Deep snow in Kent. Various shots of snowbound bus and car. C/U of spinning car wheel on icy surface. Various shots of shire horse towing sledge with milk churns on. Various shots men clearing snow drifts with shovels.
Deep snow in Kent. Various shots of snowbound bus and car. C/U of spinning car wheel on icy surface. Various shots of shire horse towing sledge with milk churns on. Various shots men clearing snow drifts with shovels.
From 01:18:21: Various shots of ship "Empire Waveny" (formerly German "Strength through Joy" ship) on fire in Canada Tongue Dock, Liverpool. Firemen fight the blaze with hoses from deck. Panning shot of paint blistered side of ship. More shots firemen at work. L/S of stern of smouldering ship.
From 01:18:47: Various shots of fashion show at Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London. Models wear tailored suits, coats and capes. Narrator tells us the accent this season is on black. We see a model wearing a glamorous mink coat costing an astounding £2,700! Another luxury outfit shown is a green suit with fur stole and muff that costs £450. Various shots of models wearing outlandish feathered hats.
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.
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.
Gordon Selfridge bids his daughter, Vicomtesse de Sibour, and her husband farewell as they set off for flight around the world in a "Moth". Stag Lane Aerodrome.
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.
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
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.
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