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The Great Wall of China, tourists, children, street fighters, donkey trains and camels. Beijing, China, 1920s
Clip 4 from the 1920s film 'China's Forbidden City' about Peking (Beijing) in China. The screen journal of a camera man's visit to the Imperial City of Beijing. The Great Wall (1,400 miles long). Canadian Pacific World - tourists viewing...
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Trains, architecture and trade in Beijing, China, 1920s
Clip 1 from the 1920s film 'China's Forbidden City' about Peking (Beijing) in China. The screen journal of a camera man's visit to the Imperial City of Beijing. Beijing was put on the tourist map for Americans by the Canadian Pacific...
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Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with man choppin with axe, and crocodile
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Herta Schneider's two children, playing at Berghof
Herta Schneider's two children, playing with toys at Berghof, Germany. 1940s
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Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with figure diving into the mouth of a lion
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century magic lantern slide with man bashing a thief with a club
Magic lantern slides, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Daily life on the streets of Karachi
Daily scenes of Karachiites going about their business in the Tin Talwar area of Karachi
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Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with man playing guitar while woman peeks through window
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century magic lantern slide with lion jumping through a hoop
Magic lantern slides, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century magic lantern slide with Scottish dancer
Magic lantern slides, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century zoetrope with man riding backwards on a hog
Zoetrope animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century zoetrope with horse rearing up
Zoetrope animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Operation Buster-Jangle nuclear bomb test, Nevada Test Site, USA 1951
One of the Desert Rock exercises by the United States, called Operation Buster-Jangle, at the Nevada Test Site, 1951. 20 kilotons atomic bomb test. The video shows soldiers watching the explosion from a distance of 11 kilometers.
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Woman wakes up, has breakfast and prepares her skis at the Skoki ski lodge in Canadian Rockies, 1930s
Clip from a 1930s promotional film about skiing in the Canadian Rockies. Banff - Lake Louise Area w/ famous ski lodges (sunshine, Mount Assiniboine, Skoki and Temple). Map follows. Titlecard reads : Into Lake Louise by Canadian Pacific...
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Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with woman struggling with umbrella in the wind and rain
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century zoetrope with boy chasing girl round a pillar
Zoetrope animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century thaumatrope with soldier catching a pig by the tail
Thaumatrope from the 1830s, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with girl and skipping rope and boy bouncing ball
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with man eating man
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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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.
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Animated 19th century magic lantern slide 'Goblins of the Glen'
Magic lantern slides, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century zoetrope with a figure on a rock sinking beneath the waves
Zoetrope animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century thaumatrope with man playing a violin
Thaumatrope from the 1830s, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Animated 19th century zoetrope with acrobat and bouncing ball
Zoetrope animated to create an illusion of motion.