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Cross-country skiing in Stockholm. Sweden, 1960s
Clip 3 from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Shots of sportsmen on their skis in the snow. Huge crowds gather at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium for the ceremony and finish...
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Barbican 1969, clip 9 - a wedding in the St Giles-without-Cripplegate Church
Clip 9 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. The Church of St Giles Cripplegate and a wedding. Guests and choirboys sing. The focus of the film is to explain how the new...
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Barbican 1969, clip 2 - Moorgate underground station, a fire engine, a milkman with horse and cart, London's architectural details
Clip 2 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. The focus of the film is to explain how the new scheme will 'bring life back into the heart of the City'. The film explains...
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Bakery in Morocco, c.1960
Moroccan buildings, empty streets. Woman and two children in front of a door. Medium shot of two Moroccan children. In the Moroccan bakery : man is putting bread into the oven. Moroccan woman in the house, in the background Moroccan /...
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 1 - The Lord Mayor's Show and street procession
Clip 1 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 procession for the Lord Mayor's Show...
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Fashion Collection Spring-Summer 1971 - women modelling swimwear
Part 4 of "Sous le signe de Vitos" - fashion shoot from 1971. Women modelling swimsuits and bikinis in a glamourous setting.
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Fashion Collection Spring-Summer 1971 - Semi nude lingerie models on beach, women catwalking on beach modelling tights only
Part 2 of "Sous le signe de Vitos" - fashion shoot from 1971. Women modelling lingerie on a Tunisian beach. Funny sequence in which the women are catwalking leisurely along the seashore, wearing tights only... A rather interesting art...
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Nixon arrives at Brussels Airport, 1969
Clip 2 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, President Nixon arrives at Brussels...
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Builders on construction site, and GVs of council estates/public housing blocks. London c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. Shots of builders on construction site, and GVs of council estates/public housing blocks.
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Settlers arrive and build houses, USA, 1960s
Clip 1 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). A reconstruction of settlers arriving in America by ship and beginning to build shelter and houses using trees from the forests.
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Leisure sites around Oslo. 1960s
Clip 10 from 'Oslo, The Viking Capital' (Oslo, Ville des Vikings) from the 1960s, an animated film about vikings in Oslo. Clips of leisure activities around Oslo, including sun-bathing, skiing, and skating. Buildings around Oslo. Planet...
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Street performers and musicians, street scenes in Casablanca, Morocco c.1960
Landscape of Moroccan city in the evening. Man in the street swallows fire.Two men playing the tambourines. Boiling water in a pot. Man drinks boiling water. Wide shots of Casablanca. Pan of modern buildings in Casablanca. Women wearing...
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 3 - Views of London, and its Square Mile. Commuters during the day, and scenes at night
Clip 3 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 London by day, including...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 7 - woman at home, council block, mother and child
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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Moroccan barber at work in his tent - unusual methods. C.1960
Moroccan barber in his tent: he is shaving man's head with a razor. Then the barber uses unusual pipe-like instruments on his head, presumably for healing purposes. Clip from 'Going Places' series with Lowell Thomas.
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 8 - family at home, demolition site, council housing
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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Streets of Marrakesh, street performer does trick with his eyes and some needles, men play traditional instruments. c.1960
Shots of Marrakesh. Tracking shot /traveling through the street of Marrakesh. Muezzin on the mosque's tower. Tilt up of the mosque. Pan of a main/central square in Marrakesh. Close ups of Moroccan women with half covered faces, wearnig...
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A mother's evening routine, c.1960
A woman picks up her son from creche. Mother and son in the kitchen, Cocotte minute, pressure cooker. Infant son eats and goes to bed. Mother and father / Husband and wife having dinner. Council estate. Buildings lights on at night ( low...
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Barbican 1969, clip 3 - rush hour on London Streets, Cannon St and Fenchurch St stations, city workers, interior shots of Guildhall.
Clip 3 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. Shots include busy rush hour scenes, commuters crossing London Bridge; Cannon Street and Fenchurch Street stations; City...
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Female airline stewardess, receptionist, and journalist, 1950s
Stewardess holding a tray with champagne glasses. A receptionist. A bank receptionist (Societe generale / Hall / Lobby / Entrance). Women journalists interviewing.
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Czechoslovakia 1968 - Czech civilians sing and hold flags. Protests in the streets
Clip 5 from the 1968 film "Seven Days to Remember", a chronology of the events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20, 1968 by troops from the Warsaw Pact. In this clip, Czech people, some of them wounded,...
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Friday, August 23, 1968 people of Prague protesting against Soviet occupation. Marching and striking. State Bank is occupied. Soviet tanks in the city.
Part one 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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Barbican 1969, clip 6 - military band, city workers in alleyways, Beefeater, women in mini skirts
Clip 6 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. Shots include pleasant garden square, military band playing near St Paul's Cathedral, city workers in alleyways and courtyards,...