Titles read: "PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD".
Various locations of events.
Several shots of Mr Pete Sanson, possessor of the longest moustache in the world. His 'tache is 29 inches from tip to tip. He strokes his fuzzy face hair, then tucks the ends over his ears and puts his...
Titles read: "PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD".
Various locations of events.
Several shots of Mr Pete Sanson, possessor of the longest moustache in the world. His 'tache is 29 inches from tip to tip. He strokes his fuzzy face hair, then tucks the ends over his ears and puts his hands to the side of his head as if going to sleep. (This is very bizarre.)
We then see Mr Walton of Staines, who is ambidextrous to an amazing degree. He writes with both hands simultaneously on a blackboard ('Hello Everybody'), then writes backwards with both hands and holds a mirror up so we can read it (it says 'information'). Mr Walton is blindfolded but is still able to write 'Pictorial News' with both hands on the blackboard.
At Berlin Zoo in Germany, we see various shots of stags wandering about a snowy enclosure. One of them knocks his antlers against the bars of the cage. Several shots of a stag making honking noises.
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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