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Daily Life FX The "Daily Life" package of offers a diverse range of auditory experiences that capture the essence of

Daily Life Sound FX

The "Daily Life" package of sounds offers a diverse range of auditory experiences that capture the essence of various everyday environments and activities. From the playful gurgles of a 14-week-old baby girl to the bustling fish and meat market in Nairobi, the package immerses listeners in a multitude of settings from around the world.

Listeners can transport themselves to a small shop in Germany with an electronic cash register, or to the busy streets of Wellington with the sounds of traffic, footsteps, and electric buses passing by. The trolleys passing through Covent Garden Market in London and the general atmosphere of Paddington Railway Station in London provide a sense of the hustle and bustle of city life.

Other sounds in the package include a match being struck three times, the atmosphere of a china shop outside the Bullring Market in Birmingham, and the lively chatter of a cocktail party. The package also includes recordings from a city dealing room in London, an auction of pigs at a West Country market, and the general atmosphere of a small cafe in France.

The diverse range of sounds also includes the Soho atmosphere in London, the atmosphere of an outpatient clinic, and the subdued classroom atmosphere of children reading in London schools. Listeners can also experience the general atmosphere of an indoor shopping center in Birmingham, the playful squeaks of children at a nursery school, and the sounds of a barman carrying a box of bottles from the cellar.

Whether it's the mechanical food cutter or the sound of metal sinks being emptied, the package captures the mundane yet essential sounds of daily life. From the clamor of a market in Bullring to the cries of stall holders at a clothes market in Beirut, each sound provides a glimpse into the unique atmosphere of different settings around the world.

The "Daily Life" package is a comprehensive collection of sounds that can be used for various creative projects, from audiovisual productions to sound design. Listeners can download and play these sounds to enhance their own work or simply immerse themselves in the everyday sounds of life. The package offers a rich tapestry of sounds that can transport listeners to different corners of the world and evoke a sense of familiarity and nostalgia in the midst of their daily routines.

A 3 year old boy and 2 year old girl playing 'going shopping' year, girl, small, children, indoors
A coffee percolator bubbling. coffee, percolator, household, kitchen, effects
A dustbin lid falling and being replaced. dustbin, household, kitchen, effects
A game of craps being played in a club. game, craps, club, gambling
A kettle boiling. kettle, household, kitchen, effects
A kettle filled with water. kettle, water, household, effects
A match struck three times. match, times, household, effects
A singing beggar recorded in London street market. beggar, london, street, market, singing
A soda water siphon operated, 1 long blast, 2 short blasts, 1 long blast, 3 short blasts. soda, water, siphon, blast, blasts, household, effects, long, short
A teapot filled with water. teapot, water, household, effects
A whistling kettle. kettle, household, kitchen, effects, whistling
Abusive remarks thrown at teacher in classroom 1981 (3C3, reprocessed) remarks, thrown, teacher, classroom, children, middle, secondary, schools, abusive
Activity with clowns, act in progress with indistinguishable music, drum rolls and children shouting Nov '1979 (1C20,reprocessed) activity, clowns, music, drum, children, fairgrounds, circus, play
Airport restaurant/bar Cuiaba airport, restaurant, cuiaba, south, america, rural, urban, atmospheres, brazil
Airport Terminal Building, with footsteps, voices, suitcase conveyors & P.A. announcements (at 1m33s & 3m01s). airport, terminal, building, footsteps, voices, suitcase, conveyors, interior, backgrou
Ajmer main street. (Recorded at noon.) ajmer, street, noon, india, general, backgrounds, main
Amosphere recorded at a china shop. (Bullring) amosphere, china, shop, bullring, market, birmingham
Anshan: Steel works, with hooters. anshan, steel, hooters, china
Argumentative atmosphere in classroom 1981 (3C3, reprocessed) atmosphere, classroom, children, middle, secondary, schools
Art Gallery atmosphere with footsteps & indistinct voices. (Recorded at the National Gallery.) gallery, atmosphere, footsteps, indistinct, voices, national, interior, backgrounds
Atmosphere at plant stalls. (Aylesbury) atmosphere, plant, stalls, aylesbury, market
Atmosphere in a busy bank with occasional speech & footsteps, cashiers busy stamping documents. atmosphere, bank, speech, footsteps, cashiers, stamping, documents, busy, occasional
Atmosphere in a busy Cotswold pub 1974 (1R6,reprocessed) atmosphere, cotswold, interiors, pubs, clubs, public, houses, crowds, busy
Atmosphere in a club boatyard with general movement and some distinct speech 1967 (136A,reprocessed) atmosphere, club, boatyard, movement, distinct, speech, interiors, various, boats, boatyards, g
Atmosphere in a reception hall with footsteps, occasional indistinct voices, and very distant traffic 1981 (1C23,reprocessed) atmosphere, reception, hall, footsteps, indistinct, voices, traffic, i
Atmosphere in Bentalls. atmosphere, bentalls, shops, department, stores
Atmosphere in china shop (outside Bullring Market) atmosphere, china, shop, bullring, market, birmingham, outside
Atmosphere in Harrods. atmosphere, harrods, shops, department, stores
Atmosphere in linotype department at a national daily newspaper. atmosphere, linotype, department, newspaper, newspapers, national, daily
Atmosphere inside (Billingsgate Fish Market) atmosphere, billingsgate, fish, market, peterhead, inside
Atmosphere of fish, meat and poultry stalls. (Bullring) atmosphere, fish, meat, poultry, stalls, bullring, market, birmingham
Atmosphere of general wares being sold. (Bullring) atmosphere, wares, bullring, market, birmingham, general
Atmosphere outside market. (Billingsgate Fish Market) atmosphere, market, fish, peterhead, outside
Atmosphere recorded in a London department store John Lewis 1973 (1C3,reprocessed) atmosphere, london, department, john, lewis, interiors, shops, cash, registers, stores
Atmosphere with cash conveyor, some distinct speech April 1967 (23D,reprocessed) atmosphere, cash, conveyor, distinct, speech, interiors, shops, registers, d****rs
Atmosphere, drum roll and applause (indistinguishable music in background) Nov '1979 (1C20,reprocessed) atmosphere, drum, applause, music, background, fairgrounds, circus, circuses
Auctioning beef cattle, general atmosphere in market. (Winslow) beef, cattle, atmosphere, winslow, country, market, general
Auctioning calves at west country market. calves, west, country, market
Auctioning cattle at west country market. cattle, west, country, market
Auctioning fish at Peterhead harbour fish market. fish, peterhead, harbour, market
Auctioning pigs at west country market with general atmosphere. pigs, west, country, atmosphere, market, general
Auctioning pigs, general atmosphere in market. (Winslow) pigs, atmosphere, winslow, country, market, general
Baby boy crying, two hours old, first signs of hunger 1984 (8B1, reprocessed) baby, hours, signs, hunger, children, babies, infants, boys
Baby boy, waking up sounds, 10 weeks old 1984 (8B2, reprocessed) baby, weeks, children, babies, infants, boys
