World Events

Key Stage 1 and 2: Human Geography; Citizenship, In the Media, What's in the News?: Videos showing different types of news footage - World events, Local News, Sport, Quirky Stories; Useful for learning about the importance of keeping the public informed on both local and world events and political decisions occurring in or relevant to their respective areas; Questions: Why do we have local news? To what extent is it significant for sustaining local communities? What makes a news story relevant world wide?

50th Anniversary Of Pathe News (1961)

Montage of important events: Titanic, coronations, Pearl Harbour, Hiroshima etc.

Time To Remember - Over By Christmas 1914 - Record D - Reel 1 (1914)

Events of 1914 - World War One begins and the recruits go off to fight.

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

Review of the year 1945.

Atom Bomb Aftermath (1945)

Aerial views of the devastation left by the atom bomb in Japan.

President Assassinated (1963)

Item covering the assassination and funeral of American President John F. Kennedy. America.

The Passing Years (1899)

Documentary tracing the history of news reporting in the Pathe newsreel.

Special ! Moon Picture (1969)

First colour pictures of the lunar module landing on the moon.

Special Announcement (1945)

Pathe in London link up with Paris and New York to improve international news coverage.