Bridgeman Arts
Water testing. Paris, 1950s
Clip 6 from the 1950s French film 'A La Claire Fontaine' (By The Clear Fountain). A man in a laboratory tests and tastes water from various running taps. Shots of the countryside and high angle views of Paris from the roof of a building....
Bridgeman Arts
Crozant's fortress ruins, picnic, and Eguzon Dam. France 1930s
Clip 5 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. The holiday group visit the Crozant's fortress ruins overlooking the...
Bridgeman Arts
Holiday group cycling through the countryside and visiting Aubusson. France, 1930s
Clip 2 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 cycling along the Creuse and down country roads, playing...
Bridgeman Arts
Rail construction in Ural. USSR, 1973
Clip 3 from the 1973 propaganda film The Soviet Army: The Railway Army. Young recruits work on the construction of a railway line in Ural. Operators control the process, and the line construction is timed by a stopwatch. Soldiers walk...
Bridgeman Arts
Manufacturing of vinyl discs in factory. Filmed in 1958.
Clip 4 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. Production of vinyl...
Bridgeman Arts
Tourists and hotels in Martinique, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 4 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, tourists sit in the outdoor porch area of a hotel. Women in traditional costume rotate for the camera.
Bridgeman Arts
Swedish coast, Viking ships and jewellery. Sweden, 1960s
Clip 1 from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Shots of the Swedish coast. Illustrations and drawings of Viking ships (Dekars). Shots of Viking jewellery. A young man paints...
Bridgeman Arts
Flowers and crops. University graduation ceremony. Estonia, 1971
Clip 5 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Footage of flowers and crops growing on farms. University students receive flowers during their graduation ceremony. Scenes inside the university...
Bridgeman Arts
Women in filmmaking - editing and filming, c.1960
Women in filmmaking - editing and filming, c.1960
Bridgeman Arts
Construction and industrial sites. Ships and high angle views of the city. Sweden, 1960s
Clip 11 from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Scenes from construction and industrial sites. Ships and cargo boats at the harbour. A viking statue and fountain. End credits.
Bridgeman Arts
US Vice President Lyndon Johnson and General Clay in West Berlin, greeted by cheering crowds, 1961
Lyndon Johnson shakes hands as he walks through dense, enthusiastic West Berlin crowd. Track back presidential car driving down the street in motorcade. More crowds waving (LS) and people clapping (CU). Banners. People in the crowd...
Bridgeman Arts
Beaches of Nice and Monte Carlo. France, 1955
Clip 15 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. High angle views of the city in Nice. People on the beach. Men look at a small crocodile and photograph a fake crocodile head...
Bridgeman Arts
Sewers and offices. Paris, 1950s
Clip 7 from the 1950s French film 'A La Claire Fontaine' (By The Clear Fountain). Underground sewers of Paris. Workers in treatment plants. An office worker talks to an operator on the telephone, with a view of the Eiffel Tower from his...
Bridgeman Arts
Traditional folk dancing on stage in Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 10 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Tracking shot of men on stage in folk dress dancing popular Ukrainian dance Cossack, women dancing in the...
Bridgeman Arts
Buildings, hospitals, schools, harbours and an airport in Martinique, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 2 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, people in national dress gather in town. Scenes from the administrative headquarters and men in a meeting. Nurses see...
Bridgeman Arts
Minoru Yamasaki in his studio, shots of his buildings, working on the model of the World Trade Center, 1965
Minoru Yamasaki in his studio, shots of his buildings, working on the model of the World Trade Center, 1965
Bridgeman Arts
Bahrain 1960s - Archeologists, working at the site of the Barbar Temple, look through reference books to research items found in an excavation.
Clip 7 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Archeologists, working at the site of the Barbar Temple, look through reference books to research items found in an excavation.
Bridgeman Arts
US Vice President Lyndon Johnson addresses West Berliners and meets with Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer.
Overhead long shot of crowd gathered and waving in Berlin. Children holding letters that say Freiheit (liberty). Vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson adresses the West Berlin population on 19th August 1961. Lyndon Johnson gets off the plane...
Bridgeman Arts
A live performance by dancers and a band in the restaurant of the Savoy c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. A live performance by dancers and a band in the restaurant of the Savoy.
Bridgeman Arts
Flower, seed and bird markets. Sites in Paris. France, 1957
Clip 9 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Scenes from the flower markets of Paris, including shots of caged birds and animals for sale. Scenes by the River Seine and shots of sites such as...
Bridgeman Arts
Skin care and hair treatment in Morocco, c.1960
Moroccan dermatologist : close up of a bowl with mud. Man paints woman's neck with mud. Men picking up the petals of some flowers. Close up of a hands smashing the petals. Medium shot from the back : somebody is putting oil on Moroccan's...
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
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...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Paul Biya presides over 50th anniversary of Cameroon's unification
President Paul Biya, rumoured to be in bad shape after 40 years of absolute power in Cameroon, attends celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the end of federalism, which distinguished the French-speaking and English-speaking parts...