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Thunder Over Hungary - account of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Budapest, Monday, October 22nd 1956. Shots of protest against the Soviet occupation and for the evacuation of Soviet troops. Ammunitions, bullets, gun fights. Armed groups exchange shots with the army. Soldiers run and wounded evacuated....
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A woman's working day - the rush hour commute, a day in the office, lunch in a restaurant, shopping on way home. c.1960
A train station / Platforms / stairs / Bridge / passerelle (overhead footpath) / commuters. Parisian train station, rush hour. Woman at work, paper filing, answering phone (while smoking a cigarette), secretarial works. Lunch at a...
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Diving, waterskiing and skiing in Norway 1970s
From a promotional film about skiing in Norway in the 1970s.
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A woman's morning routine, c.1960
1960s An alarm clock ringing at 6.30 AM. A 28 years old woman gets out of bed. She is standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom, applying lipstick. Man comes in to get his electrical shaver and smiles at her in the mirror. Goldfish...
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Suffragette Emily Davidson is hit by galloping horse at the Espom Derby, 4th June 1913
Suffragette Emily Davidson protests for women's right to vote by stepping in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby on 4th June 1913, sustaining injuries that resulted in her death four days later.
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Tuareg tribe set up camp in desert. French teacher living with the nomads teaches French to children. Algeria 1957
Clip 7 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg people set up camp in desert. French teacher (Jacques Beauvau?) living w/ nomads and teaching Tuareg children after building his classroom. Also shots of the...
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School children are taught emergency exercisis, USA, c.1960 - 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. Children in school corridor, sitting and reciting a rhyme. Teachers train them for emergencies/crisis situations. CU...
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Charles de Foucauld, Tuareg village, Algeria 1957
Clip 2 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. Re-enactment Charles de Foucauld, man in white robe perusing book, De Foucauld's dictionary. The Ahaggar / Hoggar mountain range Touring Club de France Various shot of the...
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Tuareg tribespeople preparing food and drink in encampment, Algeria 1957
Clip 8 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. The Tuaregs, Bedouin tribes. CU on tribesman building a fire. PAN on tribesmen resting. Various shots of shy women and their children preparing the food in the encampment...
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Settlers and Native Indians in battle. USA, 1960s
Clip 2 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). A reconstruction of a Native Indian spying on the settlers. A battle ensues between the settlers and the natives, involving gunfire, arrows,...
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Disabled winter sports, Norway 1970s, including Tofiri Kibuuka, Ugandan-born blind skier.
From a promotional film about skiing in Norway in the 1970s. Paralytic sledging and skiing. Blind and deaf man shoots a target. Tofiri Kibuuka skiing in the snow. Blind from the age of 12, Kibuuka was born in Uganda and came to Norway to...
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Post-WWII Germany, Marienfelde refugee camp, contrast of the hardship in West Berlin and the wealth in East Berlin
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Cold War. Eastern Germany, East Berlin, poverty, remains of WW2, bombed buildings, rubble. Street scenes. Berlin zoo. Military presence in East Berlin, tanks. Leisure in West Berlin, people swimming in...
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Settlers returning home after battle. USA, 1960s
Clip 8 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). Scenes of tired soldiers returning home after battle. A map of America is layered with the first Stars and Bars flag. Settlers travel home...
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The Living City, 1970, part 15 - new office blocks in the Fetter Lane and Aldgate area
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 three - Mother brings her children to collect water from a lake in the Peruvian mountains.
Clip from 'Journey For Survival' 1981 documentary about drought and famine in developing countries. Mother carrying a baby on her back collects water from a lake in the Peruvian mountains, with the help of her young daughter.
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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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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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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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Qatar oasis, experimental farming, white Arabian oryx, thoroughbred camels and falcons. UAE, 1974
Clip 6 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Qatar Oasis and experimental farming. A preservation herd of endangered white Arabian oryx, thoroughbred camels, and falcons.
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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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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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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.