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'Anti-museum' displays computer technology from the Soviet era
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A new "anti-museum" in Russia offers visitors the chance to experience 20th century technology.
On offer are original Macintoshs, ancient Nintendo games and old Soviet PCs.
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Bridgeman Arts
Saturday, August 24, 1968 Streets of Prague during Soviet occupation. The opposition sabotage Soviet plans. Soviet politicians in conference.
Part two 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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Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on Central America
Story 1, Ronald Reagan speech, 1984, colour, sound
10:00:00 Reagan thanking for applause
10:00:40 I have asked for this meeting to try and prevent a crisis
10:01:24 "CA problems...
Bloomberg
U.S.-China Relations Rapidly Entering a 'New Normal,' Professor Medeiros Says
Jan.21 -- Evan Medeiros, professor at Georgetown University and former senior director for Asian affairs at the White House National Security Council in the Obama administration, talks about the spats between the U.S. and China. He also...
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Fighter In Chief: The Volodymyr Zelenskyy Story
An in-depth special report on the Ukrainian President fighting to save his country.
Bloomberg
Deadly Protests Break Out in Kazakhstan Over Fuel Prices
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayevvowed to take tough action to quell deadly protests that posed the biggest challenge to the country's leadership in decades. Eurasia Group's Alex Brideau talks about how Russia is reacting to the...
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Yugoslavia, USSR, Afghanistan, Cambodia/Kampuchea, Angola/Namibia
Massive crowd demonstrations in Yugoslavia
Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife place wreath on the grave of Josip Broz Tito
Gorbachev and wife receive Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Moscow
Reagan and Gorbachev signing the historical INF Treaty...
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Putin in Power Is Dangerous, Says Former NATO Ambassador
Ivo Daalder, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, gives the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. He speaks with Matt Miller and Greg Bonnell on 'Bloomberg Markets.'
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SYND 7 6 74 KISSINGER STATEMENT ON SOVIET INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger at a press conference on the Soviet influence in the Middle East.
1. various shots, zoom in to Kissinger at press conference 2. mcu Kissinger speaks 'obviously the Soviet Union is a major power...
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Europe - Economy, Reagan, anti-nuclear, USSR
FRANCE (Economy)
Various demo marches
Ambulancemen protest, cars jam street
Pipes for Siberian gas pipeline
Pipes being welded
Crates waiting to be loaded on ship
Ship 'Borodine' in dock
FRANCE - Versailles (French Visit by Ronald...
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Nigeria, South Africa, USA, USSR, Japan, South Korea
NIGERIA (Eviction of all Aliens)
Busy port
People carrying their belongings
Border of Nigeria and Benin
President Alhaji Shehu Shagari alighting aeroplane
Shagari meeting officials
Black protesters
White voters
PM Botha walking to podium...
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Escalation of Violence Ahead In Ukraine?
Nov. 12 -- Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Ben Herbst discusses the situation in eastern Ukraine. He speaks on ""Taking Stock. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Cuban missile crisis
Story 2 -
306.5292 - Kennedy address, Cuba
B&W sound, 1962
SOUNDBITE (English) John F Kennedy, President of the United States:
"Good evening my fellow citizens:
This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance...
Bridgeman Arts
Czechoslovakia 1968 - Prague Spring and representatives signing the Bratislava Declaration
Clip 1 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, a train comes into the station. Prague Spring...
Bridgeman Arts
School children and parents at school. Estonia, 1971
Clip 8 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Young children and their parents attend their first day at school, where they are given books by the teacher.
Bridgeman Arts
Kolkhoz farmers and animals. Scientists at work. Estonia, 1971
Clip 6 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Scenes of Kolkhoz farming in the countryside. Cows grazing in the fields and bulls being pulled by their nose rings. Scientists at work in their...
Bridgeman Arts
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...
Bridgeman Arts
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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Central administrative buildings and scientific institutions in Kiev, Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 4 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Wide shot with modern buildings in a row, and a rank of flags of various countries. Flags with building in the...
Bridgeman Arts
Canal engineers in the Fergana Valley. Uzbekistan, 1970
Clip 6 from the 1970 documentary 'Maitre de L'Eau' (Masters of Water) about water and irrigation in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and Karakum Canal. Canal engineers look at plans by the canal. Forklift operators dig the ground in the arid...
Bridgeman Arts
Traditional Ukrainian wedding celebrations and dancing. Natural landscapes, Ukraine, 1970s
Clip 11 from the film 'Mon Ukraine' (My Ukraine) from the 1970s, exploring landscapes, sites and everyday life in Ukraine. Close up of a Ukrainian orthodox bride. Country wedding, bride coming to a cart, two women carrying a rind-shaped...
Bridgeman Arts
Railway construction. USSR, 1973
Clip 1 from the 1973 propaganda film The Soviet Army: The Railway Army. Men from the Soviet Army's railway unit plan and construct railway lines using machinery and heavy-lifting trucks.
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The museum of ancient computer technology
LEADIN:
A new "anti-museum" in Russia offers visitors the chance to experience 20th century technology.
On offer are original Macintoshs, ancient Nintendo games and old Soviet PCs.
STORYLINE:
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