Several shots of a small three-wheeled streamlined car driving along a busy street and parking beside a group of gawking people. We then see the car speeding across an airstrip (?), easily outrunning a conventional car. The conventional...
Several shots of a small three-wheeled streamlined car driving along a busy street and parking beside a group of gawking people. We then see the car speeding across an airstrip (?), easily outrunning a conventional car. The conventional car drives around a man standing on the tarmac; the three-wheeler pivots round in a very tight circle, almost knocking the man over. (Location of events unknown.)
Various shot of a "modern, barless" area for tigers in a zoo. One tiger jumps in the water for a swim.
In Corinthia, Austria, we see various shots of men and women in traditional costume performing a folk dance. Then the men (in Lederhosen) do a dance in pairs, involving much thigh, foot and face slapping. One of the men falls over.
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The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
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Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
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"Several shots of a small three-wheeled streamlined car" - it's a Dymaxion.
"Corinthia" in text and tags should read Carinthia.