Titles read: 'PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD'.
Various locations of events.
In the United States of America we see various shots of a 20 ton telescope mirror being made. It is removed from an annealing oven by men pulling on chains. It is to be used at Mount Wilson observatory...
Titles read: 'PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD'.
Various locations of events.
In the United States of America we see various shots of a 20 ton telescope mirror being made. It is removed from an annealing oven by men pulling on chains. It is to be used at Mount Wilson observatory after 3 years of grinding and polishing.
In Vienna, Austria, orphaned boys at a state modern school read books in a library and work on arts and crafts in classrooms and outdoors. Some boys are making wooden canoes and hang-gliders (?). Others do woodwork and sculpture in workshops. Another works on a large mural. We then see the boys swimming in an indoor pool.
In New York, United States of America, we see various shots of men working to weatherproof the towers of the George Washington Bridge at a height of 635 feet. Great shots of the view from the top of the bridge and workmen sitting on girders with the New York skyline in the background.
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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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