Baby girl at mealtime, 9 months old 1984 (8B3, reprocessed) baby, girl, mealtime, months, children, babies, infants, girls
Baby girl crying, 9 months old 1984 (8B3, reprocessed) baby, girl, months, children, babies, infants, girls
Baby girl, laughing and playing (mouth noises at end, reprocessed) , 9 months old 1984 (8B3, reprocessed) baby, girl, mouth, noises, months, children, babies, infants, girls
Baby girl, restless in cot, early morning, 9 months old 1984 (8B3, reprocessed) baby, girl, morning, months, children, babies, infants, girls, early
Bangkok suburban nightime skyline, with insects, distant scooters, cars & dogs. bangkok, suburban, nightime, skyline, scooters, cars, dogs, thailand, distant
Bank, Budapest, fairly busy, with distinct speech, bangs of document stamping, print out noises, phones, and faint exterior traffic bank, budapest, distinct, speech, document, noises, exterior, traf
Barman putting bottles onto shelves, close perspective barman, bottles, shelves, interiors, pubs, clubs, perspective
Barman setting out bar, background traffic barman, background, traffic, interiors, pubs, clubs, bottles
Barman up from cellar carrying box of bottles (ends abruptly) barman, carrying, bottles, interiors, pubs, clubs, cellar
Barrel loading Courage Brewery (large modern brewer) barrel, courage, brewery, brewer, brewing, large, modern
Bath filled. bath, household
Bath, plug removed & water running out of bath. bath, water, bathroom, effects
Bath, water running into bath. bath, water, bathroom, effects
BBC Paris Theatre, atmosphere during interval. paris, theatre, atmosphere, interval, chatter
Beating a carpet. carpet, household, effects
Beer engine, half a pint of beer pulled. beer, engine, pint, houses, public, half
Beer engine, one pint of beer pulled. beer, engine, pint, houses, public
Beijing: Platform of main railway station. beijing, platform, railway, station, china, main
Beirut clothes market, crowd atmosphere with occasional cries from stall holders. beirut, clothes, crowd, atmosphere, cries, stall, holders, middle, east, crowds, occasional
Beirut fruit market, busy crowd atmosphere with some distinct speech. beirut, fruit, crowd, atmosphere, distinct, speech, middle, east, crowds, busy
Beirut, busy road junction, with horns & crowd atmosphere. beirut, road, junction, horns, crowd, atmosphere, lebanon, busy
Beirut, traffic & crowds with occasional cries from newspaper sellers. beirut, traffic, crowds, cries, newspaper, sellers, lebanon, occasional
Belgium: Quiet shop atmosphere (interior, no cash register). belgium, quiet, shop, atmosphere, interior, cash, register
Bergerac people shopping in city centre. bergerac, people, city, centre, france
Berwick Street Market, London with footsteps, chatter, coins and tills 1972 (2C1, reprocessed) berwick, street, market, london, footsteps, chatter, coins, tills, exterior, crowds
Berwick Street Market, London atmosphere with speech, coins and footsteps 1981 (2C2, reprocessed) berwick, street, market, london, atmosphere, speech, coins, footsteps, exterior, crowds
Big top crowd atmosphere, mainly indistinct speech with generator in background Nov '1979 (1C20,reprocessed) crowd, atmosphere, speech, generator, background, fairgrounds, circus, circuses
Birmingham New Street Railway Station, station announcements at 0930 hours. birmingham, street, railway, station, hours
Boys enter dining hall and atmosphere before start of meal (occasional voice of young child, reprocessed) 1981 (3C2, reprocessed) boys, hall, atmosphere, meal, voice, child, children, middle, sec
Boys playing in outdoor swimming pool with younger mixed children also audible 1981 (3C2, reprocessed) boys, swimming, pool, children, middle, secondary, schools, outdoor, younger, mixed, audible
Boys' Comprehensive School classroom, abusive remarks thrown at teacher. boys, school, classroom, remarks, thrown, teacher, boys'ao, abusive
Boys' School hall, constant background of boys in hall. boys, school, hall, background, boys'ao, children, constant
Breaking ice on bucket. bucket, household, buckets
Brighton Station: General atmosphere with P.A. at start. brighton, station, general, atmosphere, region, electric, trains, stations, southern
British Library reading room with passing footsteps and voices, book trolley passes at 5'50" british, library, room, footsteps, voices, book, trolley, london
British Museum Elgin Marbles hall, quiet atmosphere of footsteps and voices in large echoey hall. british, museum, elgin, marbles, hall, atmosphere, footsteps, voices, echoey, london, halls, quiet,
British Museum entrance hall, large crowded entrance hall with footsteps, chatter and distant telephones. british, museum, entrance, hall, footsteps, chatter, telephones, london, halls, large, crowd
Broadcasting House Concert Hall, string quartet tuning up. house, concert, hall, string, quartet
Bucket dropped 3 times. bucket, times, household, buckets
Buffet at London Airport, quiet with distinct PA announcements from 1'13" 1973 (1R3,reprocessed) buffet, london, airport, distinct, interiors, restaurants, airports, city, quiet
Busy atmosphere in a tea room, children & adults (constant background with coins and clatter) 1978 (1R8,reprocessed) atmosphere, room, children, adults, background, coins, clatter, interiors, rest
Busy country pub. country, houses, public, busy
Busy speech whilst audience take their seats, full house 1980 (1C13,reprocessed) speech, whilst, audience, house, interiors, theatres, halls, busy, full
Busy street scene, Wellington traffic footsteps, rattle of overhead wires and pantographs as electric buses pass, pedestrian crossings. street, scene, wellington, traffic, footsteps, rattle, wires
Cafe (Folkston, Georgia) cafe, folkston, georgia, america, cafes
Cafe Alemagna, Rome, general atmosphere. cafe, alemagna, rome, atmosphere, italy, general
Cafe Royal, Edinburgh. very busy Saturday night atmosphere. cafe, royal, edinburgh, night, atmosphere, mixed
Cafe, Asuncion, with distinct speech, radio, clinks etc. some traffic outside cafe, asuncion, distinct, speech, radio, clinks, traffic, urban, south, america, cafes, paraguay, outside
Cafe, Pecs (small town in southern Hungary), loud speech, some kitchen noise cafe, pecs, town, southern, hungary, speech, kitchen, noise, cafes, small, loud
Calais Market, atmosphere with geese and chicks. calais, market, atmosphere, geese, chicks, french, markets
Calls cu in zoo, other birds & people in background. whooper, swan, cygnus, calls, birds, people, background, other
Canteen kitchen. kitchen, places, food, shops, canteens
Cash register, bell, change given and coins put in drawer, closed cash, register, bell, coins, drawer, public, houses
Caterpillar machine operates, screams with indistinct PA July '1966 (38C,reprocessed) machine, screams, indistinct, fairgrounds, circus, rides, caterpillar
Central Market, Moscow (exterior) very lively, with some distinct speech also distant traffic market, moscow, exterior, distinct, speech, traffic, european, cities, central, lively, distant
Changchun: Tram, interior, tram ride with stops & indistinct voices. changchun, tram, interior, indistinct, voices, china
Charing Cross Railway Station, booking office atmosphere, near ticket machines. cross, railway, station, office, atmosphere, ticket, london, stations, near
Charing Cross Railway Station, booking office atmosphere, with footsteps on wooden floor. cross, railway, station, office, atmosphere, footsteps, floor, london, stations, wooden
Chatter in Lincoln pub. chatter, lincoln, houses, public
