Compilation of variety turns from Pathetone Weekly, Pathe Sound Pictorial and New Sound Pictorial cinemagazines.
Pathe Studio, London.
The Bashful Boys - in slapstick sketch without words: 'In Search of a Job' - from Turns Can 18 (originally from PSP 907) - see separate record for details. (Scratching on this version too - compare for best quality.)
Mantovani and his Tipica Orchestra play 'Reginella' - from PT 237 and Turns Can 18 - see separate records for details (this version without Ronald Frankau introduction).
Note: there seem to be just three sections of this compilation that still exist - Part 4 described here and Part 3 and Part 2 (separate records).
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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