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Police in Britain part 5 - Special rescue units of the police force. Cliffside rescue, first aid on unconscious dock worker, flood rescue and at the scene of a train wreckage. 1960s
Clip from a film about the work of bobbies (British police) in Great Britain in the 60s, and their everyday tasks and duties.
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 8 - Schools for children and homes for the elderly
Clip 8 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, scenes of children at various City of...
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 11 - Diplomatic visits, ceremonies, and council meetings at Guildhall
Clip 11 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, scenes of ceremonies and diplomatic...
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Minoru Yamasaki in his studio, shots of his buildings, working on the model of the World Trade Center, 1965
Minoru Yamasaki in his studio, shots of his buildings, working on the model of the World Trade Center, 1965
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Bahrain 1960s - Archeologists, working at the site of the Barbar Temple, look through reference books to research items found in an excavation.
Clip 7 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Archeologists, working at the site of the Barbar Temple, look through reference books to research items found in an excavation.
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US Vice President Lyndon Johnson addresses West Berliners and meets with Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer.
Overhead long shot of crowd gathered and waving in Berlin. Children holding letters that say Freiheit (liberty). Vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson adresses the West Berlin population on 19th August 1961. Lyndon Johnson gets off the plane...
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Meetings between settlers in America. 1960s
Clip 4 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). Settlers engage in military and strategic meetings regarding the rule of the newly found America. Certain European settlers are in...
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A live performance by dancers and a band in the restaurant of the Savoy c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. A live performance by dancers and a band in the restaurant of the Savoy.
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Skin care and hair treatment in Morocco, c.1960
Moroccan dermatologist : close up of a bowl with mud. Man paints woman's neck with mud. Men picking up the petals of some flowers. Close up of a hands smashing the petals. Medium shot from the back : somebody is putting oil on Moroccan's...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 11 - children playing on grounds of council estate, and in playgrounds
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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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 6 - shots of modern council housing
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 since 1965 in slum clearance and building and its...
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Edward Hopper, Minoru Yamasaki, Richard Hunt, and Ansel Adams at work in 1965
Sequence of American artists at work. Clip features Edward Hopper the painter, Minoru Yamasaki the architect, Richard Hunt the sculptor and Ansel Adams the photographer.
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The Living City, 1970, part 10 - small East London streets, Holborn Viaduct, Blackfriars Bridge, car parks
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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The Living City, 1970, part 4 - busy streets of London, commuters, traffic, Bank of England
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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Truck showing an example of a home shelter. US Army parade through streets as families look on. Clip from 1960s Cold War educational film.
Peace Education program of the American friends Service Committee, "The Language of Faces", c.1960. Cold War film. Truck containing an example home shelter with people viewing it. Features household objects such as a sink, radio and...
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The Living City, part 21 - the 1966 Lord Mayor's Show on Lord Mayor's Day
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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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 10 - council estate shops, community judo class, disabled women at home having tea
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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Barbican 1969, clip 7 - details of the Brutalist architecture of the Barbican.
Clip 7 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. Shots of the built up London cityscape, architectural plans for the barbican Complex, details of the Brutalist architecture of...
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The Living City, 1970, part 11 - Tower of London, office tower block, interior open-plan office, office workers
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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Battle in the snow. USA, 1960s
Clip 6 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). Scenes of battle amongst the new settlers in America and groups rowing through frozen sea water.
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The Living City, 1970, part 7 - London's commodity markets; fur, ivory tusks and Persian carpets.
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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Fashion Collection Spring-Summer 1971 - Women modelling clothing and nightwear in an exotic Mediterranean setting (Tunisia)
Part 1 of "Sous le signe de Vitos" - fashion shoot from 1971. Models holding lambs, running on beach, walking amongst buildings, modelling nightwear, dresses and a variety of outfits.
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Tower Bridge: Looking at London, 1968, part 1 - Ann Dickinson introduces London series
Part 1 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, she introduces the series of clips about London and...
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Tower Bridge: Looking at London, 1968, part 3 - Bascule mechanisms and procedures for a ship passing through
Part 3 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, a diagram of the bridge's bascule mechanisms is...