Titles read: 'NOW THE Special Pathe Pictorial Section for the Ladies'.
United States of America.
M/S of a radio station. Inside we see a man sitting at a large consul board. A sketch of a hat from Paris is seen turning round and round as it is sent over the airwaves.
Titles read: 'NOW THE Special Pathe Pictorial Section for the Ladies'.
United States of America.
M/S of a radio station. Inside we see a man sitting at a large consul board. A sketch of a hat from Paris is seen turning round and round as it is sent over the airwaves.
At a receiving station we see the sketch coming through. A milliner works to recreate the hat, designed by Suzanne Talbot. It has vine leaves sticking up from the brim. The leaves are adjusted while a model wears it.
A sketch of a hat by Rose Descat fades into the real thing - a geometric-style hat with one long, straight feather.
A sketch of a hat by Agnes fades into shot of a model wearing the finished hat. It is in black and white, with two large sections coming out at the side, resembling wings (much nicer than it sounds, and quite ahead of its time - could pass for a 1950s design).
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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.
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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