Author: British Pathé
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Amy Johnson – 1930s Queen of the Air
22nd July 2010 By Victoria Spiegelberg. Amy Johnson was a much- fêted and courageous English aviatrix. Back in the 1930s she set many ground breaking records, including being the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia. A heroine of her day, the Pathé cameras would often be waiting for Amy to commend and…
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Valentina Tereshkova – The First Woman In Space – June 16th 1963
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, 1963. Named Woman of the Century in 2000 by the International Women of the Year Association, Valentina is the only woman to have carried out a solo flight into space for over 3 days, and consequently has a crater on the moon named after her. British Pathé seemed to take a…
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Ronald Reagan Films: How The B-Movie Cowboy Became President
20th May 2010 Long before Ronald Reagan became an emblem of 1980s world politics he was a Senator of California, and an actor before that. Reagan’s early years are naturally shadowed by his later prominence, but thankfully British Pathe were there to capture Reagan’s formative years on film. For example in this clip Ronald Reagan takes Patricia…
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Cannibals On Film
17th May 2010 1959 Today’s blog post is on the unusual but fascinating subject of cannibals. This 1959 clip follows Assistant District Officer Alan Jeffries as he arrests native tribesmen of New Guinea on charges of cannibalism, following a murder enquiry. Although the initial interest in this video stems from the core subject of cannibalism, the footage…
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The undying glamour of Joan Collins
7th May 2010 Joan has been red carpet royalty since the 1950s, winning hearts with every step. It was somewhat surreal to see Joan Collins pop up on our TV screens last night at the BBC’s election party as part of their live coverage. The 76 year-old actress dazzled in a silver sequined jacket as…
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British Pathé does the Cannes Cannes
20th April 2010 Today Twitter has been ablaze with talk of the Cannes Film Festival 2010. The Guardian have been commenting on this year’s “strong Asian and Russian presence”, others have been losing sleep over this Icelandic plume of volcanic ash which will have a devastating effect on the turn-out to this year’s festival and therefore the entire film industry…
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