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Map animation approaching England
Animation of a very graphic world map approaching England. England flag weaving. Other countries available in portfolio.
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MS HA Man embroidering sari with gold thread / India
MS HA Man embroidering sari with gold thread / India
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Toronto Police Service's mounted unit shows off expert horsemanship
Title card: "TORONTO MOUNTED POLICE SHOW HORSEMANSHIP - Chief Draper and Inspector Crosbie see riders perform at Sunny Brook Park" / LS Toronto Mounted Police ride across field in Toronto's Sunnybrook Park, four abreast, trees in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Disabled people at exhibition encouraging companies to hire the disabled
Title: "Focus on Employment of Physically Handicapped" superimposed over blind man at drill press / billboard: "See the Handicapped at Work - Parade of Progress and Exposition - Wed Thru Fri Free Daily Noon - 9 PM" / man rolls up in...
British Movietone
MODERN FARMING METHODS HELP NATIVES
Experiment in New Guinea; at a place called Nondugl in the highlands, natives are being taught the art of sheep-farming by the white experts from Australia. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
Bridgeman Arts
Developments in machinery and the Industrial Revolution. 1942.
Clip 6 from 'The Industrial Revolution', a 1942 black and white documentary exploring the evolution and transition of the manufacturing processes of human kind. Footage of advancements in machinery, including the internal combustion...
Bridgeman Arts
Sahara, Algeria, 1954 - Workers in the farms, women washing clothes and weaving
Clip 3 from the 1954 film 'Les Deux Visages Du Sahara', a short propaganda film exploring the French government's contribution to Algeria during colonization. In this clip, scenes of workers on the irrigated farms. Ploughs and tractors....
Bridgeman Arts
Weaving and threading in Aubusson. Town sites. France 1930s
Clip 3 from the 1930s French documentary 'A la decouverte de la France: La Creuse ignoree' (Discover France: The unknown Creuse), about the Creuse region in France. Holiday group visiting Aubusson. Weaving and threading / tapestry...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Tunisian weavers turn rags into eco-friendly rugs
Najet unravels an old pair of jeans, raw material for a designer carpet: traditional, eco-friendly crafts are being adapted for new markets thanks to a project born in the Tunisian desert (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Hearst Metrotone News
A elderly Navajo woman weaves a blanket on a loom in Monument Valley, Arizona.
A elderly Navajo woman weaves a blanket on a loom in Monument Valley, Arizona.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Laulhere the last historic beret factory in France
VOICED : Laulhere the last historic beret factory in France
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : 'A kilt for Zelensky': Scottish mill weaves tartan for Ukraine
A fabric company in the Scottish highlands is weaving a unique tartan in the colours of the Ukrainian flag (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bridgeman Arts
Swimmers and fishermen under water in Guadeloupe, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 11 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, swimmers and fishermen sort through fish by the water. Underwater scenes of sea plants and fish. Sunbathers on the...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Napoleon en caricaturas de su epoca
VOICED : Napoleon en caricaturas de su epoca
Bridgeman Arts
Nuns at church, and glassblowers at work. Sweden, 1960s
Clip 8 from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Scenes of nuns at church, engaging in craft-making. A woman moulds a piece of metal as her cat sits nearby. Glassblowers shape...
Bridgeman Arts
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...
Bridgeman Arts
Tibetan uprising in 1959 - refugees and combat. Tibetans flee to India and Nepal where they set up a new community.
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Tibet. Buddhist temples. Communists seize Tibet, fighting, Tibetan refugees, Tibetans in India and Nepal. Burning houses, fights in Asian countries.
Bridgeman Arts
Carpet and leather manufacturing in Morocco, c.1960 - children and women weave carpets, men tan and dry leather
Little girl making a carpet. Wide shot of carpet shop/factory. Close up of a girl's hands making a carpet. Wide shot of a complete carpet. Various shots of people tanning, dying and drying leather skins. Clip from 'Going Places' series...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Churchill painting from Onassis superyacht to auction in New York
A piece of art weaving together one of the great statesmen of the 20th century, an icon of the jet set and the world's first "super yacht" will go under the hammer at New York auction house Phillips on June 23 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Tripoli cafes offer Libyans taste of normality
CLEAN : Tripoli cafes offer Libyans taste of normality
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Syria's last weavers abandon looms without thread
With the deftness of decades of experience Abu Mohammad wove thick green thread with a wooden loom in northwest Syria creating a vibrant geometric pattern renowned among Arabic textiles
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : New Google Earth unveiled that works on browsers and smartphones
Google launches a re-imagined version of its free Earth mapping service, weaving in storytelling and artificial intelligence and freeing it from apps
Bloomberg
How a $40,000 Luxury Carpet Is Made
Sep.20 -- In a Swedish coastal town, a small group of weavers create the most coveted carpets and tapestries in the world. Made is a series of short films that demonstrate how everyday luxury objects are made, and honor the process and...