Titles read: 'PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD'.
Various locations of events.
In a zoo in the United States of America we see various shots of two Barbary sheep from Africa - looks like mother and child. We then see a mother and baby zebra - very cute! A 3-day-old elk is seen,...
Titles read: 'PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD'.
Various locations of events.
In a zoo in the United States of America we see various shots of two Barbary sheep from Africa - looks like mother and child. We then see a mother and baby zebra - very cute! A 3-day-old elk is seen, being held up on its wobbly legs by a keeper - it looks like a little deer.
In Paris we see children watching a puppet show. It starts off as Punch and Judy, then goes into a sort of futuristic marionette show, with several black masked puppets seeming to be against one dressed in white. Commentator admits "What it was all about we don't know - something like the 'Triumph of Virtue', we believe". The children look awed.
In the Pathe Studio, London, we see tap dancer Charles Parker, in white tie and tails, doing a tap routine on several record discs on the floor. Commentator says he "cannot break records"! The routine is pretty fast; the tune is '42nd Street' played on the xylophone.
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.
On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
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.
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.
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