Summing Up No. 09 - Reel 1 1948

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A Quarterly Chronicle of Current Events. Produced by the Pathe Documentary Unit. Third Quarter 1948. London: Olympics. Countries march. Speech by the King. Birds released. Olympic flame kindled in Greece. Military manoeuvres at Mount Gramos. Processions of prisoners and refugees. Children in rags. Torch...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84663
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:54:42:00 / 02:01:15:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2943.08
Issue Date:
1948

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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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.
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The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
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