Titles read: "Would you believe it? No. 3. Queer things the world over, Described by CHARLES EADE."
Various locations of events.
On Cheapside in London we see the smallest shop in the world - a tiny tobacconist kiosk. People are served by an old man sitting behind the counter. The...
Titles read: "Would you believe it? No. 3. Queer things the world over, Described by CHARLES EADE."
Various locations of events.
On Cheapside in London we see the smallest shop in the world - a tiny tobacconist kiosk. People are served by an old man sitting behind the counter. The shop is only 22 inches wide.
Near Farringdon Street Station we see a pub called The Castle. We are told it is the only pub in the world that is also legally a pawnbrokers. We see the license on the wall inside, issued by a former king of England who was short of cash and left his watch for security.
M/S of a cottage in Sussex with a creeper that has been trained to spell out 'Praise the Lord' on the side of the house.
In Sweden we see various shots of a traditional village wedding. A procession of people in traditional clothing walk through the snowy streets. Two tall trees are planted outside the house of the couple.
At Tesefon (sp?), Baghdad, we see a huge stone arch with nothing supporting it underneath.
A man in a living room set (Pathe Studio?) warms a piece of paper on an electric heater, rubs it against his suit, charging it with static electricity. He makes the paper stick to a piece of tissue paper or cloth. He does the same thing with some postcards and decorates his mantelpiece ledge with them. Then he charges a piece of fluff with static energy and moves it about in mid-air by holding a piece of static paper near it.
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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