Bridgeman Arts
Musicians play for three German officers. France, 1944
Clip 4 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. April 1944. "Rue du Conservatoire" sign....
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets perform in front of a large audience. France, 1940s
Clip 9 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. The cadets play a concert in a big hall.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Accident scene at railroad crossing where train and truck collided, killing 22 and injuring others in Louiseville, Quebec
MS crowd on track and next to wreckage / CU sign: "Railway Crossing", "Traverse Du Chemin De Fer" / Tilt down crowd standing at crash site / VS CU mangled car / MS shoes on top of wreckage
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Lacemaking school in northern France honors American benefactor William Nelson Cromwell
Title card in French / High angle WS an outdoor ceremony, with a covered bust, women in traditional dresses facing it, spectators, military personnel in metal helmets in fg / QS MS bank of French flags, with a US flag at center / bust is...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
World War II: American troops in Oran
MS jeep bearing US troops approaches camera; other troops stand nearby / line of soldiers walks past cafe with "ORAN" sign atop entrance / troops march to camera / two soldiers hold a document with a message from US Pres. Franklin...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Belgian city flooded after heavy rains
The Belgian city of Purgatoire, near the border with Germany, is left flooded after several days of heavy rain caused rivers in the French-speaking region of Wallonia to burst their banks (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Anti-Communist siege at Romanian Legation in Bern
Title: "Bern, Switzerland - Rumanian anti-reds end legation siege" / The Romanian Legation building partially obscured by trees, snow on ground; metal signs on wrought iron gate, "Legation de la Republique Populaire Roumaine, Berne,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Paris celebrates its 2000th birthday with fireworks, dances and guest mayors from around the world
Title: "Paris - 2,000 Years Young!" superimposed over mass of French flags / Ride shot of Paris as seen from the Eiffel Tower elevator / MS and CU building with big sign "Paris A 2000 Ans", horse drawn carriage in foreground / LS people...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New York City Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri tours Israel with his wife Elizabeth
VS New York Mayor Vincent Impellitteri and wife Elizabeth walking away from building with monks and officials / VS WS cars carrying Impellitteri party driving across countryside / Impellitteri and Elizabeth with monk and officials...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The French go to the polls for legislative elections to elect second National Assembly of the Fourth Republic
Title Card: "French Elections: Gaullists Top Reds; Coalition Holds Rule" / WS Paris street scene / CU inscription over door: "Ecole de Filles" / people entering polling place / people lined up waiting to vote / CU people voting / CU PAN...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Scenes of general strike in Paris launched by workers after left-wing Popular Front wins parliamentary elections
Closed street / sign in French saying "no newspapers" / two shots of crowd gathered on sidewalk, traffic driving past / man walking along holding newspaper whose headline says "Long live the Popular Front government" in French / people...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Explosion in explosives factory in Saint-Chamas, France
Men carrying injured person on stretcher down steps of factory building / same men carrying stretcher towards camera / two priests standing next to injured persons lying on stretchers on ground and blessing them / men carrying away...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Shots of hotel where Wallis Simpson, fiancee of British King Charles VIII, stayed in Blois, France
Hotel in Blois where Wallis Simpson stayed / man standing in front of hotel reading newspaper / shot over his shoulder of headline of newspaper / closer shot of headline saying "Mrs. Simpson a Blois"/ room in hotel where Simpson stayed /...
Bridgeman Arts
Fruit picking and sugar production in Martinique, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 3 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, locals pick bananas, coconuts, pineapples, oranges, mangoes and other fruit. The crops are transported by truck....
Bridgeman Arts
Fashion Collection Spring-Summer 1971 - Women modelling clothes while riding bicycles
Part 3 of "Sous le signe de Vitos" - fashion shoot from 1971. Models on bicycles in Tunisia.
Bridgeman Arts
Families at a fairground, and uses for early photography, made in France, 1956
Clip 4 from the 1956 French documentary 'Images d'hier et D'aujourd'hui' (Images of Yesterday and Today) about the history of photography, featuring reenactments from the early 1900s. In this clip, families take photos at a fairground....
Bridgeman Arts
Village near Congolese jungle, 1930s, tribal dancing and music, Blue Nile, European explorer explores with tribal men.
Part 6 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Village near Congolese jungle, tribal dancing and music, Blue Nile, European explorer explores with tribal men.
Bridgeman Arts
Fairground workers construct the rides in preparation for the opening of the fairground, 1947
Clip 3 from a French-language film about fairground entertainers from 1947. French narration. Fairground workers construct the rides in preparation for the opening of the fairground.
Bridgeman Arts
Bahrain 1960s - irrigation, agriculture, petroleum plant and oil derricks in desert.
Clip 4 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Agriculture. Getting water from the well. The irrigating system / irrigation. People washing their clothes in the river. An oasis and the people. with men picking dates from...
Bridgeman Arts
Mountains, volcanoes, monuments and ruined remains in Martinique, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 1 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, Martinique is pointed out on the map. High angle and aerial footage of the region, its mountains and volcanoes....
Bridgeman Arts
Bahrain 1960s - Ras Al Qala'a excavation. Cleaning findings. Expert assembles pieces of pottery. Potter at the wheel.
Clip 8 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Archeologists at Ras Al Qala'a archaeological site. Ruins. A camp / settlement to allow excavation under portuguese ruins. Sieving / Sifting soils, local arabic people cleaning...
Bridgeman Arts
Sewage treatment factories. Paris, 1950s
Clip 5 from the 1950s French film 'A La Claire Fontaine' (By The Clear Fountain). Scenes of sewage treatment plants in Saint-Maur and Ivry. Pools of water and illustrations of bacterial flora. Water filtering and workers working at the...