Full titles read: '"The men who died in captivity" - Thousands of ex-prisoners of war attend poignant ceremony in memory of their 16,000 comrades who died whilst captives in a foreign land.'
London.
M/S of World War I veterans marching along Whitehall in the pouring rain. High angle...
Full titles read: '"The men who died in captivity" - Thousands of ex-prisoners of war attend poignant ceremony in memory of their 16,000 comrades who died whilst captives in a foreign land.'
London.
M/S of World War I veterans marching along Whitehall in the pouring rain. High angle L/S shows a military marching band leading the parade along the road; traffic and double-decker trams pass either side. Various shots of the open-air ceremony being conducted by a priest - it seems to be taking place in the street at Whitehall, perhaps beside the Cenotaph. The veterans singing from pamphlets and hold wreaths and shields in memory of their comrades; several also hold umbrellas in the driving rain. L/S of the band leading the procession down towards the Cenotaph.
Note: a very poignant piece of footage. For search purposes: First World War, The Great War.
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.