British Pathe

Railways Test Speed Locos AKA Locos Go On Test (1948)

British Railways reopen locomotive testing...

Many Killed In Train Wreck (1951)

A train crash kills several people and injures many more in Weedon,...

Aerotrain (1969)

Prototype of French Jet Aerotrain. France.

New Tube Train (1950)

A new tube train with bigger windows runs on the Bakerloo line. London.

Third In A Week - Express Sleeper Crashes (1946)

London to Newcastle express train crashes into...

Women Ambulance Drivers Keep Fit (1939)

Footage of women ambulance drivers performing exercises to...

French Strike Chaos (1953)

The Army lends a hand as the strike by French workers continues to spread.

News Flashes - Train Crash (1957)

Disaster near Cape Town as two expresses collide head-on.

Molten Metal Transported By Train (1969)

Iron is melted and poured into specially designed railway...

Suspension Railway (1946)

Good shots of Wuppertal suspension railway on its 45th anniversary. Germany.

Italy - Train & Coach Collide (1960)

A disaster in Italy when a train and coach collided killing four.

Rumanians Send Aid Across Border To Stricken Hungary (1956)

Roumania, despite its loyalty to...

Firemen Training In Italy (1961)

Firemen in training including lowering a man strapped to a stretcher...

Diesel Electric Train (1948)

Electric diesel train on journey from London to Derby.

The Wheels Go Round - By Radio (1949)

Signalmen use radio to control train movements in Cambridgeshire...

Hot Spot In Berlin (1948)

Russians call for checks of passports at crosses between Russian and British...

Fire - Fire - Fire! (1933)

A rural fire brigade go through an exercise in a snowy part of Germany.

Manchester Railway Disaster AKA Train Crash (1953)

Ten dead and fifty-nine injured as rail coach...

Main Line Train Crash AKA Welwyn Train Crash - Only One Killed (1957)

Scenes from a fatal train...

News Flashes - Signal Box (1957)

Temporary control box replaces burned-out Signal Box to keep Cannon...

World News - Tokyo (1950)

Landslide near Tokyo, Japan.

Holiday Makers In Irish Mail Crash (1950)

Keeping Them Rolling (1957)

British Railways keep bridges in order and demolish ones they do not want.

Ammunition Train Blows Up (1958)

A train loaded with ammunition explodes while being unloaded in North...

Training Police Horses Issue Title - "Fine And Dandy" (1940)

A look at how police horses are...

Student Farmers Issue Title - Lend A Hand (1941)

Young people from a land club give up their...

Tram Conductresses Issue Title - That's The Ticket (1943)

Ladies are trained to be tram...

Shooting On Goa Border (1955)

Police of Portugal's colony Goa open fire on demonstrators demanding...

Whistle Stop Dentist (1966)

Travelling dental surgery in Ontario, Canada.

Old Locomotive (1968)

A vintage locomotive comes out of museum to run again. Holland.

Automatic Tube Train AKA New Look Transport (1968)

New look tube trains for Victoria Line given...

Marden - Train Crash (1969)

Item showing wreckage of express train which crashed at Marden, Kent.

New Metro (1969)

Footage of the opening of the new underground metro system in Paris, France.

Survival Training (1970)

Aircrews take survival training in special centre near Cuxhaven, Germany.

'soccer Special' Wrecked Railway Carriages (1969)

Train wrecked by football hooligans. Cricklewood,...

Signal Box (1948)

A look at the work that goes on in a signal box at Waterloo railway station.

Railway Track Laying (1948)

Preassembled units of track are laid at Waterloo Station to prevent...

Mobile Ticket Office (1949)

People can buy their rail tickets from mobile ticket office without going to...

St. Paul's Fire Drill (1949)

Firemen practise their drill at St. Paul's cathedral. London.

Weed Killing Train (1949)

A special train sprays weedkiller along the tracks as it goes. Nottingham.

Trawler School Issue Title Pathe Pictorial Goes To Sea (1947)

Men are instructed on board a...

18 Die, 70 Hurt In Doncaster Train Crash (1947)

Death and injuries follow a terrible railway crash...

Palestine Train Wrecked (1947)

A passenger train is blown up by Jewish terrorists causing several...

Russian Suppliers (1941)

Supplies being unloaded at the port of Leningrad and placed onto trucks prior...

Norwegian Rail Crash (1940-1949)

Footage of wreckage after train crash in Norway.

Australian Envoys From Moscow En Route To Australia (1954)

Wolcott and Brian Hill alighting from...

Train Crash (1961)

Wrecked train carriage and crash area, Picton New South Wales.