Titles read: "Would you believe it? No. 2 Queen things the world over, Described by CHARLES EADE."
Various locations of events.
Various shots of a man and a pig hunting for truffles in the French (?) countryside. The pig snuffles them out and the man holds one for the camera then puts...
Titles read: "Would you believe it? No. 2 Queen things the world over, Described by CHARLES EADE."
Various locations of events.
Various shots of a man and a pig hunting for truffles in the French (?) countryside. The pig snuffles them out and the man holds one for the camera then puts in in a basket.
In the United States of America we see several shots of a cafeteria where the customers sit at long tables and take what they want from food, drink and cutlery going by on a motorised tray train. (Footage looks like 1920s rather than 1934).
Several shots of a tree with its roots growing above ground in Havana, Cuba. People wander about and look at the tree and pay their admission at a nearby building. Commentator explains that the admission price includes free beer.
In Liverpool, Merseyside, we see various shots of the RSPCA Pets' Cemetery. Men trim the grass around the graves. C/U of gravestone for a greyhound killed by an electric hare. Three horses stand looking at a gravestone from behind their fence.
In Kensington Gardens we see a little girl feeding a squirrel. Then we see the famous statue of Peter Pan. C/U of a sculpted squirrel at the base of the statue as commentator points out it has been given rabbit ears (I think it has the elongated tufted ears of a red squirrel myself).
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.
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