Titles read: 'PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD'.
Various locations of events.
In Houghton near Johannesburg, South Africa we see various shots of a huge children's soapbox derby. An enormous crowd lines the track. Shots of children coming down the track in their carts, two at...
Titles read: 'PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD'.
Various locations of events.
In Houghton near Johannesburg, South Africa we see various shots of a huge children's soapbox derby. An enormous crowd lines the track. Shots of children coming down the track in their carts, two at a time. One poor boy turns his car over and people rush to help him.
Various shots of a man in Tooting or Norwood, South London, demonstrating his own invention of roller-skis - two short planks of wood with thin wheels attached that he straps onto his feet. He has two ski poles to help him along and 'roller-skis' along suburban streets. They don't look very stable! We then see the man holding onto a rope attached to a car driving in front of him as if water-skiing. He seems to be doing ok, but then falls over.
At the zoo in Pretoria, South Africa, we see several shots of an elephant taking a bath. He drinks water coming out of a hole in his bath. Children watch as the animal splashes about in his bath.
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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