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Egyptian Trains And Life, 1920s
Shots of shoreline. Egyptians in smaller vessels ferry passengers. Street scenes. Trains stationary & through desert. Ships on Nile. Statue of Gordon. Mud huts. Train carriages.
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Durham Church Town Street 1928
Shots of Durham Church and castle. Street scenes of Durham, the inhabitants go about their business on bikes, foot and vehicles. A policeman directs one of very few cars. The river banks and the castle with scaffolding erected.
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Drive In Surrey Countryside 1928
A car drives through a quiet Surrey street followed by a motor scooter. House of H W Spencer in Ewell named Orchard Dene.
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Dockers Welcome Priests 1920s
Woman on deck. Sailors in wheelhouse. Workers go below deck. Man in streets finds paper, goes to room above pub. Men gathered, including priest. Ships in docks. Workers loading ships. Priest comes aboard. Talks to workers and goes other...
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Curling and the North East Coast Exhibition 1929
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. The North East Coast Exhibition was a world's fair held in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear and ran from May...
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Crowds at Demonstation (from Berlin 1920-1929)
Crowds move forward at demonstration at Lustgarten (clip 237 subclipped from Berlin 1920-1929 documentary).
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Construction of the R100 airship, 1927
Construction of the R100 airship by the Airship Guarantee Company Ltd.
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Shop Window and Bus (from Berlin 1920-1929)
Woman goes to shop window, bus reflected in the window (clip 751 subclipped from Berlin 1920-1929 documentary).
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Scientific Instruments 1920s
Washington Observatory. Man looks into large telescope. Shots of scientific instruments - clock; chronograph & transmitter. Ariel masts. Electrical sparks generated. Yerkes Observatory – exterior shots of revolving dome. Inside, men...
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Santa In Trafalgar Square.
B&W. 1920s. Vehicles pass over bridge, people walking, a bike. Workmen erect fence. Trafalgar Square , Nelson's Column. Man dressed as Santa and man as Guy Fawkes climb statue. Large crowd, movie cameras. Santa climbs ladder and talks to...
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RAF Air Show.
Group of bi-planes flying overhead. Group of single wing planes. Bi-planes formation of threes. Single wing planes fly solo. Crowd watch. Three twin wing cargo planes in group. Three single wing cargo planes. Three bi-planes trail smoke....
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People Walking Down the Street (from Berlin 1920-1929)
People cross the street / people stroll down the street (clip 748 subclipped from Berlin 1920-1929 documentary).
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People Pursued by Police (from Berlin 1920-1929)
People run through the streets, pursued by police on horses (clip 116 subclipped from Berlin 1920-1929 documentary).
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People On Europe Tour Belgium
Families in street. City landmarks. Fire brigade perform for crowd. River scenes. War graves. Women rinse clothes on riverbank. Rowing. Busy town squares. Large buildings. River scenes. Family at home in garden.
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People Demonstrating (from Berlin 1920-1929)
Crowds of people on demonstration, shouts (clip 236 subclipped from Berlin 1920-1929 documentary).
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Paris Man, 1920s
Person sits by side walk. Guy stands up then sits on the other side of the road.
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New year's eve party, Berlin, 1920s
New year's eve fireworks, Berlin. A lively party with champagne, cocktails and dancing. 1920s.
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New Orleans Mardi Gras 1940s & 1920s
1940s (colour) A store in New Orleans, people chat outside, cars drive past. Two men walk past a store. A statue outside a store. Home of Huey Long. Three black boys dance in street, good dance. 1920s (B&W) Mardi Gras, many floats ride...
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Nazi March (from Berlin 1920-1929)
Nazi march, trellis for demonstrating SA / arm stretched (clip 40 subclipped from Berlin 1920-1929 documentary).
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Motor Racing 20s & 50s
20’s.....Early racing cars hurtle around the track. They take pit stops for tyre changes. The crowds watch on. 50’s....Drivers run to their cars and begin to race around a race track. Shots from different locations around the track show...
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Montage of early flight, pioneers and aircraft
Clip from Flight Fighters of the Fifties, a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s.
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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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May Day rally in Berlin that became "Bloody May" Funeral procession of those who died Funeral of Gustav Stresemann, 3rd October 1929
Gustav Ernst Stresemann (1878 – 1929) was a German statesman who served as chancellor in 1923 (for 102 days) and as foreign minister from 1923 to 1929.