KEYWORDS: ENTERTAINMENTS, INVENTIONS, QUIRKY, HOLIDAYS, MUSIC, PERSONALITIES, HOBBIES, ART, CRAFTS, SHOPPING, ECCENTRICS, DECOR, TRADITIONS, DANCING, GARDENING, COMEDY, THEATRE, OPERA, CINEMA, RADIO, TELEVISION, ADVERTISING, PARTIES, DRINKING, EATING, BEAUTY, FILM INDUSTRY, COMPETITIONS, PARADES, CEREMONIES etc.

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The interests, pastimes, obsessions and hobbies of ordinary and extraordinary folk were a favourite subject for the Pathe team. Weekly films were packed with peeps into the personal paradises of the great British public and our friends around the world.

Fabulous fashions, hilarious hobbies, entertaining eccentrics, do it yourself decor, abstract art, melodic music, zany inventions, stupendous stunts, quirky pets, bizarre beauty regimes, weird customs, dance crazes, groovy gardens and chic celebrities are just a few of the surprises in store.

Cultural events covered include film premieres, theatrical and operatic performances, ballet shows, the making of feature films and radio shows, local celebrations and events, art exhibitions and beauty contests.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS

CP 030: “CURLY BOYS CLUB” (Baldies use all manner of devices to prompt hair growth)
EP 051: “CHEATING THE MUD SPOTS” (Button up rubber stocking protectors for 1920s flappers)
CP 322: “TEDDY BEAR MAN” (Mr C E Palmer fills his garden with concrete teddies)
PT 156: “THE ELECTRIC TONGUE” (Hear what kind of noise a lemon makes...)
CP 619: “INSIDE THE PLAYBOY PARADISE” (Bunny Girls groove to the sound of Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Titch)
NP 515: “GIRL WATER DIVINER” (Watch her whole body twitch when she senses a source)
56/8: “LIZ TAYLOR FASHIONS” (The Burtons enter the fashion world at Maxim’s in Paris)
CP 426: “UNDERWATER TWIST” (Dancing in the pool at Butlin’s Holiday Camp)
UN 1 G(Y): “REICHELT JUMPS OFF EIFFEL TOWER” (Oops)
CP 061: “MEN’S HAIR STYLES” (Cyril’s Hairdressers create the ‘Elephant Quiff’)
CP 105: “TRUSSING THE COOPER” (Bizarre initiation ceremony for young apprentice)
CP 288: “MORECAMBE AND WISE” (And their collection of beer mats...)
55/19: “NIGHT OF THE STARS” (Celebrities attend film premiere of “A Star is Born”)
PT 073: “HOUSE OF A DREAM” (Art deco house built in 1931)
PT 238: “TAKING A LION FOR A RIDE!” (On the wall-of-death in a motorcycle sidecar...)
68/28: “LIBERACE ON CARNABY STREET” (Housewives’ Hearthrob on shopping trip)
EP 011: “ROMEO AND JULIET” (early 1920s stage appearance of Sir John Guilgud)
58/3: “WOT - NO SOPRANO?” (Audience get cross when Maria Callas refuses to sing)
CP 303: “DALI JEWELS” (Wow! Amazing jewellery designed by the moustachioed maestro)
CP 148: “ACTION ARTIST” (Making modern art with paint and a bicycle)