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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS of the ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile
First opened in 1998 the Very Large Telescope (VLT) is one of the main optical telescopes installed in ChileÂ’s Atacama desert
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Progress in transportation in 1936
Title: 'Progress' superimposed over aerial shot of British passenger ship RMS Queen Mary sailing / aerial shot of Queen Mary sailing / shot of passengers on board ship / shot of ship sailing into New York harbor, British flag waving in...
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News cameramen shoot film in 1938
Cameraman views up in sky through camera on tripod, slowly turns lens toward front / camera set near to sandy ground, sound man kneels by, camera operator lays under viewfinder / man in hardhat turns crank on small round camera and turns...
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V-2 rocket moves toward launch pad for experiment in White Sands, NM
VS truck and trailer transport a V-2 rocket across sandy terrain / pan across launch pad and buildings nearby / Note: exact day not known
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German flying ace Captain Franz Carl Schleiff demonstrates his rubber car bumper invention by crashing cars
Captain Franz Carl Schleiff driving open car crashes into car on street causing dust, crowd watching in front of building; crowd starts to run toward scene / Schleiff looking for damages to bumper and cars from crash / Schleiff, driving...
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Ferry suspended from bridge over Loire River at Nantes, France
Shot from below of bridge tower / cameraman hanging on to bridge cable, Nantes below in background / shot from bridge tower of boat on Loire River below passing under bridge / close view of ferry mechanism moving along under of bridge /...
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V-2 rocket moves into position on launch pad at White Sands, NM
VS trailer lift raises V-2 rocket to vertical position at its launch pad; pan up and down the length of the V-2, which will be fired with a camera attached to record views of Earth as the V-2 passes over / V-2 on launch pad as trailer...
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British airship designer Dennistoun Burney exhibits new automobile he has designed in London
Title card: 'Builds Automobile Shaped Like R-100, London, England - Sir Dennistoun Burney, airship designer, evolves new type streamline for cars' / two new automobiles designed by Burney driving down street in London traffic./ view from...
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V-2 rocket launch in White Sands, NM
VS V-2 rocket moves in sky after launch, emitting vapor trail which becomes more pronounced as it rises higher in sky / Note: exact day not known
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BAC super-car manufacturers
CLEAN: Interior shots Mono supercars being constructed and on display in BAC workshop on October 31, 2016 in Liverpool, England.
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Glider pulled by car mimics airplane navigation to train students
Title card: 'Learn flying in glider on auto, Greensburg, PA - Inventor Harry Traver explains newest device to train student pilots' / Harry Traver, in straw boater, speaking (no audio); behind, a seated teenage boy moves a joystick / car...
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Camels at Egypt's 'Cave of Ali Baba'
Cave entrance in rocky outcropping with caravan of camels below / men heaving large block of stone / VS camels being guided by owners inside cave past huge boulders and outside / workers loading heavy blocks of stone on backs of camels /...
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Albert and Elsa Einstein on board a ship in 1933
Albert Einstein with his wife Elsa on board a ship, with a bunch of people behind him; Einstein smiles and speaks / Note: exact month/day not known
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1930s control room and control board
Tubes and roller of machine / men examine small storage building outside a larger industrial building / control room with technicians, engines, large control panels / rear shot man approaches technician seated in control room / MS...
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Middle Eastern town by water; oil tanker, pipelines, derrick in oil fields; maybe in 1940s
Docked oil tanker / oil derrick / worker writing down readings on pipe gauges, area surrounded by fence / CU gauge / worker taking gauge readings / sailboats by dock with sails furled, people and buildings in bg / street scene, maybe...
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Oil pipelines and storage tanks in desert in Middle Eastern country in maybe 1940s
Oil pipelines / pipelines in desert / looking down pipelines / looking down pipelines, building in bg / storage tank with number on it / storage tank and stair structure, man walking nearby; pan to more storage tanks in oil field / man...
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Plane takes off in early 1910s
Pilot wears goggles and flight helmet as he sits in seat of small biplane, pulls levers / plane approaches, takes off / plane flies away into sky / plane comes in for landing / crowd surrounds front of plane / Note: exact year not known;...
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Four US Army Air Service aviators attempt first aerial circumnavigation of the globe in 1924
US Army Air Service personnel examine biplane 'New Orleans' as it stands with other similar biplanes on airfield / man loads suitcase into plane's hold; plane logo partially visible at right reads 'Air Service World Flight' / VS biplanes...
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John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown are greeted with enthusiasm after completing first transatlantic flight in 1919
VS John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown are carried on the shoulders of an enthusiastic Irish crowd after they land in Ireland after making first transatlantic flight; Alcock wears civilian clothing and Brown wears military uniform /...
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Farman Goliath airliner lands, bearing passengers, in France circa 1920
Farman Goliath airplane approaches on airfield, with tail marking 'F-FFHMY' / chalkboard displays arrivals of airplanes, including the Goliath / passengers hop out of plane, which is labeled with airline name 'Compagnie des Grands...
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1920s telephone operator at work
VS a woman with short hair speaks into a microphone while moving cords around a switchboard; other women do the same nearby / Note: exact year not known; documentation incomplete
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Dogsled teams moving across Greenland in expedition led by Canadian explorer Robert Bartlett
WS men and dogsled teams ready to move out / line of men walking / dogsled teams moving ahead / CU Eskimo smiling / dogsled team going up slope / men gathered around dogsled next to tent / Eskimo woman handling Huskies / CU Husky howling...
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Aston Martin Cars in showroom
CLEAN: Shows interior shots signs and Aston Martin AMR (Rapide) in showroom.Petrol and diesel cars will banned from sale by 2040, after the government announced plans to make all vehicles electric. The Environment Secretary Michael Gove...
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Aston Martin Cars in showroom
CLEAN: Shows interior shots Aston Martin Valkyrie in showroom.Petrol and diesel cars will banned from sale by 2040, after the government announced plans to make all vehicles electric. The Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced the...