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Man at work with his colleagues. USA, 1953
Clip 3 from the 1953 documentary 'Once a Scout' about the Boy Scouts of America. Young boys learn at the Boy Scouts, and sit by the side of a fire with an older teacher.
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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...
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Navy soldiers on board a ship. Diploma ceremonies. USSR, 1973
Clip 7 from the 1973 propaganda film The Soviet Army. Soviet navy soldiers on board a ship engaging in training and problem solving. Water gushes through the ship wall as students try to block it. Soldiers under water and operating naval...
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Visual tricks with cameras, made in France, 1956
Clip 6 from the 1956 French documentary 'Images d'hier et D'aujourd'hui' (Images of Yesterday and Today) about the history of photography, featuring reenactments from the early 1900s. In this clip, camera tricks show people walking...
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Preparations for a wedding in Morocco, c.1960 - makeup, clothing, women singing and dancing, procession carrying bride in veil
Ruins of Volubilis. Moroccan women in the ruins. Close up of a woman doing her hair. Close up of foot: woman is putting on decorated shoes. Close up of Moroccan woman putting on makeup. Close up of floor's mosaic. Wide shot and medium...
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 9 - Port Health Authority inspectors at work on ships
Clip 9 from the 1960 film 'The Lord Mayor', commissioned by the City of London Corporation to give an overview of its services, including schools, markets, housing welfare and health. In this clip, a council meeting for the Port Health...
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Camel train in the Moroccan desert, farming and water, c.1960
High angle shot of desert in North Africa. Wide shot of caravan in the desert. Caravane crossing the screen, wide shot and medium shot. Men draw out the water from a well. Water conteiner made from animal skin and metal. High angle shot...
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The Living City, 1970, part 9 - the buildings and monuments of Christopher Wren, London
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...
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Women at work around the world, 1940s-1950s
A cotton threading factory in 1940s - 1950s. A woman piles up 15 large spools on her shoulder. A woman lab technician activating a machine / device. African women seated at workbench assembling and packing very small paper boxes. A young...
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Tower Bridge: Looking at London, 1968, part 5 - Cargo from ships is distributed via different channels
Part 5 of the 1968 film Tower Bridge: Looking At London, which explores the history and development of the Tower Bridge along the River Thames. Presented by Ann Dickinson. In this clip, the cargo of the Baltic Sun is unloaded and...
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Pottery in a small town. New Mexico c.1950.
Clip 3 from the film 'The American Scene: Indian Life in Mexico' c.1950. Scenes of children playing games on the ground. A woman cooks bread in an outdoor oven. Women singing and making pots.
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Hoggar mountain range, the Tuaregs, Bedouin tribesmen load camels with salt to travel across desert, Algeria 1957
Clip 1 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Aerials of the Hoggar Mountains. Tribesmen load camels with salt to travel across desert.
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1000 Quakers stage a two-day anti-nuclear vigil outside the Pentagon, Washington D.C. 12-13 November 1960
Peace Education program of the American friends Service Committee, "The Language of Faces", c.1960. Cold War film. 1000 Quakers hold a two-day vigil outside the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on 12th and 13th November 1960. Marching while...
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Nurses and scientists in training. Art school, market, gardens and a woman belly-dancing. Algiers, 1961
Clip 2 from the 1961 film 'De quel amour blessec', which shows images from Algeria through the centuries from the perspective of four writers: Apulece, Saint Augustin, Ibn Khaldoun et Albert Camus. Nurses, all dressed in white listening...
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Sunday, August 25, 1968 Prague citizens opposing the Soviet occupation rename their streets and put up posters and signs of protest.
Part three of Seven Days to Remember Part 2, documenting events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August, 1968. Made by valiant Czech filmmakers, who risked their lives to film the defiance in the streets and to get their...
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Famadihana funerary tradition in Madagascar, 1930s.
Part 8 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Interesting clip documenting the Famadihana funerary tradition in Madagascar, 1930s. Known as 'the turning of the bones', Malagasy people bring...
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Coffee break at the hospital. Girl decides to study to be a medical technologist and goes to college with her friends, 1954
Part 5 of an educational film about a career in Medical Technologist, Canada 1954. A young lady decides she wants to enter a career as a medical technologist and goes to college with her friends. (acted).
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Bahrain 1960s - pearl hunters dive for oysters in the Persian Gulf.
Clip 3 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf. Men dive from boat for oysters and pick out the pearls on deck.
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 13 - POV from car down Holloway Road, elderly friends playing dominoes
Clip from a documentary type account of the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council. Surveys opinions of tenants rehoused on GLC estates as to their new houses...
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Man plays a vinyl record. Re-enacted scenes on the invention of the phonograph. 1958.
Clip 1 from Au Creux des Sillons. French language film about the history of sound recording made in 1958 with the help of Pathe-Marconi. Shows the process of manufacturing vinyl discs from studio recording to factory. Young woman walks...
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Supersonic Preview part 3 - British Airways Concorde takes off. Interior cockpit with pilots. Interior cabin with passengers being served food. c.1976
Clip from a documentary on the Concorde plane, showing us how wonderfully useful, fast and liable it is. This film predicts the beginning of a supersonic age. Probably 1976, when the Concorde entered service as a commercial airliner....
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Living at Thamesmead, 1973, part 8 - Child's trip to the dentist
Clip 8 from the 1973 film Living at Thamesmead, a semi-fictional account of a couple who live in the Thamesmead estate, created by the Greater London Council to promote the estate. In this clip, a young couple come across a child eating...
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Messengers, congressional meeting, and battle. USA, 1960s
Clip 5 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). Messengers distribute letters amongst the settlers. Military and strategic congressional meetings regarding the rule of the newly found...
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Madagascar c.1958 - Traditional music and dancing.
Clip 17 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Traditional music and dancing. Air France plane leaves.