Titles read: "Would you believe it? Queer things the World over. No. 13".
Various locations of events.
In London we see several shots of an alleyway called Adam & Eve Court, which is just off Oxford Street. M/S of the street sign.
Several shots of the Victoria Embankment Gardens. Shots of York Water Gate that marks the limit of the River Thames before the Embankment was built. Shots of an alleyway called George Court that lies off The Strand nearby. Shots of Villiers Street and Duke Street. Shots of what used to be called "Of Alley"; street sign says it is now called York Place. Shots of Buckingham Street. Shots of each street sign as commentator says "Thus is remembered in modern London the great George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham". These are nice street scenes.
In the Black Forest of Germany we see various shots of a 17th century oil mill made entirely from wood, and still working.
A young man in Slaley, Northumberland, shows us how to mesmerise a chicken. He draws a white chalk line on the ground then makes the chicken lie down and look at the line. The chicken is hypnotised by the line and lies there staring at it, completely motionless. The boy does the same with another chicken who tries to resist but then gives in.
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.
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?
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's 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.
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.
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.
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.
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