Empires of Trade - Tobacco and Sugar - British Pathé

Empires Of Trade - Tobacco And Sugar

Archive of sugar production, refineries, consumption. Footage related to opium. Clips concerning smoking in Britain, stars smoking, Brits smoking 1930-1959. WW1: troops smoking in trenches, going over the top, No Man's Land. Footage of Hitler during the 1930s. WW2: Montgomery handing out cigarettes, wounded soldiers smoking, rations. Shots of soldiers and RAF men smoking, lighting cigarettes, handing out cigarette boxes. Churchill smoking cigars. Roosevelt smoking. Stalin smoking pipe. Still frames can be taken from any of the aforementioned. Also included is film featuring Mein Kampf from which stills can be taken.

: Ankle Deep In Sugar (1914); Fire at sugar factory, USA.

: Sugar Beet Harvest (1948); Sugar beet harvest in Essex.

: Sugar Beet Factory (1948); Sugar beet factory in Poland.

: Beet Crop Sugar Hopes (1948); Britain provides enough sugar from sugar beet to meet her needs.

: Tate & Lyle Sugar Workers Strike (1970); Workers at Tate & Lyle's sugar refinery complain about Government plans.

: Sugar Refining In British Guiana (1953); First stage of sugar production from cane cutting to crushing.

: Sugar Mills Start Production In Poland (1949); Sugar production in a new factory in Poland.

: Sugar Harvest In Taiwan (1958); Nationalist Chinese harvest a $100,000,000 sugar crop.

: Sugar Mountain A Mile Long (1937); Mountains of sugar beet being moved onto trucks and taken to factory.

: Sugar Factory In Khartoum (1968); The new Khashm El Girba Dam, Sudanese nomads & camels and sugar production.

: Sugar Refining And Saw Mill In British Guiana (1953); Cutting and crushing sugar cane and processing logs.

: Eisenhower Slashes Cuba's Sugar Quota (1960); President Eisenhower at a Press conference. Sugar cane harvesting in Formosa (Taiwan)

: Free China Harvests Rich Sugar Crop (1958); Taiwan is second only to Cuba as an exporter of sugar with half a million workers in the fields.

: No Shortage Her ! (1939); Footage of sugar beat being loaded into lorries and taken to factories.

: Busybodies Of The Bahamas (1935); Sugar extracted from sugar cane and baskets made from palm leaves in the Bahamas.

: Polish Troops Help Canadian Harvest (1947); Polish war veterans help harvest wheat, sugar beet and potatoes in Canada.

: Sweet - But Unrefined! (1933); Sugar beet plant in Ohio and beet harvester in Hampshire.

: New Irish Industry (1926); Bishop of Kildare inaugurates the new Carlow Beet Sugar Factory.

: Fiji - Outpost Of Empire (1940); Tour of what the Fiji islands have to offer, markets, sugar cane fields, native villages.

: Confectionary (1953); Examples of models made from sugar. London.

: Maple Syrup Harvest (1920); Good footage of the maple syrup harvest in Canada.

: River Ord Irrigation Scheme (1966); Dams in Western Australia make land increasingly fertile.

: Mr. Cosgrave A.K.A. President Cosgrave (1927); An official visit by President Cosgrave to Carlow Sugar Factory.

: Icing Artist Beware - Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1964); Chef Leslie Winter paints a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I with icing sugar.

: Some Flowering Plants (1950); Growth processes of Monocotyledons in lapsed time.

: The Little Things Of Life (1940); People show how they can economise in wartime life - especially over cigarettes and sugar.

: Queen In Canada (1959); Queen Elizabeth II greets crowds, visits steel works and sugar plant, and on "Britannia".

: Moravian Confectioners Exhibition (1947); Sweet makers in Prague show off their skills - lots of sugar and gingerbread.

: Cineviews In Brief No. 17; New and old agricultural methods: sugar beet harvesting, Austrian water-rushes gathering and Polish lumberjacks.

: East Anglian Harvests (1946); Crops of East Anglia at harvest time.

: Progress In Ethiopia (1969); Images of Ethiopian development.

: Hungarian Wheat; Various shots of the wheat harvest in Hungary.

: British Guiana - The Country And Its Industries Reel 2 (1924); Long documentary about life in British Guiana - good shots of men at work.

: Princess Margaret In Mauritius (1956); Princess Margaret touring around Mauritius.

: Early April (1944); Ministry of Information trailer - farmer Ralph Whiteman asks for more agricultural workers.

: The Royal Tour - Technicolor (1966); Queen and Prince Philip visit British Guiana - Technicolor.

: Africa (1960); African safari scenes and tourists.

: Our Jamaican Problem (1955); Nation-wide concern about the influx of emigrants from West Indies.

: Egypt (1940); Educational film showing life and work in an Egyptian village.

: Coffee House (1955); Great footage of a groovy coffee house in Kensington.

: Yolande Presents Silken Snares From The Island Of Enchantment (1930); Lovely promotional film for an underwear manufacturer in Puerto Rico.

