Clip 3 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Exterior shots of buildings in the city centre of Paris. People fishing by the River Seine. Roads and traffic in the city. People feeding the pigeons.

Clip 12 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Large group of children runs towards camera. Shots of a native tree (quinquina?).

Clip 8 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Views of industrial development, construction sites.

Clip 7 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg people set up camp in desert. French teacher (Jacques Beauvau?) living w/ nomads and teaching Tuareg children after building his classroom. Also shots of the...

Clip 2 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. Re-enactment Charles de Foucauld, man in white robe perusing book, De Foucauld's dictionary. The Ahaggar / Hoggar mountain range Touring Club de France Various shot of the...

Clip 8 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. The Tuaregs, Bedouin tribes. CU on tribesman building a fire. PAN on tribesmen resting. Various shots of shy women and their children preparing the food in the encampment...

Smoke billows from the launch pad after the Sputnik rocket launches and scientists track its progress in a control room.

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.

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...

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...

Clip 1 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Aerials of the Hoggar Mountains. Tribesmen load camels with salt to travel across desert.

Clip 17 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Traditional music and dancing. Air France plane leaves.

Clip 16 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. The harvesting and production of vanilla.

Little girl making a carpet. Wide shot of carpet shop/factory. Close up of a girl's hands making a carpet. Wide shot of a complete carpet. Various shots of people tanning, dying and drying leather skins. Clip from 'Going Places' series...

Clip 5 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg celebration in the Ahaggar / Hoggar region. People playing drums. Camel race. Camel riders circle around a group of people sitting (women? Ceremony of sorts?)...

Clip 4 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg Kids learning French, repeating French words (natural sound), literacy class for adults at the same time. Probably a school of the Hoggar / Ahaggar region. Kids...

Clip 4 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Emergency car, ambulance, wounded is helped on to plane. Aerial view of the island, Nosy Be and...

Clip 7 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Villagers prepare coconuts. Women sing and dance.

Clip 2 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. A Comorian wedding ceremony with dancing and musicians in Mahajanga, Madagascar.

Clip 11 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. A group of people sacrifice a cow to feed the caiman. Native ritual. Singing and clapping.

Moroccan buildings, empty streets. Woman and two children in front of a door. Medium shot of two Moroccan children. In the Moroccan bakery : man is putting bread into the oven. Moroccan woman in the house, in the background Moroccan /...

Clip 7 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. The Tuaregs, Bedouin tribes. Man with camel walks to the encampment (tent) in the Tamanghasset region. Various shots of the tribes people drinking under the shade of their...

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...

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.