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Living at Thamesmead, 1973, part 1 - Establishing shots, children playing, girl waiting for boy
Clip 1 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, introductory shots depict life in the...
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Green Islands, 1954, part 3 - kids in playground, walking race, go-karting, fairground rides
Clip from a film about the parks and pleasure gardens of London showing many of the sports and pastimes carried on in them. Made by the London County council to show all the activities that London Parks have to offer. 'There is a green...
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Ex-London mayor quits UK's Labour amid anti-Semitism scandal
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has resigned from Britain's Labour Party, which had suspended him over allegations of anti-Semitism.
Livingstone said Monday that he was quitting because the issue had become a...
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Barbican 1969, clip 10 - A Barbican Tower block under construction, shot of London skyline with sun setting.
Clip 10 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. A Barbican Tower block under construction, shot of London skyline with sun setting. The focus of the film is to explain how...
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Fairground caravan traveling through countryside towards Fontainebleau. Fairground people arrive and register. 1947
Clip 2 from a French-language film about fairground entertainers from 1947. French narration. Shot of a shakespearean-looking play in a theatre. Fairground caravan traveling through countryside towards Fontainebleau. Fairground people...
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Children buy ice cream and candy floss at a fairground in France. Play games for prizes. Acrobats perform. 1947
Clip 6 from a French-language film about fairground entertainers from 1947. French narration. Children buy ice cream and candy floss. Acrobats perform tricks. Children play games for prizes. GV of fairground and a bunch of balloons.
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Couple on the beach taking photographs. France, 1955
Clip 16 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. A woman and man walk down the beach. The man takes a photograph of the woman and gives her the photo. They playfully run down...
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Fishing and crabbing. Southern France, 1955
Clip 4 from a 1955 French film 'Petits Paradis de Mediterranee' exploring the Mediterranean harbour and the South of France. Scenes of the coast in Corsica. Ruins, rocks and a Genoese tower in Saint Florent. Fishermen sort through their...
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Scouts of France part 2 - boys prepare and eat dinner outdoors, write letters, sew socks, etc 1940s
Clip from short film promoting boy scouts in France, 1940s.
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Boys learning at the Boys Scouts. USA, 1953
Clip 2 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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A new teacher visits a school for young women. France, 1942
Clip 1 from the 1942 French film 'Francaises De Demain' about the women's school Ecole Nationale Professionnelle de Jeunes Filles, established in 1934 in Vizille, Vercors / French Alps. Mountains in the mist. High angle village in the...
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US soldiers and military equipment arrive in West Berlin, 1961 - crowds cheer and wave
Sunday 20th August. 1500 soldiers and military equipment arrive to join the American troops already in place in West Germany. Soldiers and military cars and tanks arrive in West Berlin, welcomed by crowds and presidents. Soldiers on top...
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11th International Boating Show in Paris, 1970s
Clip from a 1970s tourism film promoting Paris. Sailboats in exhibition centre, man dressed as Captain Haddock drives a car with a sailboat on top around Paris. Views of the Arc de Triomphe, La Madeleine church and the Seine.
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Young lady writes diary with French VO, c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. Track from a diary to a young woman in bed. She picks the diary up and starts writing.
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Coal miners get on a night bus to work. Workers at the colliery. France, 1952
Clip 1 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Coal miners get on a night bus to the colliery. Some of them have injuries and walk with walking sticks. Workers...
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City scenes in Stockholm. Sweden, 1960s
A clip from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Shots of building and cathedral exteriors on the streets of Stockholm. Cars travelling down the road system. Boats in the...
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Miners and boys climbing up from the underground mining tunnels. France, 1952
Clip 4 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners and young boys walk through the underground mining tunnels. They climb up using a ladder.
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Miners and boys descend to the underground mining tunnels. France, 1952
Clip 3 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners and young boys travel down into the underground mining tunnels.
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Cactus plants. France, 1955
Clip 11 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of various cactus plants growing in the hills.
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Juan-les-Pins 1952 - beach and glamorous people, babies children playing, synchronised waterskiing
Part 2 of 1952 promo film about Juan-les-Pins. Aerial view of Juan-les-Pins, beach and mass of tourists, people on the promenade, children and dogs, pushchairs, soldier on leave, baby in pushchair, soldier talking with a nanny, water...
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Re-enacted scenes of early recording studio. Demo of recording to members of public.
Clip 2 from Au Creux des Sillons. French language film about the history of sound recording made in 1958 with the help of Pathe-Marconi. Shows the process of manufacturing vinyl discs from studio recording to factory. Historical...
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Old man and young girl drink tea together. France, 1960
Clip 7 from the 1960 French film 'Au Coeur de la Ville', about an old man who rescues a young girl from suicide. An old man and a young girl sit at the table drinking tea, along with the man's dog. The man gets up to leave.
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Nighttime tandem waterskiing with lights, Juan-les-Pins, 1952
Part 5 of 1952 promo film about Juan-le-Pins. Four people hold lights while waterskiing at night.
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Man at work, and walking through forest. USA, 1953
Clip 7 from the 1953 documentary 'Once a Scout' about the Boy Scouts of America. A man sits in the office cafeteria with his colleagues. He is later shown walking through a forest as the narrator explains his relationship with the outdoors.