Full titles read: "Epic of the Frozen North. - Pathe Cameraman secures first and exclusive pictures of gallant rescue attempts... by sea and air... to find lost Cdr. Nobile and crew of Polar Airship "Italia"."
Full titles read: "Epic of the Frozen North. - Pathe Cameraman secures first and exclusive pictures of gallant rescue attempts... by sea and air... to find lost Cdr. Nobile and crew of Polar Airship "Italia"."
Spitzbergen (Spitsbergen), Norway.
L/Ss panning across a small settlement of houses by the sea; the ground is covered with snow, snow-covered mountains are seen in the background.
Note: there seems to be a large amount of footage missing from this story; paperwork suggests there was footage of Captain Larsen and Major Maddelena on rescue missions. See separate record in this issue for cuts which may have originally belonged to this story.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
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