British Pathe

Birds & Their Young (1940)

German documentary about birds and their young - sound version of UN 1777 A.

Bird Sanctuary (1948)

Puffins are given identity tags at bird sanctuary on islands off coast of Wales.

Sanctuary (1934)

Nice footage of the Mutton bird and the Bluefeather on Mutton island, off the coast of...

Just Birds (1934)

All kinds of fowl seen at a huge bird show.

Just Puzzling! (1934)

Emus and their chicks are seen walking about and bathing in a small pond.

The Pool Of The Penguins (1935)

Nice item about penguins.

Preserving Peter (1935)

Nice item about a parrot like bird that obeys his owners every command.

Cupid's Carriers (1936)

Storks nest on the roofs of Burgenland in Austria.

The Bird Master (1938)

Lovely story about an Italian man who looks after swallows.

The Mighty Atom! (1934)

The world's smallest airplane motor is assembled.

Canaries Sing On Sunday (1948)

Australian choirmaster forms canary choir.

Flaming Youth (1933)

Flamingos in Germany leave their enclosure and go into a building for winter!

The Bird Farmer! (1934)

Exotic birds seen at a 'Foreign Bird Farm' in Keston.

Dr Stork At Home! (1935)

Nice shots of stork on chimney top nests.

The Tiniest Soul In Feathers (1932)

Nice footage of a South American humming bird.

Feathered Beauties (1930-1939)

National Bird Show at Crystal Palace.

Bird Show In Florence (1959)

Bird fair in Florence, Italy.

Spoonbills Arrive In Holland For Nesting (1960)

Birds return to Dutch coast to rear their young

Catching Pheasants For Breeding & Exportation (1964)

Hungarians catch pheasants in nets to be used...

Pathe Gazette Titles (1944)

Pathe Gazette titles from the mid 1940s.

Pathe News Titles (1952)

Pathe News titles from the early 1950s.

Pathe News Titles (1962)

Pathe News titles from the early 1960s.

Hand Pedal Cyclist AKA Bicycle (1956)

Disabled man rides a bike without using his legs.

Cockatoos (1938)

Trained cockatoos perform their routine in Australia.

Marathon Pigeon Race (1935)

40,000 Pigeons arrive for what is considered to be the worlds largest Pigeon...

The World's Perfect Audience (1934)

A Kookaburra bird sings in an Australian garden.

"Zoo's Who!" (1935)

A look at the modern zoo in Rome.

Ware Hawks (1936)

Men hunt sparrowhawks to stop them killing poultry.

The Storks Return! (1939)

Storks return to their nests in Hungary for the summer.

Bird Sanctuary (1940)

Kookaburras in a wild bird sanctuary feed from the hands of farmers who work the...

Pigeon Race At Berwick-Upon-Tweed (1939)

Footage of pigeon racing in Berwick-upon-Tweed,...

Pet Crow Issue Title Is House Full (1938)

Women with a pet crow, she takes it for a ride in her car. ...

Nest On Golf Ball Issue Title - What The Dickens (1939-1940)

Footage of a Skylarks nest found in the...

Bird Sanctuary AKA Grub Up! (1955)

Thousands of birds turn up twice a day to be fed by hand in bird...

Cage Bird Exhibition (1967)

Cage bird show at Alexandra Palace.

Armer Hansi - Canary Cartoon (1940-1949)

Brilliant cartoon telling story of a day's freedom of a canary.

Bird Hospital In Haarlem (1963)

Small birds hospital in Haarlem, Holland.

Back The Attack! AKA Pigeons Fly Off (1940-1949)

Pigeons are used to send messages to Australian towns...

Bird Sanctuary (1951)

Nice footage of bird sanctuary in the village of Mousehole, Cornwall.

Stork Mother (1963)

A mother keeps Spanish storks as pets in her garden.

Plenty Of "Pull" (1932)

A goldfinch pulls on strings to get food and water into his cage.

Just Pets (1933)

Children are entertained small performing birds.

The Home Of The Tern (1934)

Tern and the Booby nest in the heliotrope trees of Palmyra, Hawaii.

Home Of The Tern (1935)

Good footage of thousands of terns flying and nesting on a sand bank off the...

A Hunting We Will Go (1936)

A falcon meet is recreated with the huntsmen dressed in costumes and wigs...

Zoo Courtships AKA Zoo Courtiships (1937)

A look at courtship rituals amongst animals in the zoo.

"Gooney!' (1938)

Gooney birds at an American sanctuary on Midway Island in the Western Pacific.