Bridgeman Arts
Moraccan village people preparing couscous and eating, a class of boys read the Quran, c.1960
Women preparing the couscous with manual tools. Close up of a small girl eating something. Pan of Moroccan / North African village. Moroccan / North African people sitting on the ground in shadow. Close ups of faces. People reading...
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Presenter Daniel Dorian outside the Detroit Institute of Arts in Michigan, USA, 1965
Presenter Daniel Dorian outside the Detroit Institute of Arts in Michigan, USA, 1965 - features zoom out shot of Rodin's The Thinker.
Hearst Metrotone News
Prime Minister Winston Churchill speaks at a meeting of officials.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill speaks at a meeting of officials.
Hearst Metrotone News
Vice President Richard Nixon talks to Premier Nikita Khrushchev at a meeting.
Vice President Richard Nixon talks to Premier Nikita Khrushchev at a meeting.
Bridgeman Arts
Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 1 - cityscape GVs of London, woman looking for property
Clip from a documentary type account of the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at the work of the Greater London Council in tackling London's housing shortage in the late 60s.
Bridgeman Arts
Barbican 1969, clip 10 - A Barbican Tower block under construction, shot of London skyline with sun setting.
Clip 10 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. A Barbican Tower block under construction, shot of London skyline with sun setting. The focus of the film is to explain how...
Bridgeman Arts
Underground nuclear explosive detonated at Urta-Bulak gas field, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, 1966
In 1966, a nuclear explosive was detonated at Urta-bulak gas field in Southern Uzbekistan in order to extinguish a gas well fire that had been burning for almost three years and had resisted numerous attempts at control. The gas...
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China's first nuclear weapons test (596), detonated on October 16th 1964, Lop Nur test site.
The People's Republic of China's first nuclear weapons test (called 596, and originally named by the US intelligence agencies Chic-1), detonated on October 16, 1964, at the Lop Nur test site. It was a uranium-235 implosion fission device...
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US soldiers and military equipment arrive in West Berlin, 1961 - crowds cheer and wave
Sunday 20th August. 1500 soldiers and military equipment arrive to join the American troops already in place in West Germany. Soldiers and military cars and tanks arrive in West Berlin, welcomed by crowds and presidents. Soldiers on top...
Bridgeman Arts
FLM PS0659 9 Bahrain 1960s - Boys going to school and playing basketball.
Clip 9 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Archeologists at Ras Al Qala'a archaeological site. Ruins. Boys going to school and playing basketball.
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Israelite women in Kibboutz working the fields, sharing meals and voting while the children are in creche. c.1960
Israelite women in Kibboutz working the fields, sharing meals and voting while the children are in creche. c.1960
Bridgeman Arts
Fast Reactor Development, part one, 1964
Still of first fast reactor at Los Alamos in 1946 with engineers at work. Followed by images of the experimental breeder reactor One in Idaho. EBR I in 1951. EBR II and Enrico Fermi Plant. Diagrams / Animation of mechanisms and procedures.
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Police in Britain part 2 - women modelling dresses on a London street. Policemen and men watch them. 1960s.
Clip from a film about the work of bobbies (British police) in Great Britain in the 60s, and their everyday tasks and duties.
Bridgeman Arts
City scenes in Stockholm. Sweden, 1960s
A clip from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Shots of building and cathedral exteriors on the streets of Stockholm. Cars travelling down the road system. Boats in the...
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Insane people in small Moroccan vilage are put into an underground bunker, religious leaders exorcise people by hitting them with a shoe, c.1960
Marabout hits people with a leather slipper / shoe. Mad people lead to a shed / prison / underground shelter by others. Medium shot : Moroccan man making gestures to the camera, saying something (we don't hear his voice). Close up of...
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Old man and young girl drink tea together. France, 1960
Clip 7 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 sit at the table drinking tea, along with the man's dog. The man gets up to leave.
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Nixon and various European leaders, 1969
Clip 3 from the 'The First Step: President Nixon's European Visit', a film produced by the United States Information Agency in 1969, covering Richard Nixon's European visits and meetings. In this clip, excerpts show various European...
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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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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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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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Sailing boats in Oslo. 1960s
Clip 9 from 'Oslo, The Viking Capital' (Oslo, Ville des Vikings) from the 1960s, an animated film about vikings in Oslo. Footage of sailing boats and sailing competitions in Oslo. A viking puppet stands with his sword on a cafe 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...
Bridgeman Arts
Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 2 - mother and children at home in terrible living conditions
Clip from a documentary type account of the slums of London and the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council in slum clearance and building and its plans in the...
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Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, launching of British ships of C20
Clip from Centenary, an award-winning documentary (BISFA Gold Award 1967 best UK documentary) made by Peter Baylis & John Edwards, a duo who won BISFA Gold for a record-breaking three years running. 'Centenary' was sponsored by Vickers &...