Children and clowns shout 'hello' (indistinguishable music in background) Nov '1979 (1C20,reprocessed) children, clowns, music, background, fairgrounds, circus, playing
Children chattering quietly. children, footsteps, crowds
Children fidgeting quitely. children, footsteps, crowds
Children laughing in classroom (rec. London) 1980 (3C9, reprocessed) children, classroom, london, middle, secondary, schools
Childrens' ward atmosphere. ward, atmosphere, hospitals, children, wards
Chinese Restaurant Kitchen, atmosphere of kitchen in busy restaurant with sounds of utensils & some indistinct speech. chinese, restaurant, kitchen, atmosphere, utensils, indistinct, speech, busy, l
City dealing room, large crowded electronic office. city, room, office, london, large, crowded, electronic
Class One Hundred keyboard operated, bell, change given, coins put in drawer, drawer closed (three times) 1969 (23Z,reprocessed) class, hundred, keyboard, bell, coins, drawer, times, interiors,
Clearing tables. tables, household
Club/Pub: Mixed chatter in a public house. club, mixed, chatter, house, public
Cobra rollercoaster from side of track May '1985 (recorded West Midlands Safari Park) (5F4,reprocessed) cobra, track, west, midlands, safari, park, fairgrounds, circus, rides
Cocktail Party, close perspective animtaed chatter at lively party. cocktail, party, animtaed, chatter, crowds, parties, perspective, lively
Cocktail Party, general atmosphere. (20 people, mixed.) cocktail, party, atmosphere, people, general, mixed
Congregation standing in crypt church 1984 (7M2,reprocessed) congregation, crypt, church, effects, monasteries
Constant rhythm of solo TomTom drumming of "Pygmy Chimps Bonobos wamba, indigenous, music, constant, rhythm, solo, tomtom, pygmy, chimps, bonobos, seminatural, land
Covent Garden market, atmosphere in Dedicated Hall 1973 (1M2,reprocessed)) garden, atmosphere, dedicated, hall, interiors, various, markets, vegetable, covent
Covent Garden Market, London lorries arriving, voices and movement (1M1, reprocessed) garden, market, london, lorries, voices, movement, exterior, crowds, covent
Covent Garden Market: Atmosphere, dedicated hall. garden, market, atmosphere, hall, london, covent
Covent Garden Market: Trolleys Passing. garden, market, trolleys, passing, london, covent
Covent Garden Market: Unloading, quiet voices, trolleys in fruit and vegetable hall. garden, market, unloading, voices, trolleys, fruit, hall, london, covent, quiet, vegetable
Cracking an egg into a basin. basin, household, effects
Creed teleprinter room at national daily newspaper. creed, teleprinter, room, newspaper, newspapers, national, daily
Crockery and cutlery being washed up. crockery, cutlery, household, kitchen, effects
Cross channel ferry, duty free shop light chatter and tills. channel, ferry, duty, shop, chatter, tills, france, boats, ferries, free, light
Crowd arrives for meeting in hall 1981 (1C24,reprocessed) crowd, meeting, hall, interiors, theatres, halls
Crowd in hamburger fast food store 1982 (1C27,reprocessed) crowd, hamburger, food, interiors, restaurants, fast
Crowds in a large entrance hall, with turnstiles at close perspective 1983 (1C29,reprocessed) crowds, entrance, hall, turnstiles, interiors, theatres, halls, large
Crowds in large entrance hall with turnstiles 1983 (1C29,reprocessed) crowds, entrance, hall, turnstiles, interiors, theatres, halls, large
CU drumming (low pitch); slightly varying rhythm with neat ending; b/g insects and occasional voices baka, people, pitch, rhythm, ending, voices, village, neat, occasional
Cu low resonant sounds from large horns. One leads, others follow. B/g sounds of people in street. N.B. Location identified (verbally) as Lekea Monastery. horns, sounds, leads, others, people, stree
Cu playing of Eyida (harp), with singing. Also gentle drumming & other percussion instruments. Nice, rhythmic music. baka, people, eyida, harp, drumming, percussion, instruments, music, rainforest,
Cu sound of a pony being branded. Chatter from people. domestic, horse, equus, caballus, sound, pony, chatter, people, animals, captive
Cu sound of branding. Neighs from ponies. Chat from people. domestic, horse, equus, caballus, sound, neighs, ponies, chat, people, animals, captive
Cu sound of clipping and filing a pony's hoof. Neighs from other ponies in background. Chat from people. domestic, horse, equus, caballus, sound, pony, hoof, neighs, ponies, background, chat, people
Cu tail marking. Neighs from ponies. Chat from people. domestic, horse, equus, caballus, tail, neighs, ponies, chat, people, animals, captive
Cutting and chopping food on a board. food, board, household, kitchen, effects
Cymbal crash, applause (indistinguishable music in background) Nov '1979 (1C20,reprocessed) cymbal, crash, applause, music, background, fairgrounds, circus, circuses
Dancer dancing (dance illustrates deer) (no vocals or music) tribal, dancer, deer, vocals, music, village
Deccan Queen Express Train from Bombay to Poona, interior, with train waiting at station with quiet chat, train leaves, constant run with chat & hawkers. deccan, queen, express, train, bombay, poona
Dedicated hall seller in foreground, Covent Garden. hall, seller, foreground, covent, garden, markets, london
Delhi: Auto rickshaw, interior, starts, constant run, stops. delhi, auto, rickshaw, interior, india, nepal, city, life, rickshaws, constant
Demolition: Manual work, with some indistinct voices. demolition, manual, indistinct, voices
Dorlat, medieval church interior some pigeons and people can be heard. dorlat, medieval, church, interior, pigeons, people, france, churches
Downtown Lagos, busy traffic & crowd atmosphere downtown, lagos, traffic, crowd, atmosphere, nigerian, crowds, busy
Drumming by musicians. Also sounds from a reed instrument. Singer joins music. Ends with brief applause. N.B. Exact location of this recording is unknown. rajasthan, musicians, drumming, reed, instr
Drumming with chanting baka, people, village
Dustbin lid falling & replaced. dustbin, household, dustbins
Early morning atmosphere with porters and trolleys. (Covent Garden) morning, atmosphere, porters, trolleys, garden, covent, market, early
Early morning porters and trolleys. morning, porters, trolleys, markets, london, early
Echoing notes from ringing bell. Some chatter from people in b/g. bell, echoing, chatter, people, mountains, highlands
Electric school bell rings. (Recorded in London, 1980.) school, bell, rings, london, mixed, children, year, olds, classroom, electric
Electronic bleeps and printer on cash register (background voices 1982 (2R1,reprocessed) bleeps, printer, cash, register, background, voices, interiors, shops, registers, electronic
Electronic NCR adding in mixed amounts 1982 (2R1,reprocessed) adding, amounts, interiors, shops, cash, registers, electronic, mixed
Emptying bucket of water. bucket, water
Emptying hod of coal into grate. coal, household, effects
Emptying metal sink. sink, household, sinks, metal
Emptying plastic holder into sink. plastic, holder, household, sinks
Emptying tin sink. household, sinks
Escaping steam. steam, water
Ethiopia, chatter outside hut in Anuak language. ethiopia, chatter, anuak, language, outside
Ethiopia, women washing at well. (Quiet.) ethiopia, women, well, quiet
Ethiopia: Gana Beles, market crowd, with some distinct speech (Shankilla & Amharic). ethiopia, gana, beles, crowd, distinct, speech, shankilla, amharic, africa, human, world
Ethiopia: Pawi, muted chatter (Amharic), with birdsong & a creaking chair. ethiopia, pawi, chatter, amharic, birdsong, chair, africa, human, world, creaking
