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Birth Culture Irritation Image
Foxy Momentum Destruction Confusion
Mad Socialising Privacy Enraged
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Flirting Merging Challenge Development
Rhythm Cycles Beauty Red carpet
Teamwork Dazed and confused Body language Disgust
Sharing Zest Anger Wild
Defeat Texture Fabulous Early

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July 2009 Staff Favourites

Timeslice shots of people running as it rains fish, weird

"I enjoy the oddity of this clip and the 'highly conceptual' element of it too - it's not everyday you see it raining fish after all." View Clip...

Rebecca Snelling Sales Support London

Waterfall cascading through forest greenery, Puerto Rico

"My fiancé and I met on a Caribbean cruise - our first "off-ship" date was a hike/tour in the rain forest of Puerto Rico. The beauty and fragility of the land helped me to fall in love and is captured perfectly in this shot." View Clip...

Jennifer Kilburn Senior Account Executive BBC Worldwide Americas

Costumed cow balances on knees of prone man playing horn, Goa

"Truly bizarre and quirky, this clip of one man and his performing cow, it amazes and horrifies in equal measures." View Clip...

Claire Gould Media Co-ordinator London

Two men stand on barrels, lifting man suspended by his hair; 1930's

"Clients often come to us for examples of crazy human behaviour. Before Johnny Knoxville or the Dudesons, there was this man. The look on his face is so very "zen"." View Clip...

Paula McLaren Sales Manager Canada

Killer whale attacks seal on shore, takes seal into sea and thrashes it around

"When showing example clips to advertising agencies this one always has the biggest impact." View Clip...

Jack Boram Territory Manager Australia

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