Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.
London or Manchester
MS Race official fires starting pistol, race board in background. LS Athlete Gordon Pirie in tracksuit warming up. LS Crowd behind barriers. MS Group of runners taking off their tracksuits....
Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.
London or Manchester
MS Race official fires starting pistol, race board in background. LS Athlete Gordon Pirie in tracksuit warming up. LS Crowd behind barriers. MS Group of runners taking off their tracksuits. LS Five runners starting the 3 mile race. LS Swing on first lap of three miles at the White City stadium - athlete (possibly John Disley) in lead. Pan across packed stadium. Runners with Gordon Pirie in the lead. MS Man by track holds up sign saying "9". LS Group of men by track, possibly trainers. MS Man by track holds up sign saying "6", runners pass with Gordon Pirie ahead. LS Pan across crowd. MS Pirie way ahead of field. (2 shots). LS Pirie runs unpaced to finish- time 13 mins. 29 secs. Athletes at end of race. LS Crowds cheering.
LS Start of 1,000 metres. Various shots of the race with Brian Hewson running ahead of the field. LS Hewson runs alone to win in 2 mins. 20.2 secs. Hewson putting tracksuit on. LS Pirie and Hewson shaking hands.
Various shots of the Pirie race including Pirie moving into the lead, and racing hard into the final stretch to win the race. Various shots of the 1000 metre race including the start and Hewson running alone to the finishing line.
Note: "Date received" on original paperwork reads: 22/06/1955. Athlete John Disley is also mentioned as starting in the lead of the 3 mile race.
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.
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.
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
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.
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.
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Comments (0)
We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.