Bridgeman Arts
The Living City, 1970, part 19 - London's Guildhall, The Court of Common Council meeting, orchestra playing
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
Curated Video
Violinist Itzhak Perlman blasts Donald Trump over disabled journalist
VIOLINIST ITZHAK PERLMAN BLASTS DONALD TRUMP OVER DISABLED JOURNALISTViolinist Itzhak Perlman, a longtime advocate for the disabled, is still upset over Donald Trump's derisive behavior toward a disabled reporter last fall and says he...
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The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra brings together eight extraordinary instruments for five nights of incredible music all thanks to 300-year-old violins crafted by Antonio Stradivari. (March 28)
SOUNDBITE: Margaret Bajter, Concertmaster - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra:
(000505) When you look at this piece of art and then go to the concert hall, you hear what it's saying to you. You're no longer passive, you're a participant in...
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The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra brings together eight extraordinary instruments for four nights of incredible music all thanks to 300-year-old violins crafted by Antonio Stradivari. (March 28)
SOUNDBITE: Margaret Bajter, Concertmaster - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra:
(000505) When you look at this piece of art and then go to the concert hall, you hear what it's saying to you. You're no longer passive, you're a participant in...
Curated Video
Stolen Stradivarius Returns to Stage
VOICE-OVER SCRIPT: NATS: Wang pauses playing violin "Now it has a little bit more golden sound" then continues playing VIOLINIST MIRA WANG IS EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE AMES STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN. SOUNDBITE (English) Mira Wang,...
Bridgeman Arts
Famadihana funerary tradition in Madagascar, 1930s.
Part 8 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Interesting clip documenting the Famadihana funerary tradition in Madagascar, 1930s. Known as 'the turning of the bones', Malagasy people bring...
Sky News
Craftsmen manufacturing new violins in factory
Craftsmen manufacturing new violins in factory
AFP News Agency
VOICED : 1,45 millones por violin del Titanic
Violin del Titanic es subastado en Inglaterra por 900000 libras 1 45 millones USD VOICED : 1,45 millones por violin del Titanic on October 19, 2013 in Belfast, Northern Ireland (Footage by AFP/Getty Images)
Sky News
Craftsmen manufacturing new violins in factory
Craftsmen manufacturing new violins in factory
Sky News
Craftsmen manufacturing new violins in factory
Craftsmen manufacturing new violins in factory
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...
Curated Video
UK - Kennedy Unveils New Album
Nigel Kennedy / Devon / June 7 / ENT 5
Nigel Kennedy unveils his new album
When he was at the peak of his classical music career, in the late eighties, violin prodigy, Nigel Kennedy divided the clasical world roughly into two. Those who...
Curated Video
Mel B, Atomic Kitten and Steps play to thousands at London's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1. MS two women dancing
2. MS two men cuddling
3. Man in leathers
4. VS drag queens
5. Crowd scenes
6.VS contestants in Mr Gay UK competition
7. SOT competitor "Just to show people that we're here. That I mean we're gay, we're not...
Curated Video
The suicide of a college student whose sex life was broadcast over the Web illustrates the Internet's alarming potential as a means of tormenting others. Tyler Clementi's death has shocked and disturbed gay rights activists and students alike.
HEADLINE: Student suicide illustrates Internet's dangers
CAPTION: The suicide of a college student whose sex life was broadcast over the Web illustrates the Internet's alarming potential as a means of tormenting others. Tyler Clementi's...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Tuareg women only musical tradition reborn in Algeria
A single-chord violin played only by Tuareg women is making a comeback in Algeria as the last of its players come to the rescue of a tradition on the verge of extinction
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Sarah Chang, from violin child prodigy to superstar
VOICED: Sarah Chang, from violin child prodigy to superstar
Bridgeman Arts
Scenes from universities and musical academies, Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 5 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Wide shot of universities an schools in Ukraine, eastern Europe. People / students sitting on benches / banks...
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Famed Stradivarius violins played together for Los Angeles festival
Eight violins of Antonio Stradivari, arguably the most famous instruments ever created, have been brought together in Los Angeles.
"Strad Fest LA" is a four-day series of performances - organised by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra -...
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Close Up, Locked Down - A violin bow draws across the strings of a violin / USA
Close Up, Locked Down - A violin bow draws across the strings of a violin / USA
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Rugby Canada here to win against the French
Canada coach Kieran Crowley says his team has no intention of playing second fiddle to the French as they look for an upset against one of the worlds top teams
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Rescued violins bring back Holocaust escape tales
CLEAN : Rescued violins bring back Holocaust escape tales