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Banana harvest and forests in Guadeloupe, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 10 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, men and women harvest bananas and transport them. Scenes of flowers, plants and wildlife in the forests of Guadeloupe.
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Young lady writes in her journal before going to sleep. c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. Young lady writes in her journal before going to sleep. French VO.
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Miners at work. France, 1950
Clip 10 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of the mining industry in a French town, including workers labouring and railways transporting coal.
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Home cinema projecting footage in a living room, made in France, 1956
Clip 8 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, a group of people set up a home...
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Madagascar c.1958 - Air France plane on runway. Madagascan people in canoes.
Clip 14 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Air France plane on runway. Madagascan people in canoes.
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Workers coming home and sand dunes. France, 1950
Clip 2 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of workers coming home from work, wives preparing tea, and the town's sand dunes.
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Street scenes and pigeon feeding in Paris. France, 1957
Clip 3 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Exterior shots of buildings in the city centre of Paris. People fishing by the River Seine. Roads and traffic in the city. People feeding the pigeons.
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Madagascar c.1958 - felling native trees and shaving off bark
Clip 12 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Large group of children runs towards camera. Shots of a native tree (quinquina?).
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Madagascar c.1958 - Views of industrial development, construction sites.
Clip 8 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Views of industrial development, construction sites.
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First Soviet H-bomb test (named Joe 4 or RDS-6) August 12 1953, USSR.
Colour restored. HD colour footage of the cloud formation from the first Soviet test of a thermonuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb) on August 12, 1953, that detonated with a force equivalent to 400 kilotons of TNT. The device, which was...
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Re-enacted scenes of families with camera during early photography, made in France, 1956
Clip 3 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, fathers take photographs and movies of...
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Capital County, 1950, part 5 - Council members in meetings, ambulance service, and fire brigade
Clip 5 of a film called Capital County, exploring the work of the London County Council (LCC) and the development and administration of London in 1950. The film presents council services seen through the eyes of an ordinary citizen of...
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Nun prayers at an alter in an underground archaeological site, Nazareth, Israel 1940s
Clip 5 from 'Le Chemin des Croisades', a French language film about Israel in the 1940s/1950s. Nun prays at an alter in an underground archaeological site, Nazareth, Israel 1940s
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Nuns look after disabled/sick children and teach schoolgirls in a convent in Nazareth. Israel 1940s
Clip 4 from 'Le Chemin des Croisades', a French language film about Israel in the 1940s/1950s. GV shots of Nazereth, and the Church of the Annunciation. Man rides donkey over the hills. Shot of Christian church.
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A is for Atom part 5 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. The human body with the circulatory system glowing. The glowing - nuclear giant - more giants spring up around him - with planes flying past - blatant celebration of nuclear power...
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Mining factory and machinery. France, 1952
Clip 8 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Scenes from a mining factory. A worker operates the extraction machinery. Railways transport coal.
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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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Thunder Over Hungary - account of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Budapest, Monday, October 22nd 1956. Shots of protest against the Soviet occupation and for the evacuation of Soviet troops. Ammunitions, bullets, gun fights. Armed groups exchange shots with the army. Soldiers run and wounded evacuated....
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A woman's working day - the rush hour commute, a day in the office, lunch in a restaurant, shopping on way home. c.1960
A train station / Platforms / stairs / Bridge / passerelle (overhead footpath) / commuters. Parisian train station, rush hour. Woman at work, paper filing, answering phone (while smoking a cigarette), secretarial works. Lunch at a...
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A woman's morning routine, c.1960
1960s An alarm clock ringing at 6.30 AM. A 28 years old woman gets out of bed. She is standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom, applying lipstick. Man comes in to get his electrical shaver and smiles at her in the mirror. Goldfish...
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Miners at work and outside the mine. France, 1952
Clip 9 from the 1952 short film 'Les hommes de la nuit', about the work of miners in coal mines in Lorraine, France. Miners work inside the underground mine, drill the walls, and get lifted up by the pulley system. Workers stand outside...
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Swimmers and fishermen under water in Guadeloupe, Antilles, 1950s
Clip 11 from 'Paradis Antillais', a 1950s documentary about Martinique, the Antilles and the West Indies. In this clip, swimmers and fishermen sort through fish by the water. Underwater scenes of sea plants and fish. Sunbathers on the...
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Tuareg tribe set up camp in desert. French teacher living with the nomads teaches French to children. Algeria 1957
Clip 7 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg people set up camp in desert. French teacher (Jacques Beauvau?) living w/ nomads and teaching Tuareg children after building his classroom. Also shots of the...
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Montage of books, different lessons, and children in classrooms at the Lycee Henri IV in Paris, 1951
Clip 3 from the 1951 French film 'Le Lycee Sur La Colline', following a student of the 1950s from his entry at Lycee Henri IV (Paris) to his final graduation. Close up of books: Method of Romance language (Methode de langue latine),...