British Pathe Movies

A little travelogue feature presenting Torbay - new resort along the 20 mile stretch of South Devon coast.

The complex relationship between royal brothers Edward VIII and George VI, who were both at the heart of the infamous abdication crisis of 1936, is...

A series of newsreels from British Pathé about Gone with the Wind and its stars.

Various shots of the Coronation procession for King George V.

Scenes of the King's arrival and departure at the Palace of Westminster.

The airship Hindenburg, arriving from Europe, was being led to its mooring at Lakehurst, New Jersey when suddenly disaster struck. The...

An account of the state visit to Britain by the President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in June 1963. In London he accompanied the Queen on...

The President had been due to visit twice before, but on both occasions the trip had to be cancelled. The first time was in 1963, the same year as...

Watching Sierra Leone Greets the Queen gives one a flavour of the hectic nature of royal tours; in just one week (from the 25th November to the 1st...

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh undertook an official visit to the region in February 1966, as documented in this film. The destinations on this...

A brief newsreel from British Pathe documenting the monarch's appointment of Clement Attlee as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1945.

A man and a woman climb a ramp where they find two cars, which they will use to do somersaults.

The fabulous Hetty King impersonates various male types - toff, cowboy, eastender etc.

Actuality film documenting the funeral of Queen Victoria in February 1901. The footage captures the solemn processions and ceremonies that marked the...

Opening of monument to the 'Great Boer Trek' to celebrate Africa's national holiday. South Africa.

Documentary warning of the "menacing shadow" of the atomic bomb.

“When I was six I had a chicken that walked backward and was in the Pathé News. I was in it too with the chicken. I was just there to...

The death of Joseph Stalin leaves the Soviet Union without a leader. Who will take control and seize power?

Sir Herbert Tree, Lord Brassey and Harry Furnissm sit around a small table at a café in Hastings, East Sussex.

Peter Alexander, interviewed in Sydney, born and brought up as Mavis Higgins in New Zealand, speaks of his sex change from female to male. He...