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Postmaster General Visits Tv Studios

Postmaster General Major Tryon arrives at Alexandra Palace television studios.

Window Of The World (1932)

A compilation of clips showing early film and Pathe footage from the past 25 years.

The First Hundred Years! (1939)

Interesting item charting the progress of photography on the 105th birthday of the camera.

Time To Remember - Turn Of The Century 1896 - 1902 - Record G - Reel 2 (1900)

Scenes from life at the turn of the century - life in Britain and around the world

Time To Remember - Turn Of The Century 1896 - 1902 - Record B - Reel 1 (1896)

Scenes from life at the turn of the century - life in Britain and around the world

Blackpool Promenade (1900)

Great Turn of the Century scenes of the Blackpool seafront.

Motion Pictures (1915)

Various cinemas advertise a benefit performance for new ambulances.

Opening Of Empire Leicester Square - Crowds And Cars Outside Floodlit Cinema Where 'trelawney Of The Wells' Is Showing (1928)

Crowds turn out of the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square.

The Lens (1941)

A look at how lenses in the eye and camera work.

Time To Remember - Turn Of The Century 1896 - 1902 - Record F - Reel 1 (1900)

Scenes from life at the turn of the century - life in Britain and around the world

Making A Record (1918)

How a gramophone record is made - the various processes.

Emancipation Of Women (1890)

Documentary covering changes in women's lives and status between l890 and 1930.

Tv Comes To Alexandra Palace (1938)

Television studio in Alexandra Palace, London.

Record Player - Early Sound Film (1903)

Very early footage of male opera singer performing (with sound from a record?).

Not In To Photographers (1923)

Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany is in hiding at his castle in Oehls.

Our Cameramen Will Go Anywhere (1925)

Not for the faint hearted! A cameraman is up 250 foot spire of Law Courts filming workmen.

Flashbacks Reel 1 Reel 1 Is Old Reels 1 & 2 Combined (1896)

Retrospective documentary tracing the development of moving pictures.

Picture Houses (1915)

Shots of cinemas advertising ambulance benefit.