Evangelical church congregation restless (Georgia) church, congregation, america, churches, evangelical
Exterior, bell rings (electric, reprocessed) and children leave playground (8 9 year olds) December 1968 (76D, reprocessed) exterior, bell, rings, children, playground, year, olds, singing, games
Exterior, group of children singing 'London's Burning' 1981 (3C8, reprocessed) exterior, group, children, london, burning, singing, games, school
Exterior, group of children singing 'Looby Loo' 1981 (3C8, reprocessed) exterior, group, children, looby, singing, games, school
Exterior, group of mixed children singing 'Farmer's in his den', with movement 1980 (3C7, reprocessed) exterior, group, children, farmer, movement, singing, games, school, playing, mixed
Factory. 15 people, mostly female, general noise prior to clocking off. factory, people, noise, chatter, female, general, prior
Factory. Mixed staff clocking off in main hall. factory, staff, hall, chatter, mixed, main
Factory. Staff descending stairs, busy atmosphere. factory, staff, stairs, atmosphere, chatter, busy
Fairly small fountain. fountain, fountains, rome, small
Filling a plastic coal hod. (Twice) plastic, coal, household, effects
Filling a plastic watering can with water. plastic, watering, water, household, effects
Filling a saucepan with water. saucepan, water, household, effects
Filling enamel sink with water. (No stopper) enamel, water, stopper
Filling iron bucket with water. iron, bucket, water, household, effects
Filling metal bucket from pond & pouring on to grass. bucket, pond, grass, household, buckets, metal
Filling metal bucket. bucket, household, buckets, metal
Filling plastic bucket from pond and pouring water on to concrete. (3 times) plastic, bucket, pond, water, times
Filling plastic bucket. plastic, bucket, household, buckets
Filling plastic water holder. plastic, water, holder
Filling plastic watering can. plastic, watering, household, cans
Filling saucepan with water. saucepan, water, household, saucepans
Filling stone sink. stone, household, sinks
Filling tin sink with water. water
Fire burning, started as part of pig hunt; occasional voices of Hagahai people in b/g fire, atmosphere, part, voices, hagahai, people, village, occasional
Fish frying in pan. fish, household, frying
Fish market, general atmosphere (rec. Grimsby) 1984 (7F1,reprocessed) fish, atmosphere, interiors, various, markets, general
Fish Market: Auctioning fish fish, market, auctioning, grimsby, markets
Fiumicio fish market. fiumicio, fish, markets
Flower hall atmosphere. (Covent Garden) flower, hall, atmosphere, garden, covent, market
Footsteps on shingle, with distant seawash. footsteps, shingle, seawash, crowds, children, distant
Fort Kent: Roadside actuality, with starlings roosting. fort, kent, roadside, actuality, starlings, america
Forty children outside on wet gravel. children, gravel, crowds, footsteps, outside
Foyer of National Museum, Copenhagen foyer, national, museum, copenhagen, scandinavia, foyers
Foyer, Rossiya Hotel, Moscow (large cosmopolitan hotel, Red Square) chat in various languages and general bustle foyer, rossiya, hotel, moscow, cosmopolitan, square, chat, languages, bustle, europea
France: Small Cafe. france, small, cafe
French market (New Orleans) french, orleans, america
French Restaurant Kitchen, atmosphere of kitchen in busy restaurant with sounds of utensils & some indistinct speech. french, restaurant, kitchen, atmosphere, utensils, indistinct, speech, busy, chi
Fruit and veg hall, voices and trolleys. Covent Garden. fruit, hall, voices, trolleys, garden, markets, london, covent
Fruit market, Beirut. fruit, beirut, markets
Funicular railway, external, Prague, approaches, stops, doors open and close, departs railway, prague, doors, trains, funicular, railways, external, open
Fushun: Children playing in snow. fushun, children, snow, china, playing
Gas Stove, one ring lit, burns, turned off. stove, ring, household
General atmosphere in indoor shopping centre, Birmingham. atmosphere, shopping, centre, birmingham, shops, precincts, general, indoor
General atmosphere in public bar, London area. atmosphere, london, area, public, general
General atmosphere recorded at an indoor shopping centre. atmosphere, shopping, centre, birmingham, indoor, general
General atmosphere with trolleys. (Covent Garden) atmosphere, trolleys, garden, aylesbury, market, general, covent
General atmosphere. atmosphere, markets, pontypridd, wales, general
General background of men mixing and laying ballast with distant conversation. background, ballast, conversation, general, distant
General gymnasium atmosphere large, 5 people. gymnasium, atmosphere, people, fitness, health, gyms, general, large
General gymnasium atmosphere large, 20 people. gymnasium, atmosphere, people, fitness, health, gyms, general, large
General market atmosphere. (Aylesbury) market, atmosphere, aylesbury, general
General market atmosphere. (Maidstone) market, atmosphere, maidstone, pontypridd, general
General market atmosphere. (Pontypridd) market, atmosphere, pontypridd, general
General newsroom atmosphere at a national daily newspaper with indistinct speech and occasional typing on manual typewriters May '1967 (120A,reprocessed) newsroom, atmosphere, newspaper, indistinc
General west country market atmosphere with speech. In the open. west, country, atmosphere, speech, open, market, general
General west country market atmosphere with speech. Under cover. west, country, atmosphere, speech, cover, market, general, under
Gentlemen's hairdressing saloon. (Recorded in close perspective.) gentlemen, hairdressing, saloon, men'aos, mens, perspective
Germany Department store germany, department, atmospheres, stores
Germany Supermarket forecourt germany, supermarket, forecourt, atmospheres, shops
Germany: Interior, small shop with electronic cash register. germany, interior, shop, cash, register, small, electronic
Germany: Station with trains departing & arriving, train approaches & stops with squeal of brakes at 2m10s, train stops quietly at 3m20s, train stops at 4m12. germany, station, squeal, approac
Girls entering school building (footsteps and chatter, no distinct speech) 1968 (68B, reprocessed) girls, school, footsteps, chatter, distinct, speech, children, middle, secondary, schools
Girls' Grammar School cloisters, girls walking to and fro in cloisters, with some quiet indistinct chatter. girls, grammar, school, cloisters, indistinct, chatter, girls'ao, children, quiet
Girls' Grammar School, girls entering school building. (Footsteps & chatter, no distinct speech.) girls, grammar, school, footsteps, chatter, distinct, speech, girls'ao, children
Girls' Grammar School, girls filing into hall, with footsteps & indistinct chatter. girls, grammar, school, hall, footsteps, indistinct, chatter, girls'ao, children
Girls' Grammar School, interior, indistinct chatter of 40 girls. (Wide perspective recording.) girls, grammar, school, interior, indistinct, chatter, recording, girls'ao, children, wide, perspective
Girls' Primary School, interior, children leaving classrooms. girls, primary, school, interior, children, classrooms, thailand, schools
Girls' Secondary School playground, atmosphere of girls playing recorded between buildings. (Occasional distinct speech and scream.) girls, secondary, school, playground, atmosphere, buildings, dist
Grace said, atmosphere during meal 1981 (3C2, reprocessed) grace, atmosphere, meal, children, middle, secondary, schools, boys