: Lettering Rock (1948); Making sticks of Brighton Rock in traditional way at North London sweet factory.

: Sweets For The Sweet; Various delicacies are made from marzipan - nice shot of child scoffing a sweet at the end.

: A Classroom Film - Sugarcane Harvest (1940); Educational film about sugarcane harvesting in Egypt.

: Liqueur Chocolates (1965); Scrumptious footage of chocolates being made.

: Farmyard (1970); Farmyard, farmhouse and surrounding barns + shots of lambs with their ewes.

: War On Polio! (1961); An epidemic of Polio hits the people of Hull.

: The News You Talk About AKA Polish War Veteran Harvest Canada's Crop (1947); Polish soldiers go to Canada to help with the harvest - they will stay there afterwards.

: Food Prices - Berlin (1946); Food shortage and rations in Berlin.

: Hurricane Hilda Hits Louisiana (1964); Hurricane damage in town and country.

: Trails And Rails (1930); Educational film detailing the building of railways in West Africa.

: Belgian Chocolate For British Children (1948); Celebration of 25th Anniversary of Air Service between Belgium and Britain.

: Yum Yum! (1949); Children celebrate the great day when sweets and chocolate come off the ration.

: Children's Tea Party (1970); Young children enjoying a tea party, eating sweets, cakes, playing with toys.

: The End Of Sweet Rationing AKA Sweets Off Ration (1949); Toddlers with faces covered in chocolate eating bars of chocolate.

: Children's Cocktail Bar (1957); A children's bar in Jersey serves the soft drink equivalent of normal cocktails.

: Trade Signs In USA (1972); Footage of advertising boards and shop fronts in town in the United States of America.

: Children's Bar (1954); Children go to a bar for soft drinks and games whilst their parents are in the adjourning pub.

: China's Dope Problem (1910); Opium supplies are burned after being seized by the Government. Shanghai, China.

: Drug Destruction (1967); A new incinerator burns illegal drugs such as heroin, opium and morphine. Hong Kong.

: Peeps Through The Window Of The World No. 44 (1935); Opium harvest in Italy and sheep shorn by new electric cutters in Aberdare, Wales.

: Secrets Of Nature - Dream Flowers (1931); Educational film showing the growth and effects of the opium poppy.

: Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 73 (1939); Opium harvesting, a woman engineer and timber being transported in Russia.

: Marrakech - Desert Paradise (1948); Documentary showing life in Marrakech around 1948 - street scenes, work, markets, etc. c. 1948

: Cigarette Making (1948); Cigarettes making in North London factory.

: Cigarette Filter (1967); New revolutionary cigarette filter invented in New York.

: Cigarettes (1941); A look at various people smoking cigarettes, and how much tobacco is wasted at the end.

: Wounded Receive Cigarettes AKA Wounded Vets Smoke & Bowl At Hospital (1914); Soldiers in military hospital receive cigarettes and then play lawn bowls - fun atmosphere.

: German Prisoners (1914); A man gives cigarettes to German prisoners over the railing of their camp enclosure.

: Tobacco Story (1948); London scenes relating to cigarettes and tobacco smoking

: British Soldiers Relaxing (1940); British soldier relax in rock terrain area.

: Wot - No Cigarettes? (1948); Shortage of tobacco brings some to despair and others to ingenuity.

: Picture People (1947); Stars of the screen - various personalities featured including Laurel and Hardy and Mae West. c. 1947

: Princess At Film Premiere Special Long Version (1959); Longer version of item about premiere for film "Look Back in Anger".

: Wounded Troops; Wounded soldiers are transferred from ship in dock to trucks.

: Porter's Bench (1948); Footage of Porter using a Porters' bench to have a rest. Piccadilly, London.

: Cigars (1954); Footage of women smoking cigars in Mayfair, London.

: No Man's Land Shelling (1914); Shelling in No Man's Land during World War One.

: Trench Warfare (1914); Footage of soldiers in a trench in the Argonne, loading guns and ducking for cover.

: Explosions (1914); Shell explosions and bombing on Western Front.

: Trenches; Gas Masks; Bicycles (1914); World War One. Trench bombing; warfare; etc.

: British Troops (1914); British troops in France during World War One.

: Verdun (1916); Item showing the Battle of Verdun in France.

: Christmas Letters (1914); Soldiers playing cards, smoking and chatting in trenches, receive post from home.

: Christmas At The Front (1914); Belgian troops in trenches receive Christmas parcels.

: First Aid Post (1914); Soldiers and German prisoners at first aid post plus dead German soldiers in trenches.

: Trench Warfare - Bombs Fired By Catapult (1914); British soldiers demonstrate early type of hand grenade and bombs fired by catapult.

: French Troops (1939); Various shots of French troops during the early part of WWII preparing defences.

: Germany Votes (1936); Hitler wins election by vast majority - crowds of Germans celebrate.

