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Teachers at a staff meeting discussing the students. Paris, 1951
Clip 4 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. Teachers in a room for staff meeting. Students playing with ball. Students in...
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Moroccan barber at work in his tent - unusual methods. C.1960
Moroccan barber in his tent: he is shaving man's head with a razor. Then the barber uses unusual pipe-like instruments on his head, presumably for healing purposes. Clip from 'Going Places' series with Lowell Thomas.
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Juan-les-Pins 1952 - cabaret at nightclub, exercise bike competition, can-can dancers and ballroom dancing
Part 3 of 1952 promo film about Juan-le-Pins. Cabaret, exercise bike / bicycle competition, cabaret, French cancan, dancers on the dance floor.
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Folk performances, traditional dress, and sight-seeing in Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 6 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Group of people walking the street in medieval armour / armor followed by people in suits. People sitting on chairs...
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Canal construction in the Fergana Valley. Uzbekistan, 1970
Clip 3 from the 1970 documentary 'Maitre de L'Eau' (Masters of Water) about water and irrigation in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and Karakum Canal. Footage of workers digging and working on the canal construction in the desert.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Next Francophone summit to be held in Armenia
Armenia's Foreign Minister says that the 17th summit for French-speaking countries will be held in Armenia which he hopes will spread the ideals of the Francophone spirit in our region
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1940s views of tanks rolling across grassland during World War II
[French language VO throughout ] Title 'Sur Les Divers Fronts' (On The Various Fronts) superimposed on battleships and tank / VS tanks rolling away though grassland with POV from atop machine with partially silhouetted man / more rolling...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Francisco Franco parade in the 1940s
[French language VO identifies Franco as arriving in Gijon] Generalissimo Francisco Franco in convertible car drives though city streets lined with thousands of people giving fascist salutes / numerous signs and columns emblazoned with...
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An aircraft, train and car in the countryside. France, 1955
Clip 2 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of an Air France plane, a steam train, and a car driving through the countryside.
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Men in Air France office. France, 1955
Clip 14 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Three men talk in an Air France office.
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A young shepherd proposes to a woman. Wedding celebration with music, staged combat and dancing. Mali 1930s
Part 10 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. A young shepherd meets the bride-to-be's father and in front of him asks her to marry him. She accepts and they go together. Wedding celebration...
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A mother's evening routine, c.1960
A woman picks up her son from creche. Mother and son in the kitchen, Cocotte minute, pressure cooker. Infant son eats and goes to bed. Mother and father / Husband and wife having dinner. Council estate. Buildings lights on at night ( low...
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Madagascar c.1958 - Aerial views of Diego-Suarez (now known as Antsiranana), views of harbour.
Clip 9 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Aerial views of Diego-Suarez (now known as Antsiranana), views of harbour.
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Madagascar c.1958 - Fisherman arrive on shore in canoes with caught fish.
Clip 13 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Fisherman arrive on shore in canoes with caught fish.
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City scenes, natural landscapes of Kiev and the Black Sea, and wildlife of Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 2 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Medium close up of woman in folk Ukrainian dress and hairstyle talking to camera. Shots of street in Ukrainian...
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The city of Tallinn and its industrial sites. Estonia, 1971
Clip 3 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. City scenes of Tallinn and its architecture. A line of photographs on the street. Footage of industrial construction sites and their labourers....
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A shepherd leads his herd through a village. France, 1955
Clip 3 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. A shepherd leads his herd of sheep down a village path in the countryside. Scenes of a town harbour and women chatting by some...
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Russian Orthodox church. France, 1955
Clip 5 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of a Russian Orthodox church and cathedral in the city of Nice.
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Parisian streets and building exteriors, incl. Le Grand Chatelet. France, 1957
Clip 4 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Exterior shots of buildings in the city centre of Paris. A close-up of the engraving outside Le Grand Chatelet.
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Female airline stewardess, receptionist, and journalist, 1950s
Stewardess holding a tray with champagne glasses. A receptionist. A bank receptionist (Societe generale / Hall / Lobby / Entrance). Women journalists interviewing.
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Photographers take photos of women in bikinis and in a garden, made in France, 1956
Clip 5 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, a photographer takes photographs of...
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A charlatan performing quackery on the streets of Morocco, c.1960
Moroccan charlatan/quack in the street putting a rope around man's arms and head. Moroccan charlatan/quack is touching a woman's chest with various objects in order to heal her. He is putting various objects into her mouth, like a...