GEC Factory Various Activity 1910-1929

Star Item

Description

General Electric Company factory - various activity.

Location of events unknown.

Establishing shot panning on GEC buildings; office bldg in FG; larger bldg in BG; smokestack. (More shots of exteriors on ON 396 A.)

Interior: young men assembling motor; which hangs by straps...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
77118
Sort Number:
ON 396 E
Time in/Out:
01:14:49:00 / 01:17:19:00
Canister:
ON 396 E
Film ID:
2458.05
Issue Date:
1910 - 1929

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
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
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 2005 London bombings.
911
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
Ireland Defeats America

Ireland Defeats America

International hurling match from Croke Park in Ireland.

International Football

International Football

France wins the football match against the Yugoslavia by 3 goals to 2.

For Next Year's Boat Race!

For Next Year's Boat Race!

Teams of rowers from Cambridge University compete for the right to row in the Boat Race.

Mexican Pole Dance

Mexican Pole Dance

Fascinating religious dance in Mexico.

Italy Capitulation

Italy Capitulation

Capitulation of Italy.

A Lucky Escape

A Lucky Escape

Polish training ship 'Iskra' is beached with 50 cadets on board. Dover, Kent.

Sky Fortresses - Dublin

Sky Fortresses - Dublin

American Flying Fortresses on training flights in California.

Selected Originals - Down-Under Car Rally

Selected Originals - Down-Under Car Rally

Material relating to newsreel story "Down-Under Car Rally" - 53/73

 

 

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
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
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
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
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.
Himmler