Title reads: "NEWS IN A NUTSHELL". The item contains a collection of the short world's news.
SIR KINGSLEY WOOD VISITS DAGENHAM
Dagenham,
Minister of Health Sir Kingsley Wood visits Dagenham to inspect the health conditions in large automobile factory. Various shots of Sir Kingsley inspecting the food and hygiene, bottles of milk etc. Crowded car workers drinking milk from bottles.
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MOTORCYCLE RACE ON THE ICE AT PRAGUE
Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Various shots of a quirky motorcycle race on icy lake in Prague. Cyclists skid and slide with one foot on ice at all times. They go rather fast - looks dangerous. Interesting shots of sidecars with men each having one foot out on the ice.
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NAZI REGIME ANNIVERSARY IN BERLIN
Berlin, Germany.
Fantastic propaganda film about celebrations of the 4th anniversary of Nazi regime in Berlin. Amazing montage. Film starts with the arrival of Nazi leaders to Reichstag for Hitler's address to the nation. Hermann Goering is seen arriving. Cut to a close up shot of a click showing one-o'clock when Furer starts his speech. Follows a careful selection of shots of the crowds listening the speech from the street loud speaker to shops and homes - Nation halts to here him. Frozen faces of the people on the street are juxtaposed to hands around the street fire and lines of feet stumping, trying to warm up. A grand Nazi parade follows. Streets and buildings draped in Nazi flags with swastikas. Adolf Hitler salutes to the huge crowds from his car, Heinrich Himmler is sitting in car. Various night shots of the men and women parading with torches through totally dark city. Thousands of torches in straight lines parading through the city, Nazi leaders salute from a balcony. More night shots of torch light parade.
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DAVIS CUP DRAW IN LONDON
London.
Tennis representatives gather in London's Admiralty House where the President of Lawn Tennis Association draws the teams for Davis Cup. President draws the envelopes from a ball which is on table in front of him. He opens each envelope and reads the countries' names aloud. Men seated around looking on.
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 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.
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.
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
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.
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.
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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