British Pathe

Taken For A Ride (1931)

A journey over the George Washington Bridge in New York.

Man V Nature (1931)

Men work with snow ploughs and dynamite to clear snow from the Fall River Pass in...

A Real Basin-Full (1931)

Machines test the strength of floats used for seaplanes, Virginia, United...

Airship And Plane (1931)

Good footage of Airship flying over Los Angles in the United States of...

Stag Party (1931)

Good footage of deer and stags at Berlin Zoo.

Warning (1931)

Lions in a zoo enclosure climb trees.

How To Become Slim (1931)

Hungarian Physical Culture Expert Edit Mezey shows us some slimming exercises.

Michael Faraday (1931)

Experiments using electricity are seen at the Michael Faraday Exhibition in...

Sail Ho! (1931)

Canadian sailing boat, 'Bluenose', seen on the Atlantic Ocean.

3,000,000 Volts! On Sleeve As 3000,000 Volts (1931)

3,000,000 volts of electricity spark off a huge...

A New Plane (1931)

Item showing a new plane with huge double hulls beneath the main body.

The Massage Robot! (1931)

Story about a new massage machine - very strange!

Fishermen Bold - And Cold (1931)

Men fish through holes in in frozen lakes in Ontario.

The Valley Chapel (1931)

Scenic shots of the Matterhorn and a Chapel high in the hills.

Lionheart! (1931)

A zoo keeper who is loved by his lion charges is featured - some decomposition.

Budding Engineers! (1931)

Young engineers work on their inventions - model cars, railplane, tractor,...

In Caverns Deep (1931)

Tourists visit the Grotto of Han-sur-Lesse in Belgium.

A Glance At Greenland (1931)

Inhabitants of Greenland are featured - they walk through the snow with...

The Eel Men (1931)

Dutch eel boats moored on the Thames - men transfer eels from boxes to buckets.

The Big Things In Life! (1931)

An ocean liner is painted or repaired. A large earth mover is featured.

The Bridge Fellows (1931)

Construction of a giant suspension bridge - brave cameramen climb high for...

A Novel Oar (1931)

New device so that rowers can see where they are headed.

Steel Fish! (1931)

Torpedoes are launched in a practice shoot.

Airy Somethings (1931)

Experiments investigating the properties of air.

A Queer Ferry (1931)

New transport bridge which crosses the Mersey at Runcorn is demonstrated.

Himalayan High Jumpers (1931)

Zoo footage - Himalayan mountain goats are seen running around on...

Over The Quay - Port Said (1931)

Aerial shots of Port Said harbour and the town. Aerial shots of the...

Dam! (1931)

Shots of the Vernon Hoofer Dam in Natal.

Air Sense! (1931)

Schoolboys visit the Cranwell Aerodrome and receive instruction from RAF personnel.

The Air Taxi (1931)

Prediction that everyone will soon have their own plane rather than a car.

An Iceland Item (1931)

Travelogue featuring Reykjavik - housing, climate, street scenes, industry,...

Books - By The Billion! (1931)

How books are printed and bound.

The Ship That Passes... (1931)

HMS Birmingham is broken up at Pembroke Dock Yard.

How We Fly (1931)

Various aviation bits and pieces including some Joe Noble animation.

Trust! (1931)

Man places his head inside an elephant's mouth.

The Boy's Dream (1931)

Large and complex model railway in a Hertfordshire garden.

The Great Clean Up - A "Buoyant" Story Of Our Coasts (1931)

A "Whistling Buoy" is taken out to...

High-High-High! (1931)

Mountain views - aerial shots of winding road, waterfall, forests etc. in Oregon.

The Biggest Scooper Of All (1931)

Giant dredger in the Golpa coal mines of Germany is demonstrated.

Water Sportites (1931)

Surfing the waves in Hawaii.

A Queer Lift! (1931)

Canal barges are transported by a large "lift".

The Ancestor Of Man? (1931)

The giant gorilla is featured - a dead example is investigated.

Cress Collectors! (1931)

Cress harvest in Berkhamsted - scenic shots, men at work, child eating cress.

Feathered Gobblers (1931)

Zoo footage of various birds including Pelicans and Cormorants.

A Pipe Story From Cape Town / Capetown (1931)

A large pipe is moved in Cape Town.

Out Of The Depths! (1931)

How wrecks are raised from the bottom of the sea.

Salt Cellars! (1931)

Salt mines in Cheshire - brine is extracted and dried out to produce salt.