Various shots of tennis player, Jack Crawford, in match against Fred Perry in final of Australian Open Tennis Championships. There are no shots of Perry.
Various shots of tennis player, Jack Crawford, in match against Fred Perry in final of Australian Open Tennis Championships. There are no shots of Perry.
Highbury, London.
M/S of George Allison, manager of Arsenal football club, with two new recruits. Various shots of two young football players in training. C/U of two young players - on right is Ehud Rogers, Welsh International from Wrexham, on the left in George Holden, 17 year old schoolboy from Darwen, Lancashire. Holden talks to camera - he says how pleased he is to join Arsenal family, he hopes he will help them win the cup.
Note: according to paperwork there is another section to this item about aviator, Amelia Earhart - looks like this bit is missing or has be reused in another Gazette story. AH 2001.
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.
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.
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
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.
Comments (0)
We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.