Big boat in narrow streets. Various shots of 100 foot long boat being transported by truck from Winterthur to Lake Constance.
Intertitle reads: "Greenwood Lake, New York".
Postal rocket plane experiment, United States of America (USA). Various shots of inventor and support team filling fuel tank of small glider aeroplane with liquid oxygen. The inventor wears a protective suit as he goes to light the plane's fuse. Flames shoot out of tail of plane. It shoot up its launching ramp and then plunges, nose first into the snow.
Intertitle reads: "Washington".
Washington D.C. blizzard, United States of America (USA). Aerial shot of Capitol Hill in the snow. L/S of Congress Building. Various shots of people shovelling drifts and clearing snow from roads.
Intertitle reads: "Cape Cod Bay".
Marooned on ice flows. United States of America (USA). Various aerial shots of frozen sea. A small coast guard boat is stranded in ice. A larger boat breaks through ice to rescue the crew. Various C/Us of the crew in hospital beds, their frost bitten hands are bandaged.
Intertitle reads: "Manchester".
Manchester University students' rag. Various shots of students having massive play fight involving lots of mud and flour.
Intertitle reads: "Buckingham Palace".
First Royal Investiture of the new Reign, Buckingham Palace, London. Various shots of sailors of Royal Crews marching through Palace gates. We also see them marching over Westminster Bridge with Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) in background. They are being honoured by King Edward VIII for carrying his late father, King George V's coffin.
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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