Grating vegetables by hand. vegetables, hand, household, kitchen, effects
Group of 16 19 year old boys talking, occasional laughter 1968 (40E,reprocessed) group, year, boys, laughter, exterior, crowds, occasional
Group of mixed children singing 'Farmer's in his den' group, children, farmer, mixed, school
Group of six men singing one of them solo. Five men chanting until 01m05s then mixed voices. maasai, tribe, group, voices, mixed
Haida village singers/dancers performing song (possibly about food) tribal, musicians, haida, village, singers, song, food
Hand food mixer hand, food, mixer, household, mixers
High street, moderately busy with passing footsteps and occasional close voices. street, footsteps, close, voices, suburbia, streets, high, busy, occasional
Hlavni main line station, Prague, ticket hall, with footsteps, speech, escalator noise, indistinct PA and general bustle hlavni, line, station, prague, ticket, hall, footsteps, speech, escalator, no
Honfleur, town centre mainly pedestrian area. honfleur, town, centre, area, france, pedestrian
Hong Kong: Regent Hotel coffe shop. hong, kong, regent, hotel, coffe, shop, china
Hospital entrance lobby, near lifts. entrance, lifts, hospitals, corridors, hospital, lobby, near
Hospital trolley passes in corridor. trolley, corridor, hospitals, corridors, hospital
In playground, atmosphere of girls playing recorded between buildings (occasional distinct speech and scream) 1979 (3C6, reprocessed) playground, atmosphere, girls, buildings, distinct, speech, s
Indian plantation recorded on Brazil/Argentine border indian, plantation, recorded, brazil, border, south, america, rural, urban, atmospheres, plantations
Infant School Dining Hall, atmosphere with 5 year olds before commencing meal. infant, school, dining, hall, atmosphere, year, olds, meal, children, small
Inside Billingsgate fish market. billingsgate, fish, markets, inside
Interior covered vegetable market atmosphere, busy, with close talking and movement. interior, covered, market, atmosphere, movement, romania, vegetable, busy
Interior second class ticket hall atmosphere, main railway station Gara de Nord, very busy with movement, PA announcement at 1'08". interior, class, ticket, hall, atmosphere, railway, station, gar
Interior, group of children singing 'London Bridge' 1981 (3C8, reprocessed) interior, group, children, london, bridge, singing, games, school
Interior, group of children singing 'Looby Loo' 1981 (3C8, reprocessed) interior, group, children, looby, singing, games, school
Interior, subdued mixed conversation, spoken in English with Caribbean accent. interior, conversation, english, caribbean, crowds, indoors, west, indian, subdued, mixed, accent
International conversation in small restaurant, slight vent noise. conversation, restaurant, vent, noise, france, paris, small, slight
International Petroleum Market (rec. 1985) petroleum, market, office, equipment, business, control, areas, exchange, markets
Israel, crowd atmosphere in cinema before performance. israel, crowd, atmosphere, cinema, performance, middle, east, crowds
Istanbul, skyline atmosphere, with call to prayer, dog barking, children and traffic. istanbul, skyline, atmosphere, prayer, children, traffic, city
Istanbul, spice market, with footsteps and voices. istanbul, spice, footsteps, voices, turkey
Istanbul, street music, with passing traffic and voices. istanbul, street, music, traffic, voices, streets, turkey
Istanbul, traffic at busy road junction, no voices. istanbul, traffic, road, junction, voices, motor, main, roads, busy
Italian Market: Rialto, Venice, children, chatter and footsteps, no traffic. (Some distinct speech) italian, market, rialto, venice, children, chatter, footsteps, traffic, distinct, speech
Italy: Chatting, Italian men, small group, interior. italy, chatting, italian, group, interior, conversation, small
Italy: Large square, distant perspective. italy, large, square, distant, perspective
Junior School, interior, atmosphere with 8 9 year olds using apparatus during free exercise. school, interior, atmosphere, year, olds, apparatus, exercise, children, playing, junior, free
Karate shout or kai. (Recorded at 10 metres in large hall.) metres, hall, mixed, large
Kenya: Nairobi, fish & meat market, with knife sharpener, banging & clattering. (Could be used as workshop, factory, etc.) kenya, nairobi, fish, meat, knife, sharpener, workshop, factory, africa, hu
Kettle boiling. kettle, household, kettles
Kettle filled with water. kettle, water, household
Lagos, native quarter with traffic & crowd atmosphere. lagos, quarter, traffic, crowd, atmosphere, nigerian, crowds, native
Large busy cafe atmosphere with chatter and clatter of plates, occasional cattle mooing in background 1982 (1R10,reprocessed) cafe, atmosphere, chatter, clatter, plates, cattle, background, interior
Large domestic kitchen. kitchen, places, food, shops, kitchens, large, domestic
Large exhibition hall with occasional indistinct music and PA 1983 (1C30,reprocessed) exhibition, hall, indistinct, music, interiors, theatres, halls, large, occasional
Large fountain, recorded close right centre with some traffic 1972 (1W2,reprocessed) fountain, centre, traffic, water, fountains, large, right
Large fountain. fountain, fountains, rome, large
Large French supermarket filled with customers. french, supermarket, customers, france, shops, large
Large group of children playing in Parisian playground. group, children, parisian, playground, france, paris, playing, large
Large reception hall, with footsteps and speech 1972 (1C1,reprocessed) reception, hall, footsteps, speech, interiors, theatres, halls, large
Large restaurant Holland. restaurant, holland, restaurants, kitchens, large
Laying a table in preparation for a meal. table, preparation, meal, household, effects
Laying heavy crockery on wooden table. (Period) crockery, table, period, household, effects, heavy, wooden
Library reading room, University of Warsaw quiet with some paper rustles, creaks of chairs, no speech library, room, university, warsaw, paper, rustles, creaks, chairs, speech, poland, libraries,
Lid removed and kettle filled with water. kettle, water, household, kitchen, effects
Lloyd's of London underwriting rooms, general atmosphere with speech & other indistinct noises. lloyd, london, rooms, atmosphere, speech, indistinct, noises, lloyd'aos, underwriting, room, lloyds, g
London Central Mosque, Regents Park Friday prayers in main mosque from beginning of midday Friday prayers, with PA some noise and bustle as worshippers come and go london, central, mosque, reg
London Central Mosque, Regents Park mosque entrance hall before main Friday prayers busy and echoey, with speech and footsteps london, central, mosque, regents, park, entrance, hall, prayers, ec
London International Financial Futures Exchange (rec.1985) london, financial, futures, exchange, office, equipment, business, control, areas, markets
Lorries arriving, voices and movement, Covent Garden. lorries, voices, movement, covent, garden, markets, london
Mail Sorting Office, general atmosphere with underground railway. mail, sorting, office, atmosphere, railway, post, general, underground
Main yard Courage Brewery (large modern brewer) yard, courage, brewery, brewer, brewing, main, large, modern
Mamou: Bar atmosphere. mamou, atmosphere, america
Market stall, France. stall, france
Market: Devon market, 1976. devon, markets
Masai dancers. Two discreet "squeals". High pitched. maasai, tribe, masai, dancers, squeals, discreet
