Bridgeman Arts
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?)...
Bloomberg
How a Flamenco Guitar Is Made
Sep.07 -- A basement workshop in Madrid is where beautifully crafted Conde guitars are made. (Video by Gloria Kurnik and Leila Hussain)
Bridgeman Arts
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.
Bridgeman Arts
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.
Bridgeman Arts
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....
Bridgeman Arts
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...
Bridgeman Arts
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...
Bridgeman Arts
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.
Bridgeman Arts
Drummers and Dancing in the Congo, 1940s
1940s: Drummers bang large wooden drums. Women, men and children dance together.
Bridgeman Arts
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.
Bridgeman Arts
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.
Bridgeman Arts
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...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Worldwide musical instruments find a home
Its one of the biggest music museums in the world VOICED : Worldwide musical instruments find a home on December 26, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bridgeman Arts
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.
Bridgeman Arts
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.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Worldwide musical instruments find a home
Its one of the biggest music museums in the world VOICED : Worldwide musical instruments find a home on December 26, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona (Footage by AFP/Getty Images)
Yale University
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: Flanders Recorder Quartet
Listen to the Flanders' Recorder Quartet perform a selection by Merula in this Yale University performance series piece.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Animations: How Do String Length, Tension, and Gauge Affect Pitch?
Narrated animation that visually explains how a string's pitch is affected by its length, tension, and gauge. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Heavy Metal: The Physics of Diy Instruments
Paul Rudolph finds objects in garbage and junkyards, and transforms them into musical instruments, even using them in his own performances with his band. Listen as he talks about this work, and as a scientist discusses the physics of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What's the Story Behind the World's Oldest Piano?
In this video [2:14] join Sasha, age 10, as she reports from the Musical Instruments galleries to get the inside scoop on an instrument that changed music history.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Slit Gong (Atingting Kon)
In this video [2:22] Met curator Eric Kjellgren on communication in Slit Gong [Atingting kon] by the Tin Mweleun peoples of Ambrym Island in Vanuatu, mid to late 1960s. The towering slit gongs of northern Vanuatu are among the largest...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Notes From a Former 'Guitar Zero'
Why it's not too late to learn how to play a musical instrument. NYU psychology professor Gary Marcus shares his experiences and insights about the science of learning, which he's gathered in a new book Guitar Zero.