British Pathe

Sheep Story (1948)

Sheep are rounded up from Cader Adris in north Wales and put on a train for lower ground.

Women Munition Workers (1914)

Good footage of women munition workers being woken up and going to work at factory.

Frozen Eggs (1961)

Millions of eggs are broken, sniffed, beaten and frozen at an egg-dealing factory.

Nylons (1948)

Showgirls at Windmill Theatre take part in survey by nylon stockings factory.

Train A Week Issue Title Is Mind The Doors (1938)

Remote village of Blackermill where only one train stops every week.

A Tom Thumb Railway In Cumberland

A dinky steam railway is featured travelling through Cumbria.

Welsh Railway Sheep Dog (1939)

Woman station master & Station dog whose role is to keep sheep off the track.

Caught By The Camera No. 28 (1935)

Girls in swimsuits ride bucking barrel ponies, Waterloo and Victoria stations are contrasted with their countryside namesakes and men play roller-hockey in Rome.

That Channel Tunnel (1936)

Various shots of William Low's design for a Channel Tunnel.

Tunnel House (1948)

Quirky house built on bridge over railway line in Sussex.

Would You Believe It (1937)

An item showing a quirky two roomed house built on a bridge in Ambleside, Cumbria.

House On Tunnel Issue Title - Bolts And Bars (1938)

Footage of large old house on top of a railway bridge on London to Brighton line.

Albert Bridge (1950)

Traffic on Albert Bridge, London + library shots of Tacoma Bridge disaster.

Plastic Skeletons (1965)

Life size skeletons are made from plastic at a factory in Redhill.

Rock Making Factory (1957)

A little story about making of London Rock - a sweet!

A Queer Ferry (1931)

New transport bridge which crosses the Mersey at Runcorn is demonstrated.

Under London Trunk Telephone (1968)

A look around trunk telephone exchange in disused Underground tunnels beneath Holborn.

London's Bridges (1939)

A cinematic walk along the Thames introduces London's bridges.

Farewell!

It is final - Waterloo Bridge is to be demolished.

Waterloo Bridge (1924)

Subsidence on Waterloo Bridge has got so bad a temporary bridge needs to be opened.

London Bridge (1968)

London Bridge is dismantled so it can be shipped to America.

London Bridge Demolition AKA London Bridge For Sale (1968)

London Bridge is demolished to be sold, a new and bigger bridge will replace it.

Under Suspicion AKA Westminster Bridge

Traffic is stopped while engineers test safety of Westminster Bridge.

Tower Bridge (1914)

Aeroplane flies through Tower Bridge. London.

New Bridges For Old (1930)

Men replace an old wooden railway bridge for a new steel one in 48 hours. Folkestone, Kent.

Hammersmith Bridge Bombed (1939)

Footage of the destruction casued by bomb explosion on Hammersmith Bridge, London.

Sky High (1933)

British soldiers blow up a derelict bridge in Derbyshire - just for practice.

Another Bomb Outrage (1939)

Footage of damaged caused by a bomb on a canal bridge in North London.

Early Traffic Scenes (1890)

Various turn of the century scenes of traffic in London and around the country.

Reidar Bridge (1968)

A fibreglass Reidar bridge is assembled by WRAC's in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

Thames Tunnel Halves Meet (1959)

Construction of Dartford Tunnel - Kent and Essex ends of tunnel meets.

Tunnelling Under The Thames (1958)

Great scenes of the building of the Dartford Tunnel under the River Thames.

Tunnel Or Bridge? (1961)

Pathe shows both sides of the Tunnel or Bridge argument over crossing the English Channel.

250,000 People (1934)

Masses of people gather to see, and walk through, the world's greatest tunnel.

Victoria Line Tunnel Fire (1966)

Fire at Victoria line tube tunnel near to Green Park tube station.

Linking Up London (1931)

New tram service under London's Kingsway tunnel is opened.

Tube Train Crash - Stratford (1953)

Two tube trains crash in a tunnel near Stratford Station on the London Underground.

London Blitz

England can take it. Quickly edited story about London in the Blitz.

Station Bees (1958)

A bee keeper who has some hives on the roof of the train station at Waterloo.

Victoria Station (1970)

Story concerning litter problems in one of London's busiest train stations

Bleep Call System For Station Staff (1969)

Bleep call system for station staff at Paddington railway station in London.

A Novel Railway (1933)

A large model railway in a garden is featured.

Tv To Spot Rail Vandals (1965)

Station experiments with close-circuit television to watch Vandal Mile. Elm Park in Essex.

In Fashion's Train

Fashions are modelled in an unusual location - on board a train.

Woman Station Master Issue Title Is Mum's The Word! (1943)

A look at work of woman station master, Mrs Moore, in Bishop's Stone, Sussex.

The Princess Drives Train (1950)

Princess Elizabeth inspect Girl Guides in Swindon, Wiltshire.

Factory Fashions (1946)

Footage of fashion show at a weaving factory in Bradford, Yorkshire.

Factory Girls On Strike

Women workers are on strike in London's Camden Town.

Strike Hits 4,000 Factories (1953)

2 million workers stage a 24 hour strike demanding a 15% wage increase.

Camouflage! (1939)

Model factory buildings are camouflaged by special artists in a London studio.

'smalls' Problems Solved (1948)

Automatic laundry for workers installed at West Bromwich factory.

Shift Work (1957)

The night-dress testing in Elstree factory.

The Last Spitfire (1945)

Morris Motors factory change from fighter planes to post-war car production.

Work For War Disabled (1946)

Work for the war invalids in the first Remploy factory in the country.

Swimsuit Fashions (1957)

Swimsuit fashion show held in factory canteen.

Shoe Testers (1949)

Two women working as professional hikers to test new types shoes.

London Shrinking House (1951)

Good footage of men at work in material shrinking factory in London.

House In 3 Weeks (1963)

New factory built houses may solve housing problem.

Britain Carries On (1940)

Workers in a foundry carry on work in midst of bomb damage.

Bed Testers (1960)

A mattress is tested by rotating mechanical figures at a bed factory in Northampton.

Ford Workers Strike - Dagenham (1970)

Workers at the Ford car plant in Dagenham picket and march in protest over pay.

Underground Factories (1942)

Underground offices and factory of the Ministry of Aircraft Production.