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Qatar gas plants. Suburban developments. Telecommunications training. UAE, 1974
Clip 8 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Qatar gas industrial and fertilizer plants. Luxury hotels and suburbs. Internal and overseas telecommunications training.
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Sweden 1970s - a mapping of Sweden's natural landscapes and agriculture
Promotional film with American VO about Sweden, made in 1970s. Clip features a view of planet Earth from space, and an eventual zoom into Scandinavia. The map outlines different places in Sweden and cuts to landscapes, rural scenes,...
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The Living City, 1970, part 19 - London's Guildhall, The Court of Common Council meeting, orchestra playing
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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Journey For Survival part two - Water delivered to village. Dirty water holes in Ethiopia and the Yemeni desert. Women talking to cameras.
Clip from 'Journey For Survival' 1981 documentary about drought and famine in developing countries. Water tank truck entering a village. A man filling a tub for a woman. South american woman explaining how hard it is to get water....
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Living at Thamesmead, 1973, part 14 - Couple walk around the estate and visit the information centre
Clip 14 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 teenage couple walk around the...
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Supersonic Preview part 3 - Concorde Sales Director speaks. Shots of Concorde factory, engine and cockpit.
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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An engineer uses a pen on a CAD drawing tablet.
An engineer uses a pen on a CAD drawing tablet.
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New construction developments, burial grounds, new technological college, banking. UAE, 1974
Clip 5 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage of new construction developments, archaeologists working on burial grounds from 300 BC, new Gulf Technological College, women partaking in...
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The Living City, 1970, part 13 - London cityscape during redevelopment, Barbican centre, city 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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Sweden 1970s - Workers' rights, allowances and trade unions
Promotional film with American VO about Sweden, made in 1970s. Clip features scenes of workers in factories and offices as the voice-over explains the typical Swedish working week, holiday allowance and trade unions.
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Rail construction in Ural. USSR, 1973
Clip 3 from the 1973 propaganda film The Soviet Army: The Railway Army. Young recruits work on the construction of a railway line in Ural. Operators control the process, and the line construction is timed by a stopwatch. Soldiers walk...
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The Living City, 1970, part 20 - City of London Schools for boys and girls, City University London, study of ultrasonics and aerodynamics, surgery at St Bartholomew's Hospital
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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Sharjah State Telecommunications, and the Cable and Wireless engineers training programme. UAE, 1974
Clip 14 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Sharjah State Telecommunications, and lessons at the Cable and Wireless engineering training programme.
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Flowers and crops. University graduation ceremony. Estonia, 1971
Clip 5 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Footage of flowers and crops growing on farms. University students receive flowers during their graduation ceremony. Scenes inside the university...
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Electronic devices use digital displays.
Electronic devices use digital displays.
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The Living City, part 22 - London school kids and office workers, interior office, commuters on streets
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...
Bridgeman Arts
Traditional folk dancing on stage in Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 10 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Tracking shot of men on stage in folk dress dancing popular Ukrainian dance Cossack, women dancing in the...
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Sweden 1970s - Government and council elections, education, and social security
Promotional film with American VO about Sweden, made in 1970s. Clip features scenes of government and council elections, education and schooling, families at home, and the benefits of high taxes and social security.
Hearst Metrotone News
A man cooks hamburgers and hot dogs on a small outdoor grill.
A man cooks hamburgers and hot dogs on a small outdoor grill.
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Piotr Ylatov speaking to camera, beach scenes and modern apartment blocks, USSR 1970s
Piotr Ylatov speaking to camera, beach scenes and modern apartment blocks, USSR 1970s
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Sweden 1970s - Gothenburg ships, ports, amusement parks and public parks
Promotional film with American VO about Sweden, made in 1970s. Clip features scenes of the ports and ships of Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. Amusement parks and public parks in the city.
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Rashid Hospital and nurses with patients. UAE, 1974
Clip 12 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage from the Rashid Hospital of nurses with patients and the hospital's facilities.
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Metal industry in Bahrain, grave mounds, pearls, cargo ports, women singing, 1974
Clip 2 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage of factories, the metal industry, and mineral wealth in Bahrain. High angle footage of grave mounds and burial tombs. Footage of ancient...
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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...