Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century zoetrope with man opening a door to a demon
Zoetrope animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
People Playing Tennis, 1890s
UNITED STATES 1890S: WOMAN SERVES BALL / MAN HITS BALL / CLOSE UP, MAN SERVES BALL / REFEREE ON SIDELINE / INTERTITLE / WOMAN HITS BALL / CLOSE UP OF RACKET / MAN HITS BALL.
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Women Modeling Swimwear, 1890s
UNITED STATES 1890S: WOMEN MODEL BATHING ATTIRE NEXT TO POOL / WOMEN PARADE BATHING ATTIRE
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Family In USA, 1930s
A child plays in the driving seat of the family car. The mother and daughter load luggage into the car. The child, a small boy drives his toy car out of the garage into the street. He stops for a close up before cleaning his toy car. He...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New York City street scenes in the 1890s and 1910s with pedestrians, cable cars, omnibuses, buggies, cars and steam engine elevated train
High angle busy NYC street with pedestrians, automobiles, carriages, horse drawn omnibus, trolleys 1910s / carriages on street, steam engine elevated train on tracks above street, street cars, no automobiles possibly, blue point oysters...
Bridgeman Arts
Fairground workers construct the rides in preparation for the opening of the fairground, 1947
Clip 3 from a French-language film about fairground entertainers from 1947. French narration. Fairground workers construct the rides in preparation for the opening of the fairground.
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Caspar David Friedrich - Polar Landscapes
Thematic selection of Friedrich's studies on Ice formations, from least known fragments and sketches to The Polar Sea, source of inspiration for Gropius' 1922 Monument to the March Dead in Weimar, memorializing the victims of the Kapp...
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Fairground in full swing - acrobatics, dogs doing tricks, belly dancer; clowns, etc. France 1947
Clip 4 from a French-language film about fairground entertainers from 1947. French narration. Tracking shot through the fairground. Performers include woman with snake, two girls dancing, two clowns performing for the camera, a girl...
Curated Video
Old Shipwreck Found at Boston Construction Site
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus056389A shipwreck from the 1800s has been uncovered during construction in Boston's Seaport District.City archaeologist Joe Bagley tells WBZ-TV it's the first time a shipwreck has been found in...
Bloomberg
Fed's Critical Moments: Lowenstein on the Founding of the Bank
Author and journalist Roger Lowenstein describes the economic crises that led to the founding of the US Federal Reserve in 1913.
Bridgeman Arts
Philipp Otto Runge - Silhouettes
Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810) was driven by the vision of fusing visual art with poetry, music and architecture. Mainly, he expressed his universal ideas through fragile paintings, drawings and silhouettes, which is also the reason why...
Bridgeman Arts
Henri Rousseau - War, or the Ride of Discord
""War; she passes terrifyingly, leaving despair, tears, ruin all around"": Rousseau's lyrical vision of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the Siege of Paris in 1871.
Bridgeman Arts
Various Artists, Apollo and Daphne throughout time
In this video we explore the stylistic evolution of the History of Art, using the myth of Apollo and Daphne as a basis.
Curated Video
Old Shipwreck Found at Boston Construction Site
A shipwreck from the 1800s has been uncovered during construction in Boston's Seaport District.City archaeologist Joe Bagley tells WBZ-TV it's the first time a shipwreck has been found in that section of the city, a trendy waterfront...
Bridgeman Arts
Fairground rides, France, 1947
Clip 7 from a French-language film about fairground entertainers from 1947. French narration. Fairground rides including roller coaster, bumper cars, carousel rides, pendulum rides, swing rides, etc.
Bloomberg
Spotlight on Waddesdon Manor: Rothschild Green Estate, Home of Green Festival 2021
Sep.18 -- Lord (Jacob) Rothschild OM GBE CVO, Investor and Philanthropist speaks with his daughter, Hannah Rothschild CBE, Writer, Filmmaker and Philanthropist, about the history of Waddesdon Manor and its evolution into a modern hub for...
Bridgeman Arts
Francisco Goya - The Colossus
A detailed view of The Colossus by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Bridgeman Arts
Portraits of Parisian Artists and Writers - Henri Fantin-Latour
Three group portraits by Henri Fantin-Latour depicting artists, writers and intellectuals of his 19th century Paris. Featured artworks: ""A Corner of the Table""; ""Homage to Delacroix"" and ""Studio at Batignolles"".
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Jean-Francois Millet - The Angelus
Admired by Dali, this painting conceals the grave of a child which the farmers portrayed by Millet are mourning. Heaven and earth, transcendental and mundane, alternate themselves in a movement following a Cross pattern.
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Animated 19th century praxinoscope with six scenes
Praxinoscope animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bloomberg
Ebola Needs Quarantine, Sanitation, Travel Ban: Weissmann
Oct. 24 -- NYU Langone Medical Center Professor Dr. Gerald Weissmann explains the historical medical precedents being applied to treatment of the Ebola virus and discusses worries about a mutation of the virus and what he thinks would...
Bridgeman Arts
Harem - Various Artists
Six orientalist paintings on the subject of harem. Featured artworks: ""An eunuch before the door of the harem"" by Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin; ""The Toilet of the Odalisque"" by Leopold de Moulignon; ""The Women of Algiers in their...
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Philipp Otto Runge - The Morning
In his famous paintings The Small Morning and The Large Morning (1808/1809), Philipp Otto Runge Runge gave apposite expression to the Romantic view of nature that was based on cyclical patterns of life. ""The Morning"" is elevating in...