IN THE PARK
A Sculpture Exhibition has opened in Battersea Park and includes works by Rodin, Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
Bridgeman Arts
Daily life on the streets of Karachi
Daily scenes of Karachiites going about their business in the Tin Talwar area of Karachi
Bridgeman Arts
Daily life on the streets of Karachi 1
Daily scenes of Karachiites going about their business in the Tin Talwar area of Karachi. Colour corrected
Bridgeman Arts
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF OLYMPIA, GREECE, 1966
Visit to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. The film begins with the masterpiece marble statue, Hermes of Praxiteles (340 BC), which is one of the most important exhibits of the Museum. The lens then focuses on the sculptures of the...
Bridgeman Arts
Holy Week and Paris
Dark images of a holy week procession in Cartagena, Spain. A visit to Paris where some of the main sites are depicted.
Bridgeman Arts
Germany Late 60s
Colour. 1960s. Statutes on side of medieval building. Trams, cars, carts and people in busy town streets. Bathers and boaters in a large busy lake. Sailing boats. Big busy jetty. Outside a cafe. Boats on lake. Hotel Weisses Russl....
Bridgeman Arts
PARIS SIGHTSEEING ON A BATEAUX MOUCHE, SEPTEMBER 1978
The film opens with the Eiffel Tower and a sign informing us that on the left are the "Bateaux Mouches" boats. People are getting ready to board and the tour begins. We see a part of the Musée d'Orsay and then the building of the Court...
Bridgeman Arts
TRIP TO NORCIA IN ITALY, 1976
The town of Norcia is located in central Italy. The most important part of the town - and this is first shown in the film - is the statue of Saint Benedict, next to the church of the Saint, in the homonymous central square. In the...
Bridgeman Arts
Trafalgar Squre 50s And 60s
LS people feed pigeons. Pigeons fly off. Stall selling pigeon feed. man covered in pigeons. Pigeons on statues and fountains. Pigeons in sky and covering street. 60s - Shots of a busy square, pigeons still large numbers.
Press Association
People make pebble sculptures as they they take their daily exercise
Pebble sculptures have formed on Whitley Bay beach on the North East coast, while people are taking their daily lockdown exercise they have kept adding pebble sculptures transforming the beach as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb...
Bridgeman Arts
Weaving and threading in Aubusson. Town sites. France 1930s
Clip 3 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 visiting Aubusson. Weaving and threading / tapestry...
Curated Video
Architects reveal plans to build a house with a 3D printer
Utrecht, Netherlands, February 9, 2013
1. Close full screen model of proposed 3D Landscape House
2. Close of architectural drawing of 3D house
3. Close of animated computer model of 3D house
4. Wide shot of the audience watching...
Bridgeman Arts
Parks and architecture in Monte Carlo. French Riviera, 1951
Clip 3 from the 1951 French language film 'Croisiere Bleue' about the South of France, the French Riviera, Monaco and Monte Carlo. A bust of Hector Berlioz. Path and enfilade with palm trees on both sides. Tilt up to landscape of Monte...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Iraqis transform arms of war into art
VOICED: Iraqis transform arms of war into art
Bridgeman Arts
Metal industry in Bahrain, grave mounds, pearls, cargo ports, women singing, 1974
Clip 2 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage of factories, the metal industry, and mineral wealth in Bahrain. High angle footage of grave mounds and burial tombs. Footage of ancient...
Curated Video
RR7222B ITALY: HENRY MOORE EXHIBITION
In Florence, a unique exhibition of the work of the
English sculptor Henry Moore opened at the end of
May 1972. On a hill overlooking the city, over thirty of
Moore's largest works have been assembled, and
smaller pieces and drawings...
Curated Video
Exhibition explores daring inventiveness of South American artists
Plunging lines, darting diagonals; this is radical geometry.
At London's Royal Academy of Arts, they're presenting an exhibition of South American art spanning over four decades with over 80 paintings and sculptures.
It charts the...
Bridgeman Arts
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...
Bridgeman Arts
Karachi Cantonment Train Station
Daily scenes at Karachi's main train station, Karachi Cantonment