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Montage of early flight, pioneers and aircraft
Clip from Flight Fighters of the Fifties, a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s.
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Mining In Canada 1920s
Mining mineral silk, product of asbestos. Drilling rocks for blasting. Goods trains & crane. Bridge over waters in quarry. Workers pack fibres for world export.
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Market trade, milkmen and breweries. Berlin, 1924-1928
Various industries in Berlin. Shots of a market hall and cattle being transported. Cows are taken off a train for the slaughterhouse. Milkmen from the C. Bolle dairy are seen with their "Bollewagen“ making their deliveries. Shots of the...
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The signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
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WWI, Knighthood, Quentin Roosevelt's grave, aircraft and aerial warfare
WWI, Knighthood, Quentin Roosevelt's grave, aircraft and aerial warfare
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WWI naval warfare, submarine attack, German airship
WWI naval warfare, submarine attack, German airship
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Visiting The Old Fashioned Port Of Santa Margherita
Colour. 1970s. A pleasure ship carrying many passengers sets to sea. A row boat nearby by a harbour wall. Sign: Ortofino. People in busy narrow street. People on shoreline. Motor boat comes into dock at harbour watched by people....
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Visiting Graves in France, 1970s
British car outside French cafe. Owner with broom smiles at camera. Sign: Entree De L'Hotel. POV from car driving through Paris, Notre Dame. Graveyard, grave stone of Private E J Burbridge aged 18. GVs of graveyard. Woman amongst stones....
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Visit To Austria, 1940s
Shots of an Austrian mountain from a boat. Tourists mingle with the Austrian locals. Scenic views of the mountains. People leave their chalets and trek into the snowy mountains. Shot of person walking in an ice tunnel. Tourists visit...
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Veteran Cars in Hyde Park, 1948-49
A selection of vintage cars wait. Men radio interviewed. Crowds wander amongst old vehicles. Vehicles start off on their journey. Vehicles through gates. Shots of stationary vehicles. Lady gets prepared in car. Various shots of vehicles...
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Venice And Versuvius 1930s
Man feds pigeons in square. Shots of buildings and rivers. Tour of ruins. Rowing to ship anchored offshore. Vesuvius erupting though man & locals watch close by. Shots of smoking volcano. Train down volcano.
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USA in the 1940s
American families socialize around parked cars. They grab food from car trunk and eat at tables overlooking coast. Men play ball and look under car bonnets. A man fishes from the shoreline whilst the families play around him on the...
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USA Hometown, 1940s B&W
*Steenbeck transfer only. A couple skate on frozen pond. We see more people skating on pond. Men slide around playfully on frozen ground in woodlands. A man chops logs. Two elderly men and one woman play to camera in street by old cars....
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USA Hometown 1940s Life COLOR
Two young girls play outside house. Family on porch, guests arrive bearing presents. Inside, the children smile at camera. Outside, the kids play on bikes. A children’s birthday party outside in garden. Children play with toys and join...
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USA Employees Play, Philadelphia 1930s
The Mercury Rug Company, Philadelphia USA. Employees clown around whilst doing a wheel change. Inside their premises. A work car pulls up and they perform a comical loop emerging. A larger vehicle pulls out and they perform the same gag....
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University Students Take Break, 1920s
A group of girl students relax outside. They ride bikes. Young children on bikes in front garden of a house.
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Trip To NY Parade, 1960s
A New York City parade. Family on deck with ship in New York harbor. Ship returns to UK.
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Train Trip Model Village, 1950s
Passengers ride a miniature railway. A train takes a family on a trip to a seaside resort in Cheshire. They attend a model village then cross Acton Bridge for their journey home. A steam train takes them home.
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Train High Speed 1930s
Shots of a steam train (6200) taken from another moving train. We see it leave a platform and build up speed. Close ups of the wheels thundering down the track and long shots of the locomotive passing signal boxes at great speed. It...
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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.
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The Queen Mary At Southampton 1938
Shots of The Queen Mary moored at Southampton Docks. A crane loads hold. Passengers on deck. LS of ship waiting. Staff unload trucks of provisions which they carry aboard. Men barrow more. Provisions craned aboard. Passengers on deck....
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Tennis, 1930s
Semi-professional tennis players, male and female, serve to their partners.
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Taunton, 1940s
LS people and traffic in town’s street, St James’ Church in background. Closer shots of people and traffic in streets. Arch of Castle Hotel. Policeman overseeing pedestrians and traffic. LS people and traffic in main street. Close shot...