Coronation of King George VI (former Prince Albert, Duke of York) and Queen Elizabeth (former Duchess of York, later Queen Mother).
Coach carrying Queen Mary and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret passing the camera at Hyde Park Corner. Library shots of the Coronation of the King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1911. The Royal Carriage passes the camera and King and Queen wave. Royal Carriage (1937) passing High Park Corner - crowd cheer wildly. Band of the Lancers passing. More shots of the long procession moving through thick crowds through Hyde Park.
Police pushing crowds around Buckingham Palace trying to organise them. Police carrying a woman away - she seems to be hurt - probably crashed by the crowds. Royal Carriage reaching slowly Buckingham Palace. Close ups shot of the Royal Carriage with King and Queen in it. Royal carriage entering the Buckingham Palace.
Royal family at the balcony of Buckingham Palace - crowds cheer wildly. Pan across the huge crowds at Buckingham Palace. Cut back on balcony - King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret and several other members of Royal Family.
Royal Family posing for photographs. King and Queen on throne with their enormously long Coronation robes. King Queen and Princesses - all in their long Coronation robes. Several more photos, now including Queen Mary, Dukes, Duchesses etc. Night shots of the illuminated Buckingham palace - crowds cheer in dark. King and Queen waving from the balcony of the illuminated Palace.
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.
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