Washington and 'Somewhere in the Atlantic.' United Sates of America USA.
American commentary. New American Chiefs of Staff and Naval Marine manoeuvres.
MS General Omar Bradley being sworn in by Sec of Defense Johnson as the first permanent chairman of the US joint Chiefs of Staff. SCU Johnson with hand upraised MS Johnson and Bradley shaking hands MS People shaking hands with Bradley SCU ditto SCU Gen Bradley swearing Gen Joseph Lawton Collins 'Lightning Joe' to succeed him as Army Chief of Staff SCU Another angle ditto SCU Gen Collins being kissed by his wife MS. Helicopters Rasecki transport revving up on the deck of the U.S.S. Palau. MS. A helicopter taking off from the deck. SCU. Other helicopters taking off. & CU. MS. Underneath shot of helicopter soaring. LS. Marine jet 'plane laying a smoke screen to cover landings. MS. Helicopters coming in to land on shore. MS. Helicopter on ground with marines getting out. MS. Helicopters take off again. Marines running about. MS. Helicopter taking off. Marines running screened by smoke screen. MS. Helicopter dropping supplies to the marines. MS. Helicopter flying off.
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.
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