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Test flight of the record-breaking Supermarine Swift in the North African desert, 1953
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Record breaking Supermarine fighter, The Swift.
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They Made News, Part 1 - German and British camermen at the beginning of WW2
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century. The film is in rough cut stage (cutting copy) and is intercut with footage illustrating the cameramen's stories.
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The English Electric Lightning supersonic fighter jet, 1954 -1
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. The English Electric Lightning in action with scramble. (in part, audio sync issue)
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The Hawker Hunter jet; rare footage of the Black Arrows in the 1970s
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. The Hawker Hunter. (in part, audio sync issue). Very rare footage of the 22-jet aerobatic team, the Black Arrows, who...
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The French Dassault Mirage supersonic fighter jet, 1955
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Dassault Mirage jets on runway. (audio sync issue)
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Supersonic jets at Farnborough Airshow, 1950s
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Farnborough Airshow 1956. Jets take off (audio sync issue)
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Interview with Alf Hicks, part 2 - cameraman who filmed the Invasion of Normandy, including the Falaise Pocket and the liberation of Brussels.
Interview with Alf Hicks, part 2 - cameraman who filmed the Invasion of Normandy, including the Falaise Pocket and the liberation of Brussels. Filmed in 2007.
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Berlin in colour, 1945
Footage of Berlin, including the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Hotel Adlon, Hitler's bunker, Unter den Linden, rubble women working in the streets, the tram. clearing rubble and repairing bomb damage.
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Afghanistan 1945 - nomadic people with camels and donkeys, playing the rubab (traditional Afghan instrument), girl sings.
Desert, plain, nomads, herds, shepherd, a man playing the national instrument of Afghanistan, the rubab, very old windmills. Camels, children by the river, young bird trainer, young girl with turban singing while a young man watches, two...
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Irrigation and farming. New Mexico c.1950.
Clip 6 from the film 'The American Scene: Indian Life in Mexico' c.1950. Scenes of nature and water streams in New Mexico. Farmers direct the water to irrigate their crops. Melons, corn and grain grows on the farms.
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Going Places (1948) part 2 - business growth, competition, commerce, investement
Clip from a 1948 American educational cartoon called Going Places about capitalism / banking system / business / entrepreneurship. Factory grows & expands among fields. Community grows around expanding factory as houses & schools are...
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Spread of communism throughout Europe and Asia, refugees fleeing, Khrushchev, North Korea, people crossing the Soviet border in Germany
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Refuges, walking barefoot on sand, "fleeing communist countries". Meeting relatives in refugees camp, kissing, embracing. Possibly staged. Communists in Asia, North Korea, mass grave, dead bodies....
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Girls in a Geography lesson, learning how to take care of babies, and doing housework. France 1942
Clip 4 from the 1942 French film 'Francaises De Demain' about the women's school Ecole Nationale Professionnelle de Jeunes Filles, established in 1934 in Vizille, Vercors / French Alps. POV from the courtyard into the classroom. Girls...
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Markets, dancing and minarets. Algeria, 1947
Clip 6 from 'Deglet-Nour, Doigt de Lumiere', a 1947 documentary about Algeria during French colonization. Scenes of a large marketplace and vendors with their goods. Women and girls dance to music. A minaret in town.
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Cabaret Montmartrois, Paris, part 2 - Interiors of Lapin Agile house, book covers, Sacre-Coeur and end montage
Clip 2 from the 1940s French film 'Cabarets Montmartrois (Une Evocation Parisienne) with re-enactments of street scenes and cabarets in Paris in 1889, Montmartre. In this clip, Paris streets near Saint-Sulpice. Saint Sulpice church....
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Hopi village and religious ceremony, dancing, children, dolls representing spirits.
Part 1 of a documentary (1950s?) about the Hopi Native American tribe in Arizona.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Leave It to Roll Oh: Household Robot
Household tasks are a lot easier if your personal robot can do the chores. Even better - small appliances can help liberate the life of the housewife- circa 1939. [3:00]
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Our Shrinking World
A recap and analysis of how technology and communications are breaking down barriers and improving our lives. We also find out what's in store for the future.(1946) [11:00]