British Pathe's Cutest Animals

British Pathe's Cutest Animals (1/7)

The British Pathé archive holds some of the first ever moving images of animals, and indeed animals have long proved a popular subject matter. Before the days of David Attenborough and the Discovery Channel zoos were often the destination of choice for equipment-heavy camera crews. In this gallery we’ve compiled photos of “cute” animals from different decades within the archive.

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