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Post-WWII Germany, Marienfelde refugee camp, contrast of the hardship in West Berlin and the wealth in East Berlin
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Cold War. Eastern Germany, East Berlin, poverty, remains of WW2, bombed buildings, rubble. Street scenes. Berlin zoo. Military presence in East Berlin, tanks. Leisure in West Berlin, people swimming in...
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Settlers returning home after battle. USA, 1960s
Clip 8 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). Scenes of tired soldiers returning home after battle. A map of America is layered with the first Stars and Bars flag. Settlers travel home...
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The Living City, 1970, part 15 - new office blocks in the Fetter Lane and Aldgate area
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...
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Bahrain 1960s - Manama city, high street and bazaar, loading bay with cranes
Clip 1 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Aerial Manama, the Capital city with High street and traffic, Bazar streets, Men carrying baskets on their heads, Local market, Market Stalls ( spices and fabrics). Docks and...
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Nuns at church, and glassblowers at work. Sweden, 1960s
Clip 8 from the 1960s documentary 'Vikings D'hier et D'Aujourd'hui' (Vikings Yesterday and Today) from Sweden. Scenes of nuns at church, engaging in craft-making. A woman moulds a piece of metal as her cat sits nearby. Glassblowers shape...
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Disaster planning and cooking. Canada. 1960s
Clip 3 from French Cold War film 'Alimentation de Secours en Period D'Urgence (Nourrir les Populations Affamees)', about how to feed a displaced population during a disaster or emergency. Footage of students learning food preparation...
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Wide shot of village in North African desert, family leaves on foot due to drought, c.1960
Pan of a small village in the desert. Low buildings in North Africa / Morroco made from stone. Moroccan family with a mule / donkey crossing the village deserted because of drought. Clip from 'Going Places' series with Lowell Thomas.
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Preparations for a wedding in Morocco, c.1960 - makeup, clothing, women singing and dancing, procession carrying bride in veil
Ruins of Volubilis. Moroccan women in the ruins. Close up of a woman doing her hair. Close up of foot: woman is putting on decorated shoes. Close up of Moroccan woman putting on makeup. Close up of floor's mosaic. Wide shot and medium...
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 9 - Port Health Authority inspectors at work on ships
Clip 9 from the 1960 film 'The Lord Mayor', commissioned by the City of London Corporation to give an overview of its services, including schools, markets, housing welfare and health. In this clip, a council meeting for the Port Health...
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Camel train in the Moroccan desert, farming and water, c.1960
High angle shot of desert in North Africa. Wide shot of caravan in the desert. Caravane crossing the screen, wide shot and medium shot. Men draw out the water from a well. Water conteiner made from animal skin and metal. High angle shot...
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The Living City, 1970, part 9 - the buildings and monuments of Christopher Wren, London
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...
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Tower Bridge: Looking at London, 1968, part 5 - Cargo from ships is distributed via different channels
Part 5 of the 1968 film Tower Bridge: Looking At London, which explores the history and development of the Tower Bridge along the River Thames. Presented by Ann Dickinson. In this clip, the cargo of the Baltic Sun is unloaded and...
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1000 Quakers stage a two-day anti-nuclear vigil outside the Pentagon, Washington D.C. 12-13 November 1960
Peace Education program of the American friends Service Committee, "The Language of Faces", c.1960. Cold War film. 1000 Quakers hold a two-day vigil outside the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on 12th and 13th November 1960. Marching while...
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Sunday, August 25, 1968 Prague citizens opposing the Soviet occupation rename their streets and put up posters and signs of protest.
Part three of Seven Days to Remember Part 2, documenting events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August, 1968. Made by valiant Czech filmmakers, who risked their lives to film the defiance in the streets and to get their...
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Bahrain 1960s - pearl hunters dive for oysters in the Persian Gulf.
Clip 3 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. Pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf. Men dive from boat for oysters and pick out the pearls on deck.
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 13 - POV from car down Holloway Road, elderly friends playing dominoes
Clip from a documentary type account of the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council. Surveys opinions of tenants rehoused on GLC estates as to their new houses...
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Messengers, congressional meeting, and battle. USA, 1960s
Clip 5 from the 1960s black and white documentary. 'Towards Freedom' (French: Vers la liberte). Messengers distribute letters amongst the settlers. Military and strategic congressional meetings regarding the rule of the newly found...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 5 - bungalow homes for the elderly
Clip from a documentary type account of the slums of London and the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council since 1965 in slum clearance and building and its...
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Nixon in France, 1969
Clip 9 from the 'The First Step: President Nixon's European Visit', a film produced by the United States Information Agency in 1969, covering Richard Nixon's European visits and meetings. In this clip, Nixon is seen getting off a plane...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 3 - shots of houses in disrepair, kids playing on street in working class neighbourhood, demolition of old houses
Clip from a documentary type account of the slums of London and the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council in slum clearance and building and its plans in the...
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Berlin divided, 1961 - Guards at the Berlin Wall, East Berliners look towards West Berlin, properties abandoned.
ECU of barbed-wire on the Berlin Wall. A guard in the background at the Brandenburg gate. A family with children talking to the guards on patrol in the space between East and West Berlin. People standing, waiting on a pavement. LS of the...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 12 - elderly people in a care home, or special accommodation
Clip from a documentary type account of the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council. Surveys opinions of tenants rehoused on GLC estates as to their new houses...
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Czechoslovakia 1968 - Peaceful protests in Prague, and radio announcement regarding liberation
Clip 9 from the 1968 film "Seven Days to Remember", a chronology of the events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20, 1968 by troops from the Warsaw Pact. In this clip, peaceful protesters congregate around the...
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Part 7 of The Changing Face of London, 1960 - kids playing on council estate grounds, derelict King's Theatre, the BBC building, playground
Clip 7 from film focusing on the clearance of bomb damaged buildings following World War II and the projects and plans to rebuild the capital. The role of the London County Council, the architects department, its development plan and...