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Workers in the steelworks factory. France, 1950
Clip 12 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 at the steelworks factory.
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Builders on construction site, and GVs of council estates/public housing blocks. London c.1960
Clip from a promotional film about a French girl visiting London. Late 50s/early 60s. Shots of builders on construction site, and GVs of council estates/public housing blocks.
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Boules, waterskiing and Monte-Carlo villages. Southern France, 1955
Clip 3 from a 1955 French film 'Petits Paradis de Mediterranee' exploring the Mediterranean harbour and the South of France. Men and women play boules, and waterski in the sea. Scenes of villages in Monaco and footage of the Palace of...
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Street performers and musicians, street scenes in Casablanca, Morocco c.1960
Landscape of Moroccan city in the evening. Man in the street swallows fire.Two men playing the tambourines. Boiling water in a pot. Man drinks boiling water. Wide shots of Casablanca. Pan of modern buildings in Casablanca. Women wearing...
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Teachers at a staff meeting discussing the students. Paris, 1951
Clip 4 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. Teachers in a room for staff meeting. Students playing with ball. Students in...
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Moroccan barber at work in his tent - unusual methods. C.1960
Moroccan barber in his tent: he is shaving man's head with a razor. Then the barber uses unusual pipe-like instruments on his head, presumably for healing purposes. Clip from 'Going Places' series with Lowell Thomas.
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Juan-les-Pins 1952 - cabaret at nightclub, exercise bike competition, can-can dancers and ballroom dancing
Part 3 of 1952 promo film about Juan-le-Pins. Cabaret, exercise bike / bicycle competition, cabaret, French cancan, dancers on the dance floor.
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Getting Ready Morally
Part of the “Are You Ready for Service?” series, this film was shown to high school boys at school or church youth groups. It illustrates how many drafted young men succumb to temptation after being “cut loose” from the moral standards...
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Fireball of atomic blast (RDS-2 or Joe 2), Semipalatinsk test site, USSR, 24 September 1951
HD colour footage shows the formation of an explosion fireball. Explosion power 38 kilotons. 24th September 1951. The nuclear device, codenamed RDS-2, and nicknamed by the US as Joe 2, was tested at the Semipalatinsk test site, also...
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An aircraft, train and car in the countryside. France, 1955
Clip 2 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of an Air France plane, a steam train, and a car driving through the countryside.
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Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. USA, 1953
Clip 4 from the 1953 documentary 'Once a Scout' about the Boy Scouts of America. Young boys learn at the Boy Scouts, and sit by the side of a fire with an older teacher.
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Men in Air France office. France, 1955
Clip 14 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Three men talk in an Air France office.
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Boy Scouts and Church. USA, 1953
Clip 9 from the 1953 documentary 'Once a Scout' about the Boy Scouts of America. A man walks through a forest. The narrator talks about the 'natural' activity of church-going, and about walking back from church with women.
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A mother's evening routine, c.1960
A woman picks up her son from creche. Mother and son in the kitchen, Cocotte minute, pressure cooker. Infant son eats and goes to bed. Mother and father / Husband and wife having dinner. Council estate. Buildings lights on at night ( low...
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Madagascar c.1958 - Aerial views of Diego-Suarez (now known as Antsiranana), views of harbour.
Clip 9 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Aerial views of Diego-Suarez (now known as Antsiranana), views of harbour.
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Madagascar c.1958 - Fisherman arrive on shore in canoes with caught fish.
Clip 13 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Fisherman arrive on shore in canoes with caught fish.
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Capital County, 1950, part 3 - The establishment and closure of the Metropolitan Board of Works
Clip 3 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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A shepherd leads his herd through a village. France, 1955
Clip 3 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. A shepherd leads his herd of sheep down a village path in the countryside. Scenes of a town harbour and women chatting by some...
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Russian Orthodox church. France, 1955
Clip 5 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Scenes of a Russian Orthodox church and cathedral in the city of Nice.
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Parisian streets and building exteriors, incl. Le Grand Chatelet. France, 1957
Clip 4 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Exterior shots of buildings in the city centre of Paris. A close-up of the engraving outside Le Grand Chatelet.
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City of Treasures part 1 - flea market in Paris 1951
High angle / WS of flea market in the north of Paris with Sacre-Coeur in BG / Sacred Heart Basilica of Montmartre. H angle / WS of flea market. WS stands of antiques. WS stands with new articles with street in FG.
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Green Islands, 1954, part 1 - London street scenes, traffic, school gates, mother with pram
Clip from a 1954 film about the parks and pleasure gardens of London showing many of the pastimes carried out in them. Made by the London County council to show all the activities that London Parks have to offer.
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Female airline stewardess, receptionist, and journalist, 1950s
Stewardess holding a tray with champagne glasses. A receptionist. A bank receptionist (Societe generale / Hall / Lobby / Entrance). Women journalists interviewing.