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The Scene from Melbury House

United Kingdom, 1973
film

As a training exercise for their apprentice cameramen, British Transport Films used scrap lengths of film to record the varied daily lives of their neighbours..

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[Melbourne]

Australia, 1935
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BBC Television training film

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Waters of time

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Your house and mine

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Place for a village

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[Maurie Fields and Val Jellay Home Movies: Reel 17]

Australia, c. 1970s
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Youth in Britain

United Kingdom, 1957
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All that mighty heart

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Every valley

United Kingdom, 1952
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London's country

United Kingdom, 1954
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Sestrieres 1949

United Kingdom, 1949
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Looking at transport

United Kingdom, 1956
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[Remix: Transport]

Australia, c. 2016
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Transport today

Australia, 1972
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Moving millions

United Kingdom, 1947
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[Unidentified 16mm Film]

Australia, c. 1945
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Bygone Britain: the nation on film

United Kingdom, 1996
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The Railway men

United Kingdom, 1946
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