Selected Originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story ROUND THE WORLD IN 80 HOURS! - 59/28.
Extra footage not used in newsreel story.
Japan. Various shots of "Ban the H-bomb" peace march in Yokohama. Protesters jig along rather than march. Police stand by and push protesters back in line.
Various shots inside 'Nichigheki' music hall. Showgirls in scanty feathered costumes sashay about. Others seem to be dressed as rock and rollers. Showgirls in white all-in-one costumes (not much left to the imagination in the nipple department) sit on a revolving stage. Girls dressed in Geisha costume and white wigs are elevated on the revolving platform as they start to perform a routine. Odd L/Ss of an act involving two men (?) and a whip. Street scenes at night; neon lights.
Geisha Party at the Mita Restaurant where two Japanese Geisha girls in traditional costume dance (with hula hoops at one point) for entertainment of western guests. Musicians play traditional Japanese instruments.
Inside the 'Queen Bee' night club we see a man and woman in traditional dress performing a dance. A foxy Japanese girl in a spangled bikini and a long pony tail grinds and thrusts her hips about.
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.
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