Egg Shell Repair AKA Egg Shells 1955

Star Item

Description

Frinton, Essex.

Extreme C/U of a case containing egg shells. Narrator explains that now the taking of eggs from nests is against the law, specimens like those we are seeing have become more valuable than ever. C/U of a group of eggs nestled in cotton wool with a little label that reads: "Pending...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15684
Sort Number:
CP 016
Time in/Out:
01:01:20:00 / 01:03:22:00
Canister:
CP 016
Film ID:
29.02
Issue Date:
08/04/1955

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
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.
Battle
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.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Crazy Cafe

Crazy Cafe

Magician chef cooks egg shells, makes coffee out of nothing and toast by heating paper bag - great!

Naturalist

Naturalist

People select creepy-crawlies and other creatures at this bug emporium.

Egg Cracker

Egg Cracker

An automatic egg cracking machine in a factory is capable of cracking 8000 eggs an hour.

Egg Bowls

Egg Bowls

Four women play bowls with boiled eggs and try and crack their opponents' shells.

Flower Egg Shells (Aka Eggshell Vases) (Issue Title Is Ladies First)

Flower Egg Shells (Aka Eggshell Vases) (Issue Title Is Ladies First)

Woman makes mini flower pots out of eggshells and match sticks.

Baby Crocodiles

Baby Crocodiles

Tiny baby crocodile hatches under sun lamp at London Zoo reptile house.

(Eggs From Holland)

(Eggs From Holland)

The Dutch egg industry in full swing.

 

 

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.
Death Row
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.
Buchenwald
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.
WW1
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
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.
 Before_Famous
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.
Transport_Inventions