Mash tun Smiles Brewery (small traditional brewer) mash, smiles, brewery, brewer, brewing, small, traditional
Match struck. household, matches
Md drums Singing and chanting of crowd at horse racing event. moroccan, music, drums, singing, crowd, horse, event
Mechanical food cutter being used in a kitchen. food, cutter, kitchen, household, effects, mechanical
Mechanical food cutter. food, cutter, household, cutting, chopping, mechanical
Medium sized mixed party crowd with American chatter. (Recorded at a U.S. Air Force base in England.) party, crowd, american, chatter, force, england, mixed
Metal gong played solo. wamba, indigenous, music, metal, gong, solo, land, seminatural
Mixed crowd in a busy tea tent June '1980 (1R7,reprocessed) crowd, interiors, restaurants, tents, mixed, busy
Mixed crowd with children at London Zoo (no animal sounds) 1974 (2C3) crowd, children, london, sounds, exterior, crowds, playing, mixed, animal
Monasteries: Large hallway, with footsteps and occasional doors monasteries, large, hallway, footsteps, doors, occasional
Monasteries: Monks sit down, silence bell rung, meal commences monasteries, monks, silence, bell, meal, commences
Monks entering house chapel, quiet interior, some movement and occasional coughs 1984 (7M1,reprocessed) monks, house, chapel, interior, movement, coughs, effects, monasteries, quiet, occasional
Morocco: Marrakesh, market square with music & distant traffic. morocco, marrakesh, music, traffic, africa, human, world, distant
Morocco: Rabat, souk (market). morocco, rabat, souk, africa, human, world
Moving cases and objects in a warehouse with distant conversation and occasional whistling Sept '1968 (136B,reprocessed) cases, warehouse, conversation, whistling, interiors, various, warehouses,
Moving cases and objects in a warehouse with distant conversation and occasional whistling. cases, warehouse, conversation, whistling, background, general, distant, occasional
Music for 'Juju' dance. Percussion instruments playing fairly animated music. Variable tempo. Occasional voice in background. cameroonian, music, juju, percussion, instruments, variable, tempo, voic
Music for tiger play. Sounds of trumpets, drums & other percussion. Various voices & shouts. music, tiger, trumpets, drums, percussion, voices, land, indigenous, other, seminatural
Music starts gently with sounds of masak(Indian bagpipes). Joined by drums & then singing. rajasthan, musicians, music, masak(indian, bagpipes, drums, land, seminatural
Musical instrument made from calabash gourd and played as a trumpet. wamba, indigenous, music, musical, instrument, calabash, gourd, trumpet, land, seminatural
Musicians performing in bar (Celtic influenced with bagpipes or pitu) occasional voices from punters spanish, folk, music, galicia, musicians, celtic, bagpipes, pitu, voices, punters, urban, occasio
Musicians performing in bar (Celtic influenced with bagpipes or pitu) occasional voices from punters spanish, folk, music, galicia, musicians, celtic, bagpipes, pitu, voices, punters, urban, occasio
Musicians performing in bar (Celtic influenced with bagpipes or pitu) occasional voices from punters spanish, folk, music, galicia, musicians, celtic, bagpipes, pitu, voices, punters, urban, occasio
Musicians performing in bar (Celtic influenced with bagpipes or pitu) occasional voices from punters spanish, folk, music, galicia, musicians, celtic, bagpipes, pitu, voices, punters, urban, occasio
National Daily Newspaper Picture Transmitting & Receiving Room, picture transmission. daily, newspaper, picture, transmitting, receiving, room, transmission, national
National Daily Newspaper Typesetting Area, general atmosphere. daily, newspaper, typesetting, area, atmosphere, national, general
New York Car Mart atmosphere. york, mart, atmosphere, backgrounds
New York Dock Workers, begins with sound of siren. york, dock, workers, sound, siren, backgrounds
New York: J.F.K. International Airport, terminal atmosphere. york, airport, atmosphere, america, airports, terminal
News Boy in an Italian market. news, italian, market, markets
News boy. news, markets, italy
Niger: Niamey, central Post Office, very echoey, with footsteps & some indistinct speech. (Could be used as conference hall, station, etc.) niger, niamey, post, office, footsteps, indistinct, speech
Niger: Niamey, market atmosphere, with traffic & bells. niger, niamey, atmosphere, traffic, bells, africa, human, world
Nigeria, excited crowd. nigeria, crowd, nigerian, crowds
Nine month old baby girl, laughing & playing, with mouth noises at end. month, baby, girl, mouth, noises, nine, months
Noisy French resturant, in London with English speech. french, resturant, london, english, speech, restaurant, noisy
Nursery School, interior, 2 3 year olds playing with squeakers. (Mixed nursery school.) nursery, school, interior, year, olds, squeakers, small, children, play, mixed
Nursery School, interior, 3 5 year olds playing & awaiting collection by mothers. (Mixed nursery school.) nursery, school, interior, year, olds, collection, mothers, small, children, play, mixed
Nursery School, interior, 3 5 year olds playing with construction sets. (Mixed nursery school.) nursery, school, interior, year, olds, construction, small, children, play, mixed
Open air flea market (Cape Town) busy bustling market with sellers crying out. flea, cape, town, bustling, sellers, south, west, africa, open, busy, urban
Opening a can by hand. hand, household, kitchen, effects
Opening can by hand. opening, hand, household, openers
Opera house auditorium, Poland, general atmosphere before performance, occas. distinct speech opera, house, auditorium, poland, atmosphere, performance, occas, distinct, speech, general
Outdoor market, evangelist and general stalls atmosphere. market, stalls, atmosphere, shopping, centre, birmingham, indoor, outdoor, evangelist, general
Outdoor rag market, general atmosphere. atmosphere, shopping, centre, birmingham, indoor, outdoor, general
Outpatients clinic atmosphere. outpatients, atmosphere, hospitals, clinic
Paddington Railway Station, general atmosphere. paddington, railway, station, atmosphere, london, stations, general
Performing dogs with whistles, barks and whipcracks (indistinguishable music in background) Nov '1979 (1C20,reprocessed) dogs, barks, whipcracks, music, background, fairgrounds, circus, circuses
Person under shower. person, shower, household, showers, under
Philadelphia: Counter & till in delicatessen. philadelphia, counter, delicatessen, america
Philadelphia: Downtown street atmosphere. philadelphia, downtown, street, atmosphere, america
Philadelphia: Lunchtime atmosphere in delicatessen restaurant. philadelphia, lunchtime, atmosphere, delicatessen, restaurant, america
Piazza Novana, Rome, exterior, mainly girls playing in piazza. piazza, novana, rome, exterior, italy, children, playing
Plant stalls. plant, stalls, markets, aylesbury
Platform atmosphere with footsteps and voices, trains arrive at 13" and 2'48" (Metro) platform, atmosphere, footsteps, voices, metro, france, paris
Primary School, classroom atmosphere in prefabricated building, 8 9 yo girls, chairs sc****d on floor. school, classroom, atmosphere, girls, chairs, floor, schools, primary
Primary School, junior girls' gym class (quite active), general atmosphere with equipment used & whistle blown twice at end of track. school, girls, class, atmosphere, equipment, track, schools, gym
Prinknash Abbey Monastery,Glos.,congregation kneeling to pray in crypt church 1984 (7M2,reprocessed) prinknash, abbey, pray, crypt, church, effects, abbeys
