British Pathe

Midget Submarine (1951)

Footage of new small submarine in action, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon.

Bus Destination Blinds (1952)

Destination of destination signs being made at factory in Elstree,...

Empress Eugenie's House As Hospital - Part 2 (1914-1918)

Nurses and patients in maternity ward at former...

Hands To The Pumps! (1940)

Good footage of factory girls making and assembling stirrup pumps.

Harnessing The Waters (1939)

Footage of new dams under construction in Czechoslovakia.

Figurehead Issue Title Is Spring In The Air (1938)

Old sailor / fisherman cleans antique figurehead...

Signal Box Story Issue Title - Taken As Red! (1943)

Mr and Mrs Chris Attwood both work different...

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

Ladies are trained to be tram...

Hospital Student (1947)

Good item showing nurses before and during an operation at the Middlesex...

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...

Building London Airport (1950)

Good footage of London Airport under construction.

Thatched Church (1951)

Roof thatching at Duddenhoe End in Essex.

Back Yard Boat (1952)

Young couple build yacht in their back garden, London.

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

Men are instructed on board a...

Escalator (1948)

New escalator at Piccadilly Circus underground station, London.

Candle Making (1949)

Church candles being made by hand at Chandlers' factory in Cricklewood.

Ticket Clippie (1950)

Bus conductors' ticket punch machines are checked by London Transport officials.

Fire Call (1952)

Good item showing how a London fire brigade responds to a call.

Time Marches On (1946)

London transport workers repair and replace damaged clock on bus route.

Unemployed Demonstration In Trafalgar Square (1920-1929)

Large protest march and rally by unemployed in...

Dispatch Riders AKA Emergency Messengers Issue Title - Needs Must (1942)

Young men volunteer to...

The Windows Of The Minster - York (1927)

York Minster - various shots of the Cathedral on its...

The Fireman Of Vienna (1931)

Firemen in training at the Cathedral of St Stephen in Vienna.

"...The Village Smithy Stands" (1931)

Two women run a village blacksmith shop in Barrow Gurney.

Another Change (1931)

Women working at a petrol station - pumping petrol and cleaning windscreens.

Fares Please (1931)

Men train for careers as bus drivers and bus conductors.

Peeps Through The Window Of The World No. 44 (1935)

Opium harvest in Italy and sheep shorn by new...

Giant Steel Works Ready (1951)

Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Gaitskell switches off the rolling...

Station Cleaner Issue Title - They're Off ! (1938)

Footage of new station cleaning machine being...

Veg Stew (1941)

A look at how special wartime vegetable stew is mass produced.

Natives X-Ray Issue Title The Young Idea (1942)

African mine workers have chest x-rays to safeguard...

Women Bridge Painters (1942)

Women paint the bridge over the river Trent in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire....

By The Years Forgot (1945)

Monks at the Franciscan Monastery in Crawley cultivate the land to produce...

Meet The Rubber Man (1947)

Leonard Ware has job of erasing graffiti on posters on Tube.

Lighthouse (1948)

Mrs Parkinson is the female lighthouse keeper at Cockersands Abbey in Lancashire.

Propellor Foundry (1948)

Propellors for ocean-going liners are manufactured at Stone's foundry in...

A City Sleeps AKA Tube "Fluffers" (1949)

Footage of cleaners or "Fluffer" at work on the underground...

Weed Cutter (1949)

Footage of weeds being cut in Norfolk.

Tube Vent Cleaners (1950)

A man cleans tube vents with a brush at London's Piccadilly Circus underground...

Burning Buses (1950)

Footage of old buses being taken apart in scrap yard in Rainham, Essex.

Buffet School (1951)

Training for buffet staff at Marylebone Station, London.

Railway Women (1951)

Female railway worker weed the track at Stonebridge Park in Middlesex.

Mobile Forge (1952)

A mobile forge is used for making horse shoes for large horse in Buckinghamshire.

X-Rays For All (1944)

Girls at a clothing factory are given free medical check ups and x-rays.

Fire Practice (1952)

Firemen carry out turntable ladder drill during fire practice in Middlesex.

Track Testing (1953)

Special train carriage fitted with machinery to test tracks for problems.