We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.
A clapperboard at 0:22 tells us that this footage was shot for an edition of Thames TV's documentary series "A Place in the Country".
The clapperboard also reveals that the director was Robert Fleming, and the Camera Operator was Michael Rhodes - the only edition that featured this pairing was the one filmed in Wallington.
Filming took place in January 1973, enabling a reduction of the clip's current date range of 1970-79..
Here are three links confirming those various facts:
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2006 London bombings.
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.
A turbine driven train, the Admiral's new barge, Pearly Kings and Queens, mechanised pub darts, a fire in Docklands, Italian cavalry and tank manoeuvres, a children's Grand Prix, the crowing of the queen of Galloway and the annual pilgrimage to St. Brigid.
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.
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
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.
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.
Comments (2)
We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.
A clapperboard at 0:22 tells us that this footage was shot for an edition of Thames TV's documentary series "A Place in the Country".
The clapperboard also reveals that the director was Robert Fleming, and the Camera Operator was Michael Rhodes - the only edition that featured this pairing was the one filmed in Wallington.
Filming took place in January 1973, enabling a reduction of the clip's current date range of 1970-79..
Here are three links confirming those various facts:
http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/611569
http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=history&p=50&item=T81:0674
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/sir-george-trevelyan-talks-to-iain-cuthbertson-about-his-news-photo/3291570
I should confirm that the location of "Wallington" is the country house in Northumberland, (not the village in Oxfordshire).