Prinknash Abbey Monastery,Glos.,monks file into refectory in a monastery, chairs sc****d 1984 (7M1,reprocessed) prinknash, abbey, refectory, monastery, chairs, effects, monasteries
Public House, pint of beer pulled. house, pint, beer, schools, public, houses, engines
Public House: Mixed chatter, distant crockery sounds. house, mixed, chatter, crockery, houses, public, distant
Public House: West End of London, busy lunchtime. house, west, london, lunchtime, houses, public, busy
Public Library with voices, footsteps, trolleys & a telephone (at 20s). library, voices, footsteps, trolleys, telephone, interior, backgrounds, public
Quiet atmosphere in a small restaurant (indistinct speech) 1978 (1R8,reprocessed) atmosphere, restaurant, indistinct, speech, interiors, restaurants, quiet, small
Quiet street corner (Swakopmund) traffic, children, pedestrians and distant ocean surf. street, corner, swakopmund, traffic, children, pedestrians, ocean, surf, south, west, africa, namibia, quiet
RAC Motor Control Centre rescue despatch motor, control, centre, rescue, despatch, office, equipment, business, areas, rooms
Raking coffee beans to remove husks. coffee, beans, household
Recording of music for dance. Drums at start are joined by bells & other instruments. Tuneful playing continues, sometimes faster. N.B. Music for act 1, scene 1. Religious dancing style, Barong being
Referee's whistle blown, single blast, double blast, long blast, longer blast. referee, whistle, blast, woman, screaming, crying, single, double, long, longer
Restaurant exterior atmosphere lunchtime, some passing traffic. restaurant, exterior, atmosphere, lunchtime, traffic, france
Restaurant mixed busy chatter with distant crockery sounds 1974 (1R6,reprocessed) restaurant, chatter, crockery, interiors, restaurants, mixed, busy, distant
Restaurant tea/coffee time. restaurant, time, restaurants, kitchens
Ride in a dodgem car with bell at end of ride Jan '1980 (5F2,reprocessed) dodgem, bell, fairgrounds, circus, rides
Roasting coffee beans by hand. coffee, beans, hand, household
Rome market. rome, markets, italy
Roundabouts with fairground atmosphere Nov '1980 (rec Battersea Funfair) (5F1,reprocessed) roundabouts, fairground, atmosphere, battersea, funfair, fairgrounds, circus
Royal Festival Hall, atmosphere before concert. festival, hall, atmosphere, concert, royal
Royal Festival Hall, atmosphere during interval, builds up & dies down. festival, hall, atmosphere, interval, concert, royal
San Paolo Basilicia, Rome, interior, general atmosphere. paolo, basilicia, rome, interior, atmosphere, general
San Pedro: Oil derrick. pedro, derrick, america
Santa Monica: Bowling alley. santa, monica, bowling, alley, america
Sarlet open air market, setting up stalls and some shopping. sarlet, stalls, france, open
Schoolchildren in classroom, noisy infants in class. classroom, infants, class, noisy
Schoolchildren in classroom, subdued classroom atmosphere with 10 to 13 year old pupils reading. (Recorded in London, 1980.) classroom, atmosphere, year, pupils, london, mixed, school, children, old
Schoolchildren in Junior School gymnasium. junior, school, gymnasium
Schoolchildren playing in school playground in the South of England. school, playground, south, england, children, playing, outdoors
Schoolchildren playing in urban Junior School playground. (Mid distance with footsteps) junior, school, playground, distance, footsteps, urban
Schoolchildren, exterior, singing 'Looby Loo'. exterior, looby, year, children, playing
Schoolchildren, interior, singing 'London's Burning'. interior, london, burning, year, children, playing
Scythe used. scythe, gardening
Seafood Restaurant, interior, chatter & cutlery sounds. seafood, restaurant, interior, chatter, cutlery, thailand, restaurants
Seaside,Bocachacha Island,speech and sounds of children playing and splashing in water,occas.distant motor boat children, motor, boat, rural, south, america, boats
Selling glass cutting tools, Portobello Road street market. glass, tools, portobello, road, street, markets, london
Sharpening a knife in a kitchen. knife, kitchen, household, effects
Shoe Repairing, final polish. shoe, repairing, polish, final
Shopping mall cafe, Auckland distant clatter of crockery and cutlery with lively conversation in eating area surrounded by food counters. mall, cafe, auckland, clatter, crockery, cutlery, conversa
Shopping mall interior, close perspective January sales bustle. mall, interior, sales, bustle, suburbia, shops, shopping, precincts
Shopping precinct Chatter, footsteps, etc close perspective, Stevenage, April 1970. precinct, chatter, footsteps, close, stevenage, shops, shopping, precincts, perspective
Short flute like notes using an instrument made from fruit shell wamba, indigenous, music, short, instrument, fruit, shell, seminatural, land
Small country town high street atmosphere, light traffic with intervals of footsteps and speech. country, town, street, atmosphere, traffic, intervals, footsteps, speech, small, high, light
Small fountain. fountain, fountains, rome, small
Small motorway service station. motorway, service, station, places, food, shops, cafes, small
Small reception hall with footsteps, speech and traffic 1972 (1C1,reprocessed) reception, hall, footsteps, speech, traffic, interiors, theatres, halls, small
Small Restaurant, atmosphere in moderately busy London West End Italian restaurant (slight vent hum.) restaurant, atmosphere, london, west, italian, vent, crowds, restaurants, small, busy, slight
Small town, children some taffic. town, children, taffic, traffic, playing, small
Snack Bar: Busy, mainly women and children. snack, busy, children
Soda water siphon. soda, water, siphon, household, siphons
Soho atmosphere, mainly pedestrian street with international voices. soho, atmosphere, street, voices, london, pedestrian
Solo drumming on TomTom of "Elephant wamba, indigenous, music, solo, tomtom, elephant, seminatural, land
Sound of lorries parking and unloading, with speech and occasional footsteps. (Covent Garden) sound, lorries, speech, footsteps, garden, aylesbury, market, occasional, covent
Sounds of singers & music. irian, jaya, indigenous, music, sounds, singers, land, seminatural
Spain: Built up narrow street, general atmosphere. spain, built, street, atmosphere, narrow, general
Spain: Cafe atmosphere, with general chatter from older people, door opened & closed frequently, espresso machine heard occasionally. spain, cafe, atmosphere, chatter, people, door, machine, cafes,
Spain: Expectant crowd, exterior, general chatter with lots of children around. spain, expectant, crowd, exterior, chatter, lots, children, general
Spain: Noisy cafe atmosphere, with general chatter from young people, occasional whistling from customer & espresso machine heard at intervals. spain, noisy, cafe, atmosphere, chatter, people, whist
Sports Club Bar, lively chatter, twenty to thirty people. sports, club, chatter, people, lively
St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Atmosphere in Whispering Gallery. paul, cathedral, london, atmosphere, whispering, gallery, paul'aos, pauls
Stallholder selling glass cutting tools. stallholder, glass, tools, london, street, market
Stallholder selling toys. stallholder, toys, london, street, market
Stallholders selling goods in London street market. Selling daffodils stallholders, goods, london, street, daffodils, market
Stallholders selling goods in London street market. Selling girls stretch tights. stallholders, goods, london, street, girls, tights, market
