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Nuns look after disabled/sick children and teach schoolgirls in a convent in Nazareth. Israel 1940s
Clip 4 from 'Le Chemin des Croisades', a French language film about Israel in the 1940s/1950s. GV shots of Nazereth, and the Church of the Annunciation. Man rides donkey over the hills. Shot of Christian church.
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Cam Ranh Bay and soldiers on boats. Vietnam, 1945
Clip 9 from the 1945 film 'Escales Imperiales' (Imperial Ports of Call), which highlights the maritime routes linking the French empire into one vast network. Cam Ranh Bay near Saigon and soldiers on boats.
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Mining factory and machinery. France, 1952
Clip 8 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Scenes from a mining factory. A worker operates the extraction machinery. Railways transport coal.
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Singer and jazz band at nightclub in Juan-les-Pins, 1952
Part 4 of 1952 promo film about Juan-le-Pins. male singer sings a French song into a microphone. Jazz musicians play together, piano solo.
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Thunder Over Hungary - account of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Budapest, Monday, October 22nd 1956. Shots of protest against the Soviet occupation and for the evacuation of Soviet troops. Ammunitions, bullets, gun fights. Armed groups exchange shots with the army. Soldiers run and wounded evacuated....
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Central administrative buildings and scientific institutions in Kiev, Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 4 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Wide shot with modern buildings in a row, and a rank of flags of various countries. Flags with building in the...
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Canal engineers in the Fergana Valley. Uzbekistan, 1970
Clip 6 from the 1970 documentary 'Maitre de L'Eau' (Masters of Water) about water and irrigation in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and Karakum Canal. Canal engineers look at plans by the canal. Forklift operators dig the ground in the arid...
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A woman's working day - the rush hour commute, a day in the office, lunch in a restaurant, shopping on way home. c.1960
A train station / Platforms / stairs / Bridge / passerelle (overhead footpath) / commuters. Parisian train station, rush hour. Woman at work, paper filing, answering phone (while smoking a cigarette), secretarial works. Lunch at a...
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A woman's morning routine, c.1960
1960s An alarm clock ringing at 6.30 AM. A 28 years old woman gets out of bed. She is standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom, applying lipstick. Man comes in to get his electrical shaver and smiles at her in the mirror. Goldfish...
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Suffragette Emily Davidson is hit by galloping horse at the Espom Derby, 4th June 1913
Suffragette Emily Davidson protests for women's right to vote by stepping in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby on 4th June 1913, sustaining injuries that resulted in her death four days later.
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Miners at work and outside the mine. France, 1952
Clip 9 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners work inside the underground mine, drill the walls, and get lifted up by the pulley system. Workers stand outside...
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Traditional Ukrainian wedding celebrations and dancing. Natural landscapes, Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 11 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Close up of a Ukrainian orthodox bride. Country wedding, bride coming to a cart, two women carrying a rind-shaped...
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Children playing in the sand, close ups of workers, city scenes and bookshop. Algiers, 1961
Clip 4 from the 1961 film 'De quel amour blessec', which shows images from Algeria through the centuries from the perspective of four writers: Apulece, Saint Augustin, Ibn Khaldoun et Albert Camus. Children play in the sand and sing....
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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...
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Railway construction. USSR, 1973
Clip 1 from the 1973 propaganda film The Soviet Army: The Railway Army. Men from the Soviet Army's railway unit plan and construct railway lines using machinery and heavy-lifting trucks.
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Tuareg tribe set up camp in desert. French teacher living with the nomads teaches French to children. Algeria 1957
Clip 7 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg people set up camp in desert. French teacher (Jacques Beauvau?) living w/ nomads and teaching Tuareg children after building his classroom. Also shots of the...
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Montage of books, different lessons, and children in classrooms at the Lycee Henri IV in Paris, 1951
Clip 3 from the 1951 French film 'Le Lycee Sur La Colline', following a student of the 1950s from his entry at Lycee Henri IV (Paris) to his final graduation. Close up of books: Method of Romance language (Methode de langue latine),...
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Re-enacted scenes of people posing for the camera, 1880s, made in France, 1956
Clip 1 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, men and women pose for the camera in...
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Charles de Foucauld, Tuareg village, Algeria 1957
Clip 2 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. Re-enactment Charles de Foucauld, man in white robe perusing book, De Foucauld's dictionary. The Ahaggar / Hoggar mountain range Touring Club de France Various shot of the...
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Tuareg tribespeople preparing food and drink in encampment, Algeria 1957
Clip 8 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. The Tuaregs, Bedouin tribes. CU on tribesman building a fire. PAN on tribesmen resting. Various shots of shy women and their children preparing the food in the encampment...
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Post-WWII Germany, Marienfelde refugee camp, contrast of the hardship in West Berlin and the wealth in East Berlin
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Cold War. Eastern Germany, East Berlin, poverty, remains of WW2, bombed buildings, rubble. Street scenes. Berlin zoo. Military presence in East Berlin, tanks. Leisure in West Berlin, people swimming in...
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Bahrain 1960s - Manama city, high street and bazaar, loading bay with cranes
Clip 1 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Aerial Manama, the Capital city with High street and traffic, Bazar streets, Men carrying baskets on their heads, Local market, Market Stalls ( spices and fabrics). Docks and...
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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...
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Miners cutting wood and young boys at the mine. France, 1952
Clip 2 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners craft and cut wood in a workshop. Young boys are instructed by a trainer, put on their uniforms and get equipped...