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Office Staff 1940s
A middle aged man sits, relaxing at his desk. The boss, sitting at his desk, talks to his secretary who leans on the edge of the desk. A co-worker does ‘ears’ behind her back, she turns and laughs, as does the boss. Close up of the boss....
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New York Railway Station Film About Goodrich Freight Tyres Roller Type USA 1939
Goodrich Tires demonstrated in New York to railroad officials. Compare Goodrich rubber tires against old steel type. Baggage truck tows empty carriages to officials. Rail workers continue their daily activities. Officials shown usual...
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Motor Vehicles Transport And Autobaun Construction
A tipper truck empties load onto roadside. Many diggers and trucks on roadside as drive by. Zollamt Nennig Remich sign above control point. Corner of a street in town.
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Mining In Canada 1920s
Mining mineral silk, product of asbestos. Drilling rocks for blasting. Goods trains & crane. Bridge over waters in quarry. Workers pack fibres for world export.
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Loading Cargo Laverock Gen Steam Navigation Co 1950s
Officials examine ships in dock. Crates loaded aboard. Long shots of ship. Workers on board. Smaller vessel along side ship at sea. They board. Barrels in hold are transferred to smaller vessel with 1cwt bags. Ship at anchor. Locals of...
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Workers in Pub (from Berlin 1920-1929)
Workers in the pub (clip 715 subclipped from Berlin 1920-1929 documentary).
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Workers Flock Past Factory (from Berlin 1920-1929)
Crowds of workers flock past the factory building (clip 287 subclipped from Berlin 1920-1929 documentary).
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USA Employees Play, Philadelphia 1930s
The Mercury Rug Company, Philadelphia USA. Employees clown around whilst doing a wheel change. Inside their premises. A work car pulls up and they perform a comical loop emerging. A larger vehicle pulls out and they perform the same gag....
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Tiresoling Tire Repairs, 1920s
Shot of a pair of old, worn tires. Today, they would be scrapped. In the 1930s they repaired them. Graphics tell the story to start then we see numerous shots as a worker expands an old tyre on a pronged machine. He inspects tires for...
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Singapore 50s
Pan across harbor. Dockers load boats. Small boats in harbor and large warship. Military vehicles and soldiers on parade. Two women. Cyclist. Street parade. Boats in harbor.. Women chat by car. Working on ship hull. Coach & fire engine....
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South Africa Farmers
Car by coast, maid looks to sea. Another maid straps child to back. Farmer’s son runs into the gardens to play. The mother and baby play with the dog in the garden. Cattle are herded onto the farmer’s land. Two men stand over children by...
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Working People Piano Party
Sing-along in front room of working class family home, funny hats, old man playing the piano, dancing, music, record player, young people, fun.
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Superb Film Of A Couple's Journey
Ship to Sudan British family on board. Locals row to ship. British couple disembark. Small and large boat up canal. African workers with beast carriers. Work fields. Play polo, prize. Load trains. Workers in fields & fishing. Workers...
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Ships Worked On
Shots of ships at sea and arriving at a dockyard. A ship on dry land is being worked on. Hoist bring on board provisions. Workers at the dockyard mill about. Shots of small fishing vessels coming and going from harbor. A woman dignitary...
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Niagara Falls and African Rickshaws
Durban, Africa, rickshaws, locals, dancing, workmen, digging, road, construction, cut to shot of cruise ship, men, drink, smoking, natives performing, black people, dancing, traditions. 00:00:00:00 - Niagara Falls 00:00:53:23 - Africa
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High Society Berlin
High Society Berlin at the turn of the century Dance party, fashion, textile production.
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Goodrich Tyres Earth Moves On Rubber
Goodrich Tires are demonstrated on a variety of heavy duty vehicles building a dam in the USA. Articulated vehicles carry tons of rocks from site whilst dumpers disperse rocks on site. Mechanical diggers load articulated trucks with...
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French Track Repairs and Lumberjacks
Colour. 1960s. Jeep down snow covered road. Men throw snowballs across railway track at each other. Group of men ram rail tracks in place. Large rail track laying machines wait. Machines down track. One machine lays sleepers the other...
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Film Showing Goodrich Industrial Rubber Tyre
Goodrich Tires are demonstrated against high pressure pneumatics. A bulldozer tows a second bulldozer and, on solid tires, it bounces. On zero pressure tires it copes with ease. A bulldozer with Goodrich Tires pulls a building,...
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Film Of Road Construction & Road
* NB Shrunken film. Steenbeck TK only. A proper scan required. A team of American road workers use the Greco steam re-surfacing equipment to tarmac roads in New York. We see the workings of the Greco equipment in great detail. Trams and...
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Boy with machine outside and a man fries bacon and eggs on a spade/shovel over an open fire
Man with bellows stokes a fire Cooking bacon and fried eggs on a spade/shovel
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Baskerville Open Air School Narborne
Exterior of residential orphanage in Birmingham, shots showing grounds, building site, works, construction, concrete mixer, bricks, mud. Children visiting site, shot of brick layer.
Press Association
Scotland takes part in Clap for Carers
Residents of Glasgow, Scotland (clips 1 and 2) and Edinburgh (clip 3), join in the now weekly Clap for Carers to show support for health workers on the frontline fighting coronavirus.