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Dancing and carnivals in Martinique, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 6 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, men and women dance outdoors. A carnival procession of dancers, citizens and children moves through the streets.
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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...
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Sugar cane farmers and dancers in Guadeloupe, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 9 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, farmers work with sugar cane, and transport their crops. Dancers dance to a drum beat and a band.
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Polynesian people dancing in the forest. France, 1955
Clip 7 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of Polynesian women dancing and running through a forest while a man plays a guitar-type instrument. A man cuts some...
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Tuareg tribe at camp, playing and listening to music. Man holds woman's hand (courting?). Algeria 1957
Clip 9 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. The Tuaregs, Bedouin tribes. Woman plays a string instrument with others sitting around listening. Person greeted as they walk up to tent in encampment in the Tamanghasset...
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Logging rules put pressure on musical instrument makers
LEADIN:
International trade rules adopted to save the world's tropical rosewood forests from extinction have musical instrument makers singing the blues.
Fearful that Africa and Asia were losing rosewood...
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Moroccan men and women making music in a mosque, c.1960
Clip from 'Going Places' series with Lowell Thomas. Men playing the tambourines and clappin their hands inside the mosque. Women clapping their hands.
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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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Festival of Flowers in Monaco. French Riviera, 1951
Clip 5 from the 1951 French language film 'Croisiere Bleue' about the South of France, the French Riviera, Monaco and Monte Carlo. Scene of the harbour. Tilt down to a shot of meadow covered with white flowers. Scenes from the festival...
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Madagascar c.1958 - Traditional music and dancing.
Clip 17 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Traditional music and dancing. Air France plane leaves.
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School performances, parades and choir singing. Estonia, 1971
Clip 9 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Older school children in traditional dress give flowers to elders. Students perform dances on stage. A band plays music and a community parade walks...
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Tuareg celebration in the Hoggar region, 1957 - playing drums, singing, camel racing
Clip 5 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg celebration in the Ahaggar / Hoggar region. People playing drums. Camel race. Camel riders circle around a group of people sitting (women? Ceremony of sorts?)...
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Madagascar c.1958 - A Comorian wedding ceremony with dancing and musicians in Mahajanga
Clip 2 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. A Comorian wedding ceremony with dancing and musicians in Mahajanga, Madagascar.
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Catholic procession, traditional dancing, Carnac, France, 1950s
Religious procession, traditional costumes, church, priest, choir boys, woman hats / Breton hats, priest blessing horses, music and dances, folk music, children in costumes.
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Streets of Marrakesh, street performer does trick with his eyes and some needles, men play traditional instruments. c.1960
Shots of Marrakesh. Tracking shot /traveling through the street of Marrakesh. Muezzin on the mosque's tower. Tilt up of the mosque. Pan of a main/central square in Marrakesh. Close ups of Moroccan women with half covered faces, wearnig...
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Cameras, vinyl and piano players, made in France, 1956
Clip 7 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 crowd around a vinyl record player....
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Village life, church services and dancing. Sweden, 1960s
Clip 10 from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Scenes of rural village life in the countryside. A woman plays a long trumpet-like instrument. People in traditional costumes...
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Views of the Royal Festival Hall, a street artist, Trafalgar Square, pigeons, and Hyde Park fountains. London c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. Shots of the Royal Festival Hall, a street artist, Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park fountains.
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Drummers and Dancing in the Congo, 1940s
1940s: Drummers bang large wooden drums. Women, men and children dance together.
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The Bateaux Mouches travels down the Seine with accordion band on board. Paris, 1970s.
Clip from a 1970s tourism film promoting Paris. River boat travels down the Seine with accordion band on board. Paris, 1970s.
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German invasion of Belgium. Mobilisation of British troops in London. Germans flee from Russian troops in East Prussia. Battle of Tannenberg. War bonds in germany. 1914.
German invasion of Belgium. Mobilisation of British troops in London. Germans flee from Russian troops in East Prussia. Battle of Tannenberg. War bonds in germany. 1914.
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Afghanistan 1945 - nomadic people with camels and donkeys, playing the rubab (traditional Afghan instrument), girl sings.
Desert, plain, nomads, herds, shepherd, a man playing the national instrument of Afghanistan, the rubab, very old windmills. Camels, children by the river, young bird trainer, young girl with turban singing while a young man watches, two...
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Markets, dancing and minarets. Algeria, 1947
Clip 6 from 'Deglet-Nour, Doigt de Lumiere', a 1947 documentary about Algeria during French colonization. Scenes of a large marketplace and vendors with their goods. Women and girls dance to music. A minaret in town.
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Paintings by Liotard, Jean-Etienne
Focusing on the idea of the oriental representation in the paintings of Jean-Etienne Liotard. Elements like instruments or clothes show the strong connection to the eastern world and the desire to be part of it.