The twentieth century was full of remarkable firsts, not least of which were the first flight and the first moon landing, 66 years apart but both archived by Pathe.

Here are some of the most interesting:

G 648: "ROADSIDE PETROL STATION" (1920)
54/35: "FOUR MINUTE MILE"
55/08: "FLYING BEDSTEAD" (vertical take-off aircraft)
69/22: "QUEEN OPENS NEW VICTORIA LINE"
55/01: "OLYMPIA - LONDON - NATIONAL BOAT SHOW"
68/33: "DECIMAL COINAGE"
56/85: "THE ATOM JOINS THE GRID" (Nuclear Power Station)
67/05: "GIRL ON THE LINE" (Female Telephone Engineer)
57/90: "USSR SATELLITE DOG" (Laika, the first dog in space)
60/87: "QUEEN NAMES DREADNOUGHT" (Nuclear Submarine)
66/61: "WORLD CUP - MIGHTY ENGLAND" (Colour)
55/32: "MEDICAL SCIENCE CONQUERS POLIO"
63/52: "THE GIRL FROM SPACE" (Valentina Tereshkora, first woman in space)
UN 1461 I: "FORD'S FIRST CAR"
69/20: "CONCORDE TAKE-OFF" (colour)
60/52: "FIRST DIESEL PULLMAN"
57/46: "BRITAIN'S FIRST H-BOMB"
52/33: "BY COMET TO JOHANNESBURG (first jet airliner)
CP 271: "TEN PIN BOWLING"
CP 281: "GIRL POLICE CYCLISTS"
CP 284: "BEAUTY FARM"
CP 322: "MULTI-DECK GARAGE" (Multi-storey Car Park)
CP 174: "MOTOR CYCLE SCHOOL"
CP 436: "SUSPENSION BICYCLES"
CP 520: "DRAG CAR RACING"
65/34: "THE HOVER MOWER" (Flymos are introduced)
NP 221: "SELF-SERVICE SHOP" (Supermarket, 1948)
NP 502: "SKYSCRAPER FLATS"
61/31: "FIRST MAN IN SPACE"
G 1638: "FIRST ALL METAL AIRSHIP"
G 697: "FIRST MOTOR CAR" (seen by Devon Villagers, 1920)
G 846: "FIRST SOLDIERS OF THE IRISH FREE STATE" (1922)
G 977: "WEMBLEY FA CUP FINAL" (1923)
G 1021: "COME ON MISS STEVE" (first female jockey, 1923)
G 1052: "FIRST LABOUR GOVERNMENT"
G 1131: "LONDON'S FIRST MOSQUE" (1924)
G 1179: "MOVIES ABOVE THE CLOUDS" (first in flight movie, 1925)
G 1311: "THE NEW LIGHTS OF LONDON" (traffic lights, 1926)
G 1313: "EUROPE'S FIRST GREYHOUND RACING TRACK" (1926)
G 1350: "ALL HOT" (Hot Dogs)
G 1353: "ANOTHER GAZETTE SCOOP" (first underwater pictures, 1926)
G 1373: "PRESIDENT COSGRAVE" (Electricity Pylon, 1927)
G 1408: "ONE OF WILBUR WRIGHT'S FIRST FLIGHTS"
35/50: "THE GOLDEN VOICE" (first speaking clock)
38/38: "FIRST PRESIDENT OF EIRE"
38/54: "BRITAIN'S LATEST AIR FIGHTER" (Spitfire)
38/68: "AIR MAIL SERVICE FROM AUSTRALIA"
42/09: "AMERICAN TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND" (US join Allies and are given Pork Pies!)
45/102: "CHRISTMAS AT PEACE" (1945)
45/83: "LAST CHANCE FOR MANKIND" (First UN Meeting)
46/01: "YES, WE HAVE BANANAS" (first post war imports)
69/104: "WOMAN BECOMES LLOYDS UNDERWRITER"
69/63: "SPECIAL! MOON PICTURE"