On 6 March 1987, the ferry 'MS Herald of Free Enterprise' capsized after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge in the worse peacetime marine disaster involving a British registered vessel since the Titanic. 193 passengers and crew perished.
18 February 2014
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1950. President Truman announces development of the H bomb.
Footage of Queen Victoria's funeral from 1901.
A look at the trouble caused by apartheid in Cape Town 1960.
1955 Newsreel: South African Apartheid enrages both black and white.
Incredible WWI footage of shell shock victims and their subsequent recovery.
This was one of the bloodiest battles in history.
October 1984, the IRA bombed a Brighton hotel in an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher.
It is 50 years since the death of legendary French singer Edith Piaf.
The 1948 Royal Christening of Prince Charles.
Bob Hope pays tribute to Sir David Frost. Filmed in the 1970s.
On 8th August 1963, The great train robbery took place. The gang got away with £2.6million (£46m in today's money).
On 13 August 1961, barriers were erected that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin.
On 6 August 1945, an American B29 Bomber plane, Enola Gay, dropped a gravity bomb on the city of Hiroshima.
On 5th August 1962, the world was shocked to learn of the death of Marilyn Monroe.
1932 astrologer gives some advice for happiness and relationships to all those Leos out there.
26th June 1963, President Kennedy was in Berlin and made his famous 'Ich bin ein Berliner' (I'm a jelly doughnut) speech.
It may be topical now but 60 years ago the same concerns were raised about Big Brother tapping phones.
Sweet rationing first came to an end in 1949. Unfortunately, supplies were so low that it quickly began again, before ending for the last time in 1953.
Edward Elgar conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in 1931. Two of his lost works have been performed for the first time this month.
The Miracle of Dunkirk. From 27 May-4 June 1940, allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk were evacuated. Great footage.
Wonderful 1931 film for those who were born a Gemini.
On 20th May 1932, after a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic.
Willem-Alexander has become king of the Netherlands following the abdication of Queen Beatrix. Great footage of the family from the '60s.
On 26th April it will have been 90 years since the Queen’s parents wed at a service in Westminster Abbey.
The much loved Boston Marathon has been running since 1897. Pathe's earliest footage of the marathon is from 1938.
A natural gas leak in 1937 caused a school in Texas to explode killing more than 295 people.
An IRA bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel in Brighton narrowly missing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
State funeral of Winston Churchill which took place in 1965.
After 11 years as Prime Minister, Thatcher loses the confidence of her party and is forced from power.
The thrilling 1956 Grand National when Devon Loch (Queen Mother's horse) falls just before the finishing line.
80 years ago, Lord Clydesdale was chief pilot on the first flight over Mount Everest in 1933, flying a Westland PV-3 biplane.
On 5th April 1955, Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the UK amid indications of failing health.
Martin Luther King was assassinated on the 4th April 1968.
60 years ago on 5th March, Stalin died.
The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped on March 1st 1932.
Dave Clark Five bassist Rick Huxley died on 11 Feb 2013. This is excellent footage of the Dave Clark Five pop-rock group.
Don't think the horse meat scandal is a new phenomenon. In fact it's an old trick to pass off horsemeat as beef and other meats.
112 years ago Queen Victoria's funeral took place.
The Munich Air Crash happened on 6 February 1958. On board were the affectionately known 'Busby Babes' - the Manchester United football team.
On 15th February 1933, shots were fired on President-elect Franklin Roosevelt. Although he was unhurt, three others were wounded and one was killed.
It is 85 years since the literary great Thomas Hardy died. Amazingly British Pathe has footage of his funeral from January 1928.
On Jan 4th 1967, Donald Campbell is killed making an attempt to break the world water speed record in the Lake District, Cumbria.
On 4th Jan 1958, Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to reach the South Pole.
14th Dec 1903, The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Dec 1963: Frank Sinatra's Son Kidnapped.
7th Dec 1941: Japan launched a surprise attack on the American Pacific naval base Pearl Harbour
90 years since the Irish Free State treaty is signed. Watch here.
Footage of first ever transexual.
On 22nd November 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated whilst on a politcal trip to Texas.
On November 20th 1947, Princess Elizabeth married Philip Duke of Edinburgh.
HMS Barham explodes and sinks in one of the most dramatic events caught on camera.
Unique footage of legendary English rock band The Rolling Stones.
The fire at Windsor Castle contributed to the Queen's 'Annus Horribilis' of 1992.
The British Royal Family's 'annus horribilis' of 1992.
Extraordinary footage shot during WWI showing victims of shell shock followed by treatment and then recovery.
Unique pictures actually taken under fire in the Argonne.
One of the largest battles of WWI and one of the bloodiest military operations in history. Over a 5 month period, there were over a million casualties.
Footage taken during World War One.
Excellent documentary about the start of WW1.
Third deadliest storm in US history.
Footage of the 7th deadliest US Hurricane.
Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in race at Baltimore
Watch 'A Day that Shook the World' on the Cuban Missile crisis. It is 50 years since this 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba and the United States took place during the cold war.
Before Felix Baumgartner, there was Franz Reichelt who parachuted to his death from the Eiffel tower in 1912.
Aberfan slag heap disaster where 116 children and 28 adults were killed in 1966.
The invention of the television.
Le Mans Disaster.
Al Capone's killer car
Elvis Presley Documentary.
35 years since the King of Rock n Roll passed.
A great video looking at Japan in the 1960s at they prepare to host The Olympics.
The grand 1948 Oympics opening ceremony with King George VI
British Olympics divers practice in Hampstead pond!
Video of the gripping moment that the 2012 Olympics bid winner was announced - London
Watch Bunny Austin in 1938 Wimbledon Final.
Watch Fred Perry Win Wimbledon. The last British man to win.
Great video of Britain's best ever tennis star Fred Perry.
Fantastic 4-0 victory for England in 1948.
England victory with a great Bobby Charlton goal.
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee parade in 1897! Incredibly early video footage!
The Queen visits one of her favourite nations, New Zealand.
The Queen conducts the Investiture of Prince Charles in Wales.
Watch Queen Elizabeth II touring India in 1961
Watch The Queens Coronation in colour! This magical series of original British Pathe reels show the Coronation exactly how the public saw it when it was broadcast in 1953.
Good footage of Vidal Sassoon who died on 9th May 2012.
Tribute to George VI on the 60th Anniversary of his death
ON THIS DAY: The anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's death, aged 90 in 1965. Watch the state funeral here.
ON THIS DAY: Ramsay Macdonald elected Britain's first Labour PM on 23rd January 1924.
Great footage and Interviews with Survivors of the Titanic Disaster.
On 20th January 1936, King George V died.
On 20th January 1968, film director Roman Polanski and actress Sharon Tate wed in London. Watch the party they had afterwards at the Playboy Club.
ON THIS DAY: America introduce Prohibition, criminalising alcohol, throwing Britons into panic!
Queen Mary Dies
Queen Victoria Funeral
Spooky Halloween Party from 1930
Amazing Halloween Clip
Mayfair London Kaplan Gallery Jean Tinguely Meta-Matics inventions artists Ewan Phillips modern art quirky
The Beatles absolutely fantastic!
Grimsby Lincolnshire Chelmsford Avenue Secondary Modern School Colin Laycock fencing William Shakespeare Julius Caesar schools amphitheatres Roman open air theares
Downton Castle Ludlow Shropshire Elkhound Alsatians dogs Janice Wilkins Heather Hornell Mrs Kincaid Lennox
