L/S's of hundreds of people skating on the ice (it looks like Wembley Arena not the stadium). Various shots of an ice hockey game underway between people in fancy dress, some are dressed in policemen in frilly skirts while...
L/S's of hundreds of people skating on the ice (it looks like Wembley Arena not the stadium). Various shots of an ice hockey game underway between people in fancy dress, some are dressed in policemen in frilly skirts while their opponents are dressed like convicts. Instead of a stick they use a broom to hit the ball.
L/S's of a pantomime horse skating on the ice. It attempts to jump over a fence but instead goes straight through the middle. The watching crowd roars with laughter.
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.
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.
Heavy rain has caused countryside in many parts of England to be completely flooded. It also caused a landslide which derailed a train in Winchfield, Hampshire.
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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.
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