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Streets of Marrakesh, street performer does trick with his eyes and some needles, men play traditional instruments. c.1960
Shots of Marrakesh. Tracking shot /traveling through the street of Marrakesh. Muezzin on the mosque's tower. Tilt up of the mosque. Pan of a main/central square in Marrakesh. Close ups of Moroccan women with half covered faces, wearnig...
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Madagascar c.1958 - Aerial views of Diego-Suarez (now known as Antsiranana), views of harbour.
Clip 9 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Aerial views of Diego-Suarez (now known as Antsiranana), views of harbour.
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Madagascar c.1958 - Fisherman arrive on shore in canoes with caught fish.
Clip 13 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Fisherman arrive on shore in canoes with caught fish.
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Parisian streets and building exteriors, incl. Le Grand Chatelet. France, 1957
Clip 4 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Exterior shots of buildings in the city centre of Paris. A close-up of the engraving outside Le Grand Chatelet.
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A charlatan performing quackery on the streets of Morocco, c.1960
Moroccan charlatan/quack in the street putting a rope around man's arms and head. Moroccan charlatan/quack is touching a woman's chest with various objects in order to heal her. He is putting various objects into her mouth, like a...
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Market traders in Morocco, c.1960
Traders and their donkeys carrying goods going down the rocky landscape to a market. Pan of a North African market. Shots of various traders : stand / stall with vegetables, salesman of crockery / pots. Two Moroccan men fighting in the...
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Tribesmen and French man drink tea at Tuareg camp. Camp is then packed up and the tribe leave on camels. Algeria 1957
Clip 6 from 16mm 1957 film about the Tuareg Bedouin tribe in Algeria. Tuareg men drinking tea. Ahaggar / Hoggar region. Women taking care of various "household" tasks are the camp. The camels are loaded and the tribe leaves the camp,...
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Madagascar c.1958 - Air France plane takes off. Aerial views of forested land.
Clip 15 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Air France plane takes off. Aerial views of forested land.
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Madagascar c.1958 - river in Madagascar. Caiman hunting.
Clip 3 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Traveling shots POV from boat down river. Views of huts. A man shoots a caiman and boys collect them.
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Madagascar c.1958 - Tourists relax on sailboats and on the beach. Woman in a bikini sunbathes.
Clip 6 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Tourists relax on sailboats and on the beach. Woman in a bikini sunbathes.
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Tuareg village in Hoggar mountains, Algeria 1957, landscape shots, children in pond, villagers talking.
Clip 1 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. Tamanrasset, the Hoggar mountain range, the Tuaregs, Bedouin tribes. Plane is being prepared for flight. Shot of the desert and of car driving away. Mules and camels...
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Madagascar c.1958 - plane flies over Madagascan landscape and lands.
Clip 1 from a French Language film, "Plein Ciel Malgache" about the Malagasy Republic (now known as Madagascar) which was formed in 1958. Elevated view of a market. 1950s plane takes off, flies over Madagascan mountains and lands.
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Moraccan village people preparing couscous and eating, a class of boys read the Quran, c.1960
Women preparing the couscous with manual tools. Close up of a small girl eating something. Pan of Moroccan / North African village. Moroccan / North African people sitting on the ground in shadow. Close ups of faces. People reading...
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Insane people in small Moroccan vilage are put into an underground bunker, religious leaders exorcise people by hitting them with a shoe, c.1960
Marabout hits people with a leather slipper / shoe. Mad people lead to a shed / prison / underground shelter by others. Medium shot : Moroccan man making gestures to the camera, saying something (we don't hear his voice). Close up of...
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Bedouin tribesmen on camels in Algerian desert, 1957
Clip 6 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. Shot of shadows on the ground of people walking with their camels in the Tamanghasset region. Shot of tribesman crouching and looking on the horizon with rising sun, with...
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Children swimming in pool and Tuareg farmland in Algerian desert, 1957
Clip 5 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. Children playing in a swimming in pool in the Hoggar / Ahaggar region.
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Tennis player Althea Gibson waves from a convertible during a ticker-tape-parade after winning at Wimbledon and receiving the Venus Rosewater Dish from Queen Elizabeth II.
Tennis player Althea Gibson waves from a convertible during a ticker-tape-parade after winning at Wimbledon and receiving the Venus Rosewater Dish from Queen Elizabeth II.
Bridgeman Arts
First trans-Atlantic flight, 1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight, 14th June 1919. Clip from a film about the achievements of Vickers Aviation, made in 1957.
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Vickers Aviation
A film about 50 years of achievement on road and in the air by Vickers Aviation, beginning at Brooklands in 1907. The film shows vintage racing cars, and the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost of 1907, then follows the invention of early flying...
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Tourists in Paris. Bridges and boats. France, 1957
Clip 8 from the French documentary 'Autour de Notre Dame', (Around Notre Dame) from 1957. Various shots of tourists and visitors in the centre of Paris. Bateaux Mouche boats travel down the Seine.
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North African desert wildlife, c.1960
Wildlife in North African desert. New born birds in the nest. Fennec fox, snake, lizard. Tracks of a snake on the sand. Snake fighting with a big lizard. Close up of some plants. Monitor lizard fighting and eaten by a skunk. Clip from...
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Camel caravan with Tuareg people and European tourists in the Sahara Desert, 1957
Clip 3 from 16mm film about the Hoggar region of Algeria in 1957. The Tuaregs, Bedouin tribes. Caravan is stopped with both animals and men resting. The group mounts and rides off. Touring Club de France. Shot of "assistance automobile...