Full title reads: "14th July, 1940 - France's National Day".
London.
Various good shots of General Charles De Gaulle and other French officers arriving at the Cenotaph where he lays a wreath and takes salute at march past of French army and naval units.
Full title reads: "14th July, 1940 - France's National Day".
London.
Various good shots of General Charles De Gaulle and other French officers arriving at the Cenotaph where he lays a wreath and takes salute at march past of French army and naval units.
MS De Gaulle laying wreath at the statue of Marshal Foch in Grosvenor Gardens.
CU Wreath inscribed Les Francais Libres.
CU Full frame of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
VS of the huge parade in Paris of French national and colonial troops along the Champs Elysees and past the Arc de Triomphe during a former 14th July parade - all library shots.
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Comments (0)
We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.