Bridgeman Arts
Scenes from the streets of Paris of cafes, cars, second-hand books and street art. Students congregate on the street. Paris, 1951
Clip 7 from the 1951 French film 'Le Lycee Sur La Colline', following a student of the 1950s from his entry at Lycee Henri IV (Paris) to his final graduation. Parisian streets, typical cars of 1950's, streets in Quartier Latin, cafes...
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Call to prayer and camels. Algeria, 1947
Clip 1 from 'Deglet-Nour, Doigt de Lumiere', a 1947 documentary about Algeria during French colonization. Arabs gather for prayer as a call is made from a minaret. A map shows the layout of Algeria and highlights Bou Saada. Scenes of...
Bridgeman Arts
Canal construction in the Fergana Valley. Uzbekistan, 1970
Clip 3 from the 1970 documentary 'Maitre de L'Eau' (Masters of Water) about water and irrigation in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and Karakum Canal. Footage of workers digging and working on the canal construction in the desert.
Curated Video
Preserving ancient Arabic manuscripts
Chinguetti, northern Mauritana - October 18, 2008
1. Pan of Chinguetti
2. Wide of a Mauritanian walking across a stretch of desert
3. Mohamed Koulame of the Habott family library in Chinguetti opens a manuscript
4. Close up of manuscript...
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At times a small desert town smells so bad, it has overwhelmed children and teachers at an elementary school. The AP's John Mone has the story on what's causing Mecca, California to stink.
HEADLINE: Stench from waste center overwhelms Calif. town
CAPTION: At times a small desert town smells so bad, it has overwhelmed children and teachers at an elementary school. The AP's John Mone has the story on what's causing Mecca,...
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US marines at airport and preparations in desert
December 13, 2001
1. Wide shot of marines in desert
2. Close shot pan of marine reading 'Lord of the Rings'
3. Marines waiting by tank
4. Afghans walking in desert
5. Various of tanks and marines
6. Wide shot of marines being briefed...
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Safari sophisticates at Castelbajac's summer 2003 show
1. VS catwalk show
2. SOT Jean Charles Castelbajac - "It was definitely a big step for me because you know I am designing in the moment also a musical called 'Little Prince'. So I put a lot of my crazy excessive fantasia af artist...
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Hunting with birds of prey
Ajman, UAE, April 2010
1. Medium close shot of falconer and bird sitting on his glove
2. Mid shot of falconer releasing bird to tracking shot of falcon
Camarthen, Wales, UK, May 2010
3. Various of Welsh countryside and falcon farm...
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Film festival draws attention to plight of refugees
Dajla refugee camp, Algeria - 17 to 20 April, 2008
1. Wide dunes near camp
2. Mid sunset over dunes
3. Mid people watching sunset
4. Close movie projector
5. Mid film projector placed in the back of a lorry
6. Various people watching...
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Authorities investigate disease killing wild peacocks
Wildlife experts say Pakistan's wild peacock population is under threat following the outbreak of a contagious viral disease.
Rab Nawaz, director of WWF in Pakistan, said on Thursday that while the situation is "alarming", he was not...
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RR7709B SUDAN THE CREEPING DESERT
Deserts, which occupy at least a third of the world's
land mass, are on the increase - due mainly to man's
misuse of the land. Thirty million people live in
areas directly threatened by encroaching desert.
The United Nations will be...
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INDIA: BOMBAY: CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO RESCUE ABANDONED CAMELS
English/Nat
Animal welfare workers in India have launched a campaign to rescue hundreds of camels abandoned on Bombay's beaches.
The wild camels are captured and brought here to give rides to holidaymakers.
But when the Monsoon rains...
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Lush and luxurious gardens in the middle of the desert
The sun rises over a gurgling stream reminiscent of a landscape from northern Europe.
But this isn't Europe, it's the UAE and six years ago all that was here were sand dunes and scrubby trees.
That was until a Dubai family carried out...
Bridgeman Arts
Builders constructing walls. New Mexico c.1950.
Clip 4 from the film 'The American Scene: Indian Life in Mexico' c.1950. Townspeople build walls using clay and straw. Builders smooth down the wall mix with their hands.
Bridgeman Arts
Hospitals and medicine. Algeria, 1947
Clip 4 from 'Deglet-Nour, Doigt de Lumiere', a 1947 documentary about Algeria during French colonization. A map highlights the location of Ouargla and Touggourt. A caravan of camels moves through the desert. Scenes of nurses taking care...
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What Crackdown? Migrant smuggling business adapts, thrives
Since entering office, U.S. President Donald Trump has been moving hard to limit legal and illegal immigration, repeatedly decrying a "crisis" at the border. Images of caravans of thousands of Central American migrants traversing Mexico...
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Troops carry out close quarter combat exercises
15 Jan 2003
1. Tanks in the desert
2. US soldier on tank
3. APC and soldiers running in the desert
4. Commander shouting orders
5. Soldiers running through smoke
6. Various of training exercises
7. Various of commander receiving...
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Syrian refugee children start officially going to school in Zaatari camp
1. Wide of UNICEF makeshift school in Zaatari camp
2. Mid of Syrian refugee children walking to school
3. Mid of banner right, reading (Arabic) "School", another banner, left reading (English) "UNICEF"
4. Various interior shots of female...
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ISRAEL: SCIENTISTS TO USE DNA TESTING ON DEAD SEA SCROLLS
English/Nat
Scientists in Israel are using DNA testing to make one of the country's most historic documents yield up its secrets.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the Judea desert three decades ago and are the earliest known version...
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Hunt for human remains at ranch where Charles Manson hid
Death Valley National Park, California
May 20, 2008
1. Wide of ranch house
2. Front door
3. Poster of Charles Manson stuck on fridge inside kitchen of the house
4. Forensic scientists around a dig site
5. Police officers shovelling...
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Environmentalists try to stop the River Jordan being polluted
AP Television News
Kibbutz Kinneret - June 26 2006
1. People walking down to baptism site
2. Pan across sign "Jordan River Baptismal Place"
3. View of river - pan to congregation
UPSOUND: (English) Ove EkJordan, River man/Pastor
"We...
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Extracting water from one of the driest places on earth
Chanaral, Chile - October 2005
1. Chañaral streets
2. Desert
3. Sign in desert "water is life, look after it"
4. Waves
4. Contaminated coastline
5. Woman in street
6. Fishermen with nothing to do in the port
7. Chañaral
8. Hugo...