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Madagascar c.1958 - plane flies over Madagascan landscape and lands.
Clip 1 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Elevated view of a market. 1950s plane takes off, flies over Madagascan mountains and lands.
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Public fountains and bathrooms. Paris, 1950s
Clip 8 from the 1950s French film 'A La Claire Fontaine' (By The Clear Fountain). Shots of public and decorative fountains in Paris. A woman sits in her bathroom. Shots of the taps and the drain.
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Water reservoir and farm. Paris, 1950s
Clip 2 from the 1950s French film 'A La Claire Fontaine' (By The Clear Fountain). Scenes of the forests, water reservoirs, wells, streams, and farmers.
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Camels drinking from trough, fishermen pulling nets out of the Sea of Galilee, Israel 1940s
Clip 7 from 'Le Chemin des Croisades', a French language film about Israel in the 1940s/1950s. Camels drinking from trough. Sea of Galilee / Lake Tiberias, where Jesus met his future disciples. Fishermen pull the fishing net out of water...
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Miners drilling and handling coal in the mine. France, 1952
Clip 5 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 working in the underground mine drilling and digging into coal reserves.
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Moraccan village people preparing couscous and eating, a class of boys read the Quran, c.1960
Women preparing the couscous with manual tools. Close up of a small girl eating something. Pan of Moroccan / North African village. Moroccan / North African people sitting on the ground in shadow. Close ups of faces. People reading...
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Sailors working and relaxing on board cruiser. Algeria, 1945
Clip 2 from the 1945 film 'Escales Imperiales' (Imperial Ports of Call), which highlights the maritime routes linking the French empire into one vast network. Several views of cruisers at sea. Dormitory, bugle sounding, sailors having a...
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Presenter Daniel Dorian outside the Detroit Institute of Arts in Michigan, USA, 1965
Presenter Daniel Dorian outside the Detroit Institute of Arts in Michigan, USA, 1965 - features zoom out shot of Rodin's The Thinker.
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Re-enacted scenes of a photographer with boaters, 1880s, made in France, 1956
Clip 2 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 pictures of people...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: New setback in Belgium's crisis as king's envoy resigns
CLEAN: New setback in Belgium's crisis as king's envoy resigns
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CLEAN : Cannes Interview: Netflix content chief
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Map of 1940s Southern USSR during World War II
[French language VO throughout ] Animated map with arrows pointing to places in Southern Russia including Ieisk, Krasnodar, Novorossiysk, Anapa, Kertch, Taman and Mer D'Azov (Sea of Azov) / pan of broad, quickly flowing (probably Kuban)...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
World War II captured German footage of transportation of materiel
[French language VO throughout ] Flyby of structures atop an arid plateau / VS German trucks drive from depot on blacktop road and maneuver hairpin turn far below / men (believed to be prisoners) seated behind barbed wire fence / pan of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Priests bless crops during religious ceremony in the French countryside
Title card: 'La Fete des Moissons' (audio track is in French) / MS exterior of church in the country with congregation members outside / VS Catholics at outdoor mass including young altar boys / MS young monk with glasses and tonsure...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Biplanes in action in World War I
[VO FRENCH NARRATION THROUGHOUT] Military biplane flies low, dropping bomb near moving train / explosion near, but not on, the train / MS squadron of planes flies in formation / biplanes fly and dive in sky / Note: exact day not known;...
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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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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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USSR 1970s - aerial shot and CU shot of large herd of reindeer running over snowy land
POV from helicopter. Aerial snowy landscape, big herd of reindeers. MS man taking filming the reindeers from heli. Ground shot of herd of reindeers. Reindeer looks at camera.