Full title reads: "Hastings & St. Leonards Carnival for the Hospital".
Hastings, Sussex.
Pan along sea front and beach at Hastings.
Arrival of Miss Evelyn Laye, Mr Frank Lawton, Mr Edward Everett Horton and the Palladium Crazy Gang. Shots of the gathered show business stars.
Various shots of parade around park following the Carnival Queen. The Queen is crown by Miss Laye.
MS of Queen on her throne, surrounded by people in court dress - even down to a jester.
A trumpeter plays a fanfare. LS of historical scenes played out on stage. There follows a parade of England's monarchs from 1066-1837 (or at least people dressed up as them). Pan across the crowd seated in deck chairs. More historical scenes. Cut away to MS of Evelyn Laye.
Members of the Crazy Gang pay homage to the Carnival Queen - one of them pretends to give her a passionate kiss. Members of the audience take pictures.
N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. Matches missing item from 36/68. No record of this story on original issue sheet for 36/68 - old record existed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 (0)
We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.