Soundtrack is currently missing for this whole issue.
Pathe Studio, London.
Various shots of a variety act consisting of two men in drag as old women in Victorian dress. One visits the other and they sit at a table and have tea. The...
Soundtrack is currently missing for this whole issue.
Pathe Studio, London.
Various shots of a variety act consisting of two men in drag as old women in Victorian dress. One visits the other and they sit at a table and have tea. The visiting one picks up a cake or bun from the table and finds it is rock hard (rock cake?) so puts it back on the plate without eating it. They chat some more. It looks quite funny, but it would be even better with sound!
I am informed by Amelia Hamer that one of these 'women' is called Fanny.
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.
Two Jamaican bridal couples on the steps of Brixton Registry Office, street scenes of shoppers in Brixton, mixed race couples at home having tea and shopping for furniture.
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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