Title reads: "NEWS IN A NUTSHELL". The item contains a collection of the short world's news.
SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX
Cape Town, South Africa.
Drivers in their racing cars waiting for the start of the South African Grand Prix. Drivers start racing. Various shots of the race and the large crowds watching it. Winner crossing the line. Close up shot of a trophy - it is a statue of a girl with wings rising towards the sky. Close up shot of the winner. Winner's name is Vandelius (sp?).
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THEIR MAJESTIES RETURN TO LONDON
Piccadilly, London.
A car with King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) with daughters Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret arrives to London from Sandringham - night shot. A car stops and the royal family enters the building.
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DEMONSTRATION FOR ROAD SAFETY AT WESTWAY
Shepherds Bush, London.
Various shots of the parents demonstrating for imposing the speed limit on Westway to make the road safer for children. People stop the traffic, holding large placards with "Make Westway Safe!" messages.
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SNOW SCENES ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH
Hampstead Heath, London.
Snow has covered Hampstead Heath (not too much snow) and parents and children are there to enjoy it. Various shots of people, mostly children, playing, snowballing and sleighing down the slopes. A nice shot of the two children going down on a tray.
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COMMEMORATION SERVICE TO CHARLES I
London.
Procession with Highland pipers, priests and public walking along the London street. This is commemoration service for the King Charles I. People place wreaths and flowers at the base of his monument.
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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