Stallholders selling goods in London street market. Selling tomatoes. stallholders, goods, london, street, tomatoes, market
Stara Sladovna" restaurant, very large restaurant in Bratislava, lunchtime, with noisy speech, clinks and general hubbub stara, sladovna, restaurant, bratislava, lunchtime, speech, clinks, hubbub, r
Street restaurant, Venice exterior, busy with chat, footsteps, sounds of tables being moved and clinks street, restaurant, venice, exterior, chat, footsteps, tables, clinks, european, cities, rest
Street shopping mall, with footsteps, chat and distant traffic street, mall, footsteps, chat, traffic, european, cities, shops, shopping, precincts, distant
Subdued classroom atmosphere with children reading (rec. London) 1980 (3C9, reprocessed) classroom, atmosphere, children, london, middle, secondary, schools, subdued
Sudden change from rowdy to silent atmosphere in classroom 1981 (3C3, reprocessed) change, rowdy, atmosphere, classroom, children, middle, secondary, schools, sudden, silent
Supermarket atmosphere, with check out bell (at 58s), footsteps, trolleys, voices & baskets being stacked. supermarket, atmosphere, bell, footsteps, trolleys, voices, baskets, interior, backgrounds
Supermarket till area. supermarket, area, places, food, shops, cash, registers
Sweeping earth & stones. earth, gardening
Tangshan: Department store. tangshan, department, china
Tap dribbling. water
Tap dripping (double drip). drip, household, taps, double
Tap dripping. Fast dripping. dripping, household, effects, fast
Tape room atmosphere at national daily newspaper. tape, room, atmosphere, newspaper, newspapers, national, daily
Teapot filled with boiling water. teapot, water, household
Teapot filled with water. teapot, water, household, teapots
Teenage girls screaming in a theatre May '1966 (63C,reprocessed) girls, theatre, interiors, theatres, halls, screams, teenage
Telephone office, La Paz, busy with footsteps, indistinct speech and occasional PA telephone, office, footsteps, indistinct, speech, urban, south, america, offices, busy, occasional
Temple dining room general atmosphere with chat (Hindi and English) and kitchen noise good general purpose background temple, room, atmosphere, chat, hindi, english, kitchen, noise, purpose, backg
Ten week old baby boy, waking up sounds. (Weight 6.0 kg.) week, baby, weight, waking, sounds
Termini Railway Station, Rome, atmosphere outside station. termini, railway, station, rome, atmosphere, outside
The First National Bank main customer area. first, national, bank, customer, area, south, west, africa, banks, main, urban
Theatre Foyer, atmosphere in foyer of large West Eend theatre, with bars. theatre, foyer, atmosphere, west, eend, bars, foyers, large
Thermal baths, "Thermal Hotel", St Margarets Island, with splashes, some indistinct speech, hum from heater baths, thermal, hotel, margarets, island, indistinct, speech, heater, hungary
Thomas Cook World Travel Centre thomas, cook, world, travel, centre, office, equipment, business, control, areas, centres
Tiger festival atmosphere. Sounds of crowd with approaching drums & trumpets. Instruments pass by, sounding out of tune occasionally. Amusing aspects to the music at times. N.B. Exact date of this rec
Tijuana: Bar atmosphere. tijuana, atmosphere, america, bars
Tonbridge Railway Station, station buffet atmosphere during evening. tonbridge, railway, station, buffet, atmosphere, london, bridge
Tram ride, Alexndria. tram, alexndria, egypt, trams
Trolley passing in hospital corridor 1966 (55E,reprocessed) trolley, corridor, interiors, various, trolleys, hospital
Two & a quarter year old baby crying. quarter, year, baby, crowds, children, footsteps
Two small children playing and laughing, ends with crying. children, indoors, small
Two thousand children outside. children, crowds, footsteps, outside
Type Ninety Six Five keyboard operated, ticket produced, drawer opens, bell, change given, coins put in drawer and closed 1969 (23Z,reprocessed) type, ninety, five, keyboard, ticket, drawer, bel
Using back brush in bath. brush, bath, household, baths, back
Vatican, exterior, throng of people on steps of St. Peter's Basilica. vatican, exterior, throng, people, peter, basilica, italy, rome, children, playing
Vibrosauna. vibrosauna, fitness, health, gyms
Village musicians; with occ voices of villagers, cockerels, dogs barking and traffic passing balinese, music, village, musicians, voices, villagers, cockerels, dogs, traffic
Villagers gathered in hall villagers, hall, greenland, villages
Voices, traffic, footsteps, ventilator hum in market. voices, traffic, footsteps, ventilator, markets, aylesbury
Washing hands in bucket. bucket, water
Water running into sink. (Plug out, tap half on) water, household, effects, half
Water running into sink. (Tap full on) water, household, effects, full
Westminster Abbey, London, general atmosphere, large echoey interior with occasional footsteps (sections suitable for large empty building) 1973 (1C2,reprocessed) westminster, abbey, london, atmos
Whistling kettle. kettle, household, kettles
Woman, hysterical crying. woman, crying, screaming, hysterical
Woman, two burlesque screams. woman, screams, screaming, crying, burlesque
Womens' ward atmosphere. ward, atmosphere, hospitals, women, wards
2 3/4 year old baby girl. Reciting nonsense nursery rhymes; ends with farewells year, baby, girl, nonsense, nursery, rhymes, farewells, years
2 year old baby girl. Giggling year, baby, girl, years
2 year old baby girl. Looking at picture book, pages turned year, baby, girl, picture, book, pages, years
3 6 year olds playing indoors 1975 (3C4, reprocessed) year, olds, indoors, children, babies, infants, playing
5 7 year olds in class 1982 (3C10, reprocessed) year, olds, class, children, babies, infants, playing
6 month old baby girl, talking nonsense. month, baby, girl, nonsense, babies, girls
9 month old, laughing and squealing. (baby boy) month, laughing, baby, babies
9 week old baby girl. Cries and hiccoughs. week, baby, girl, hiccoughs
12 month old baby boy, screaming temper. month, baby, temper, babies, boys
13 month old baby girl, muttering while looking at book. month, baby, girl, book, babies, girls
14 month old: crying (baby boy) month, crying, baby, babies
14 week old baby girl, playful gurgles. week, baby, girl, gurgles, babies, girls, playful
15 month old baby girl. Crying month, baby, girl, months
16 month old baby boy, saying "Daddy" month, baby, daddy, babies, boys
18 month old baby girl. Crying month, baby, girl, months
18 week old baby boy, happy sounds during happy change. week, baby, sounds, change, babies, boys, happy
22 week old baby girl. Tantrums when toys are taken week, baby, girl, tantrums, toys, months
22 week old baby girl. Trying to talk and playing with toys. week, baby, girl, toys, months
29 week old baby girl, teething. week, baby, girl, girl)trying, talk
30 children playing in a field with birds and traffic November 1970 (136E, reprocessed) children, field, birds, traffic, singing, games, school, playing
34 week old baby girl saying 'da da da' week, baby, girl, girl)trying, talk
36 week old baby girl, crying at bedtime. week, baby, girl, bedtime
36 week old baby girl, gurgling and hiccoughing. week, baby, girl
43 week old baby girl, playing. week, baby, girl, playing
45 week old baby girl, playing week, baby, girl, playing
46 week old baby girl, playing week, baby, girl, playing
56 week old baby girl, playing in bath. week, baby, girl, bath, months
999 dialed, "Emergency, which service?" emergency, service, dial