: Hitler Acclaimed In Saar News In A Nutshell (1935); Hitler pays unexpected visit to Saarbrucken and his given a rapturous welcome.

: Berlin - Hitler's 48th Birthday (1937); Adolf Hitler celebrates his 48th Birthday in the German Capital.

: Nuremberg Youth Rally (1938); Hitler attends a Youth Rally at Nuremburg.

: Nazi Congress (1936); Adolf Hitler makes passionate speech to assembled crowds of fascists and military at end of Nuremberg Rally. Germany.

: Nazi Congress (1936); Hitler makes passionate speech to assembled crowds at end of Nuremberg Rally.

: The Curse Of The Swastika Reel 1 Of 4 (1940); Film which details the rise of the Nazi party - very good compilation.

: The Curse Of The Swastika Reel 2 Of 4 (1940); Film which details the rise of the Nazi party - very good compilation.

: The Curse Of The Swastika Reel 3 Of 4 (1940); Film which details the rise of the Nazi party - very good compilation.

: The Curse Of The Swastika Reel 4 Of 4 (1940); Film which details the rise of the Nazi party - very good compilation.

: Hitler And His Cabinet - 1933; Adolf Hilter meets with members of his Cabinet in 1933.

: Hitler's Triumph (1933); Following increased success in German General Elections Nazis march through Berlin.

: Adolf Hitler ... Assumes Bismark's Mantle! (1933); Good story covering Adolf Hitler assuming the role of Chancellor in Germany.

: Hitler In Berlin; Hitler gets an incredible greeting in Berlin. Massive crowds greet the Fuhrer.

: French Battlefront Brevities (1944); General Montgomery surveys Caen and receives enthusiastic reception from locals. France.

: Inside Tobruk - Australian Troops; Good material in and around Tobruk with troops in the North African desert.

: Invasion Shots (1944); Material showing American troops in and around Cherbourg. Also Montgomery giving medals.

: Invasion Scenes - Europe; British infantry digging trenches behind smoke screen.

: Troops In France; British and French troops working together in France at the start of the war in 1939.

: Snapshots From Normandy (1944); Royal Engineers build bridges and clear rubble, soldiers on front line receive food and rations.

: Invasion Scenes Holland; British soldiers advancing through Holland.

: Invasion Europe - British Troops; British troops on the western front 1944-45

: English Airfield Plane Testing; Footage of Hawker Typhoon aircraft at English airfield Tempest

: Terror From The Skies (1942); Great footage as we accompany the RAF on bombing raids by day and night.

: Demon Pilots Of Australia; Royal Air Force pilots flying and relaxing in Australia.

: First Stratosphere Raid By Flying Fortresses (1941); B 19 Flying Fortresses leaving on and returning from bombing raid on Brest.

: Churchill Sees For Himself (1943); Excellent footage of Winston Churchill inspecting troops.

: Mr Churchill In Lancashire (1941); Winston Churchill tours bombed areas of Birkenhead, Liverpool and Manchester.

: Churchill And Smuts (1944); Footage of Winston Churchill and General Smuts watching troops boarding ship.

: Prime Minister With The Tanks (1941); Churchill watches tank demo with General de Gaulle and General Sikorski.

: Churchill Tours UK; Good footage of Churchill with General Smuts on tour of U.K.

: Churchill In Cairo (1942); Good footage of Winston Churchill in Cairo, Egypt.

: Churchill And Truman (1945); Churchill and Truman meet in Washington.

: Men In The News Sibelius On His 80th Birthday, Death Of Lord Lang - Archbishop Of Canterbury, Coal For Old People Of Windsor, Parliament Meet To Discuss The American Loan - Record A (1945); Men in the news.

: Winston And Franklin Meet In Quebec (1944); Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt meet in Quebec, Canada.

: Mr Churchill Comes Home (1942); Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in London after talks in America and Bermuda.

: Churchill At Portsmouth (1941); Winston Churchill visits docks and Victory + makes inspection of Civil Defence Workers.

: VE Day London (1945); VE Day celebrations in London - Churchill at the party.

: Men Of Our Time - Franklin D. Roosevelt Reel 1 & 2 (1920); Biopic of the American President - lots of good footage.

: Stalin Record A - Reel 1 (1920); Various Stalin material gathered from various sources - some "UN" material and newsreel items.

: Us Soldiers Rations (1944); American soldiers collecting food from open air canteen.

: Wounded Soldiers - Landing Craft (1944); Wounded soldiers return from D Day. Good shots of troops landing on the Normandy beaches.

: Picnics - Past And Future (1944); A look at picnics past and future.

: Modes And Mermaids! (1939); The latest beachwear fashions are modelled in a garden - great rubber swimsuit!

: Nazi Material Triumph Of The Will Reel Two (1930); A variety of material from the Nazi period including extracts from "Triumph of the Will".

: Rudolf Hess Here (1941); Montage of shots of Rudolf Hess (Hess just flown over to Scotland).