British Pathe

The Stage Is Set (1937)

Coronation preparations in Britain's cities.

London North Eastern Railway (1946)

Great film of men at work in control room plus trains and crowds at Liverpool Street Station.

Baby Minders (1946)

Baby minding office opened in Luton.

Science Aid To Mothers (1949)

Science helps mothers to give birth.

Frances Elizabeth Bridget Jennifer (1948)

Four girls born to farmer and his wife in Bristol.

Burns And Scalds Trailer (1947)

Short trailer film pointing out the danger of burns and scalds to young children.

I'll See You In The Morning - Blackout Trailer (1941)

Trailer encouraging people to be vigilant about the blackout on gloomy winter's mornings.

Ve-Day Celebrations At Limehouse (1940)

Good footage of people celebrating VE-Day at Limehouse. London

Glasgow Today And Tomorrow (1949)

Model of proposed redevelopment of city at Kelvin Hall + street scenes around Glasgow.

First Home On West Front Leave (1945)

Lucky soldiers have their names drawn to go back to Britain on leave.

Glasgow Plans For Tomorrow (1949)

A model for a new Glasgow is displayed for people to view.

Early To Bed - Trailer (1949)

A short trailer film encouraging parents to put their children to bed by Seven o'clock.

Welcome Home Ken (1945)

Pathe war correspondent Kenneth Gordon comes home after covering war in Europe.

Traffic & Shops In London (1940)

London traffic, traffic lights and shop windows.

Days Of Tension (1939)

Footage of preparations being made in Britain for outbreak of war.

Kerbside Car Cleaners (1949)

A garage offers to send people to your parked car and clean it whilst you are on your errand.

Crowds In London (1945)

VE Day celebrations in London.

Camera Takes Easter Holiday AKA Blackpool Beach (1949)

Fair rides in action, aerial views of Blackpool, 'fat lady' revealing her thigh.

London's Nocturne AKA London Nocturne (1944)

A look at London in the moonlight.

Here's To The Memory - Part 5 (1920)

Excellent retrospective looking back over 50 years - this reel features the Second World War.

The Little Things Of Life (1940)

People show how they can economise in wartime life - especially over cigarettes and sugar.

V Whitsun 1946 On Sleeve As V. Whitsoin (1946)

Londoners, the Royal Family and V.C. holders celebrate Victory Day, despite heavy rain.

VE Day - London Celebrations (1940)

Victory celebrations in London after defeat of Germany.

With Love From Mum (1945)

Mother writes to son on her birthday & goes out for a drink with his friends to remember him.

Post Office Pub (1949)

A Post Office inside a pub in Rotherhithe, Surrey.

1945 - You Were There When History Was Made (1945)

Review of the year 1945.

Change Partners (1945)

Excellent footage about dance hostess at Stage Door Canteen club in London.

War Savings

Short film following war effort of soldiers on front and families back home.

Cities Of Britain - Sheffield (1930)

Various shots of Sheffield.

Vicarage Post Office (1953)

Reverend Parkhouse and wife run a local sub-post office in Elsted, Surrey.

Radio Taxis (1947)

In Cambridge, taxis give instructions over radio where to collect the customers.

Royal Surreys Arrive Home (1947)

Soldiers from the Queen's Own Regiment return home after service overseas.

Time To Remember - The End And The Beginning 1945 - Reel 4 (1945)

Documentary film about the last months of WWII - end of fighting in Europe and Far East.

V.E. Ingredients (1945)

Fall of the 'great' men of the German Third Reich.

Capture Of Bremen

British troops with more German POWs, including some officers + street fighting.

Stork Club (1946)

New babies in maternity ward of Queen Charlotte's Hospital.

Utility Home Coming AKA Utility Homecoming (1945)

Mrs Shea prepares her new prefabricated house for her husband's imminent homecoming.

Austria To Charing Cross (1945)

Eighth Army men travelling home from Austria.

Church Service AKA Xmas Story (1948)

Christmas church service in Berkshire village.

Influenza Trailer (1946)

A short trailer film warning people suffering with influenza to stay at home in bed.

Castles In The Air (1946)

Great story shows processes involved in making nylon stockings.

Outside Buckingham Palace (1945)

Huge crowds celebrate V.E. day in London.

Rations AKA Rationed Rags (1941)

Light-hearted item about clothes rationing.

Trafalgar Square And Glasgow (1945)

Crowds celebrate V.E. day in Trafalgar Square and Glasgow.

VE Day London (1945)

Crowds celebrate Victory over Europe in London streets.

Steeplejills (1948)

A woman is employed as a steeplejack in Enfield, Greater London.

Crowds - London At Night (1945)

Crowds celebrate V.E. day in night-time London.

The Fruits Of Victory (1945)

V.E. Day celebrations - King, Queen & Churchill on balcony of Buckingham Palace.

Baby Boom Town (1947)

Scenes of life in the baby boom town of Swindon.

Albert Sandler And Reginald King - 'daybreak' (1935)

Albert Sandler, Reginald King and Reginald Kilby play haunting melody, 'Daybreak' (PT 280).

Housewife's Story (1948)

Good item showing housewife Mrs Mary Cannon dealing with rations etc. on day to day basis.

The Behemoth (1944)

M of I trailer about moths - replacing clothes damaged by moth grubs wastes rations!

British Enter Hamburg (1945)

The British 8th Army enter Hamburg, Germany.

Don't Travel In Rush Hours (1943)

M of I trailer asking people not to use public transport for nonessential journeys in rush hour.

Home Coming AKA Homecoming (1944)

A lovely story showing a soldier coming home on leave to his family after long time away.

Preparing For "The Day" (1942)

Troops on a divisional exercise use Tank Landing Craft to invade beaches.

Can You Choose Flowers ? (1944)

Item showing how to tell if flowers are fresh or not in a florist.

Waaf Recruitment (1947)

Girls advised to join the WAAF

Peace On Earth (1945)

London celebrates the end of the war.

Wireless Set

Shots of a modern wireless set taken for 'The Peaceful Years'.

Wot - No Cigarettes? (1948)

Shortage of tobacco brings some to despair and others to ingenuity.

British Broadcasting Enquiry (1947)

Exterior of Broadcasting House + band leader Harry Roy sitting on a bench.

Home Brewing - On The House (1947)

Scenes in a small brewery in Hampshire - beer is brewed and drunk on the premises.

Nylons (1946)

Reporter Joan Griffiths looks around a nylon factory as stockings are made. Baldock, Herts.

A Tribute To Women (1945)

Pathe pays tribute to housewives for their war efforts.

Crowd Singing In Pub (1945)

People singing in pub - VE Day celebrations.