Titles read: "PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD".
Various locations of events.
Several shots of a large ingot of iron being taken out of a furnace at an ironworks. Pressure is used to forge the ingot.
In Italy, we see the latest firefighting apparatus being demonstrated. A man gets into a fireproof cylinder that is lowered into a fire on some wagons. Once in the heart of the fire, he can fight it with water or chemicals. Other firemen use hoses on the flames from the outside. The cylinder is lifted out of the fire and the man gets out.
On a Hereford farm we see Mr C H Leake using his home-made astronomical telescope. He invented a water clock mechanism to follow the path of stars across the sky. He also ground and silvered the reflector himself.
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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