This section belongs to PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD NO. 61 and has been prepped and transferred as a separate story. See separate record for other 'PEEPS' stories in this issue.
Various shots of Indian men doing sacred dances in the holy temple grounds of the Indian...
This section belongs to PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD NO. 61 and has been prepped and transferred as a separate story. See separate record for other 'PEEPS' stories in this issue.
Various shots of Indian men doing sacred dances in the holy temple grounds of the Indian city of Calcutta. It mostly involves spinning around with a slack neck, and tossing the head and hair this way and that. We also see musicians playing drums and people dancing about and chanting.
Commentator says "Europeans are practically never allowed to see the sacred dances - but our cameraman was determined and got these unique pictures".
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.
On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
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.
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.
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