Bridgeman Arts
Experiments with telescopes and moving machinery. France, 1940s
Clip 2 from the 1940s French film 'Au Dela Du Visible', exploring scientific work undertaken at the Palais de la Decouverte (Discovery Palace) in Paris, and experiments relating to the theme of outer space. (1943-1944). Experiments with...
Bridgeman Arts
Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 11 - children playing on grounds of council estate, and in playgrounds
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...
Bridgeman Arts
Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 6 - shots of modern council housing
Clip from a documentary type account of the slums of London and the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council since 1965 in slum clearance and building and its...
Bridgeman Arts
Monuments and buildings in Paris. France, 1957
Clip 5 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Exterior shots of buildings in the city centre of Paris. Sphinx fountains, bridges, and exterior shots of the Quai de Seine, Palais de Justice, and...
Bloomberg
Carmignac: Bond Markets Are Clearly in a Bubble
Oct. 14 -- Edouard Carmignac, chief executive officer at Carmignac Gestion, discusses the growth of political populism and dealing with "quite vulnerable" bond markets in a bubble. He speaks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua on "Bloomberg...
Curated Video
Greenpeace comment on proposed EU-US deal
Greenpeace warned on Monday that massive free trade zone talks between the United States and the European Union were undermining the "values, concerns and the rights of European and US citizens."Speaking at a news conference on Monday in...
Bridgeman Arts
French cruisers and sailors in the Algiers harbour. Algeria, 1945
Clip 1 from the 1945 film 'Escales Imperiales' (Imperial Ports of Call), which highlights the maritime routes linking the French empire into one vast network. French cruisers in the Algiers harbor (Georges Leygues), French flag, gun,...
Bridgeman Arts
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...
Bridgeman Arts
The Living City, 1970, part 4 - busy streets of London, commuters, traffic, Bank of England
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
Pont Neuf, promenades and bouquinistes in Paris. France, 1957
Clip 7 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Various shots of the Pont Neuf and its promenades, along which can be seen dog walkers, artists and homeless people, and general visitors. Footage...
Bridgeman Arts
Boats and coastal scenes, including Saint-Tropez. Southern France, 1955
Clip 1 from a 1955 French film 'Petits Paradis de Mediterranee' exploring the Mediterranean harbour and the South of France. Scenes of boats and coastal life. Fishermen work at the harbour and tourists crowd around the beaches. Footage...
Bridgeman Arts
The Living City, part 21 - the 1966 Lord Mayor's Show on Lord Mayor's Day
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
Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 10 - council estate shops, community judo class, disabled women at home having tea
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...
Bridgeman Arts
Barbican 1969, clip 7 - details of the Brutalist architecture of the Barbican.
Clip 7 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. Shots of the built up London cityscape, architectural plans for the barbican Complex, details of the Brutalist architecture of...
Bridgeman Arts
Cycling for London, 1983, part 1 - montage of cyclists and street interviews with general public explaining the benefits of cycling.
Clip 1 from info-film about cycling in London 1983. A Parallax Pictures Production for the GLC. This film explores the history of cycling in London and the GLC's plans to improve the experience of London's cyclists. Commissioned by the...
Bridgeman Arts
The Living City, 1970, part 11 - Tower of London, office tower block, interior open-plan office, office 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...
Bridgeman Arts
Berlin post WWII - communism, Walter Ulbricht, refugee camps, Berlin at demarcation line, 1945
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Cold War. Eastern Germany, Berlin. Brandenburg gate. Military parade in Eastern Germany, Walter Ulbricht (w/out sound) making speech, meeting the parade. Berlin 1945, Soviet army, fall of Berlin. Burning...
Bridgeman Arts
Polynesian people dancing in the forest. France, 1955
Clip 7 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of Polynesian women dancing and running through a forest while a man plays a guitar-type instrument. A man cuts some...
Bridgeman Arts
Hunters and exotic animals. France, 1955
Clip 10 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Two black men wander through the jungle with spears. A monkey climbing a tree. A ranger hunts alligators. Exotic birds walk...
Bridgeman Arts
Notre Dame exteriors and Ile Saint-Louis streets. France, 1957
Clip 2 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Exterior shots of the Notre Dame cathedral. Street scenes of the Ile Saint-Louis and shots of its buildings and hotels.
Bridgeman Arts
Miners working inside the coal mine. France, 1952
Clip 7 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners work in the pits of the mine, explode coal reserves and work alongside the rail pulleys that transport the coal...
Bridgeman Arts
Capital County, 1950, part 11 - Council elections, vote counting, housing committees, and future planning
Clip 11 of a film called Capital County, exploring the work of the London County Council (LCC) and the development and administration of London in 1950. The film presents council services seen through the eyes of an ordinary citizen of...
Bridgeman Arts
Living at Thamesmead, 1973, part 12 - Entertainment at the estate fair
Clip 12 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 fair takes place at the estate,...
Bloomberg
Scholz Banking Union Proposal Is 'Very Positive' Says ECB's Enria
Nov.06 -- Andrea Enria, Chairman of the European Central Bank's supervisory board, discusses the proposal from German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to end the deadlock on the European banking. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Matt Miller on the...