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Festival of Flowers in Monaco. French Riviera, 1951
Clip 5 from the 1951 French language film 'Croisiere Bleue' about the South of France, the French Riviera, Monaco and Monte Carlo. Scene of the harbour. Tilt down to a shot of meadow covered with white flowers. Scenes from the festival...
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Fashion and traditional dress in Guadeloupe, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 12 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, women pose and rotate for the camera, wearing traditional dress and costumes. A woman lays by the beach in the...
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Dancing, camels and boats. Algeria, 1947
Clip 8 from 'Deglet-Nour, Doigt de Lumiere', a 1947 documentary about Algeria during French colonization. Men and women dance in traditional costume by a fire. Caravans of camels move through the desert. A map of Algeria highlights its...
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Ein Karem, home of John the Baptist, nuns looking after children, children playing, GV of Nazareth. 1940s
Clip 2 from 'Le Chemin des Croisades', a French language film about Israel in the 1940s/1950s. Ein Karem, home of John the Baptist, nuns looking after children, children playing, GV of Nazareth;
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Storks nesting in cupolas and railway wires, USSR 1970s
Storks nesting in cupolas and railway wires, USSR 1970s
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Greenland expedition, 1934, by French explorers - indigenous people hunt with harpoons in kayaks. Children learn to ride kayaks.
Eskimo kayaks. Hunter throwing harpoon w/ propelling stick. Explorers and Eskimos in kayaks. Children learning to row in false kayaks made of stones. Woman and children sitting in middle of flowers, child playing to fish. Explorer...
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Greek church. Nuns caring for young children. Views of the River Jordan. Israel 1940s
Clip 6 from 'Le Chemin des Croisades', a French language film about Israel in the 1940s/1950s. Greek church, fountain where the Christ is said to take water for his mother, holy water. Nuns caring for young children. Views of the River...
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Greenland expedition, 1934, by French explorers - leaving by kayak, dog sledding and camping
Explorers travel by husky-drawn sled across snowy landscape and by kayak. Eskimos wave goodbye.
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Greenland expedition, 1934, by French explorers - eskimo cuts up seal meat, makes weapons, dresses for hunting in canoe
eskimo cuts up seal meat, makes weapons, dresses for hunting in canoe.
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Disaster planning and cooking. Canada. 1960s
Clip 3 from French Cold War film 'Alimentation de Secours en Period D'Urgence (Nourrir les Populations Affamees)', about how to feed a displaced population during a disaster or emergency. Footage of students learning food preparation...
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Wide shot of village in North African desert, family leaves on foot due to drought, c.1960
Pan of a small village in the desert. Low buildings in North Africa / Morroco made from stone. Moroccan family with a mule / donkey crossing the village deserted because of drought. Clip from 'Going Places' series with Lowell Thomas.
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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...