Science Makes Peaceful Strides 1959

Star Item

Description

Titles read: "SCIENCE MAKES PEACEFUL STRIDES".

At Dunstable in Bedfordshire we the exterior of the Air Ministry weather station. Inside we see teleprinter room where tape containing information about the weather is coming in from all over the world. C/U of a map showing many met stations on...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
58740
Sort Number:
59/010
Time in/Out:
01:40:01:00 / 01:41:48:00
Canister:
59/10
Film ID:
1567.22
Issue Date:
02/02/1959

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
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.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
Selected Originals - The King Opens Festival

Selected Originals - The King Opens Festival

Material related to newsreel story "The King Opens Festival" - 51/37.

Selected Original - Attlee Addresses Tuc

Selected Original - Attlee Addresses Tuc

Material relating to newsreel story "Premier at TUC" - 50/72.

Russia Steps Up The Pace

Russia Steps Up The Pace

Russia starts a political offensive.

Selected Originals - Science Makes Peaceful Strides

Selected Originals - Science Makes Peaceful Strides

Material relating to newsreel story SCIENCE MAKES PEACEFUL STRIDES - 59/10.

Princess Elizabeth's 21st Birthday

Princess Elizabeth's 21st Birthday

Princess Elizabeth delivers a speech on her 21st birthday.

 

 

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?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 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.
Churchill
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.
Battle
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.
Vertigo
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.
911