The 2013 Grand National

This weekend, the 2013 Grand National race will be held at Aintree. The sometimes controversial competition (equine deaths are common, and you can read CNN’s interesting article here) has a long Continue reading →

This Week’s Anniversaries and News

The Rolling Stones have announced that they will be returning to Hyde Park in the summer for the first time in 44 years. The last time they performed there it Continue reading →

Everest Climbs

George Lowe, part of Edmund Hillary’s team that conquered Mount Everest in 1953, died on Wednesday at the age of 89. Obituaries can be read online - The Guardian‘s is here. There are now no Continue reading →

On this day… This week round-up

70 years ago, the submarine HMS Thunderbolt sank for the second time, with the loss of everyone aboard. It had sunk four years previously, raised, and renamed. British Pathé has Continue reading →

150 Years of the F.A.

Earlier in January, the Football Association kicked off celebrations to mark its 150th anniversary. The FA was established in 1863 and codified the modern rules of that great English sport. Not too long Continue reading →

90,000 Historical Newsreels For Use in Your History Lessons

The British Pathé Education service has been nominated for a 2013 BETT Award for its digital resource available to British schools and academies. For any of you who are interested, here’s a Continue reading →

Review of the Year 2012 – A Pathé Tradition

From 1922 to 1969, British Pathé produced lengthy round-ups of the year’s news stories that collected together the most dramatic images and covered the most important events. Not confined to Continue reading →

British Pathé Picks: Christmas 2012

As we mentioned in late November, we’re now doing a regular blog post pointing out events or anniversaries coming up that the archive holds some relevant footage for. So here are our picks Continue reading →

London: A Tribute

2012, if we do indeed survive the predicted apocalypse, will be remembered for many things, but without a doubt it will be considered London’s year. The Diamond Jubilee, the Summer Continue reading →

British Pathé Spreads Its Wings

This quick message is to tell you about our brand new Social Media pages. Don’t worry, we’re not neglecting the old ones. In fact, we’ve recently updated our WordPress blog Continue reading →

Pathé’s Undersea Antics

Continuing our series on “Alternative Pathé“… There’s plenty in the British Pathé archive for those not so interested in history and British politics. For those more intrigued by science and Continue reading →

Twentieth Century Hall Of Fame

Around the time that what was then called “British Pathé News” was producing A Day That Shook The World with the BBC, work also began on a companion series entitled Continue reading →

Days That Shook The World – 21st Century Pathé

A few years ago, what was then called “British Pathé News” began a production with the BBC called A Day That Shook The World. Two series were eventually made, the Continue reading →

Vintage Sports Videos – New Uploads!

We’ve just added some exciting new videos from the British Pathe archive onto our YouTube channel SportingHistory! Here they are: First-up is a great basketball montage that runs from the Continue reading →

Balloon Boy Found!

A friend of the archive sent in a link to a Herald Tribune interview with 82-year-old Bill Crawford, discussing his fame as a balloon stunt child star. Crawford used to Continue reading →

On This Day: Donald Campbell Killed in 297mph Lake District Crash

Today is the 45th anniversary of daredevil speed engineer Donald Campbell’s tragic death on Coniston Water in the Lake District, Great Britain. Campbell was only 45 years olds, he was Continue reading →

Football History: England Against Wales

“However much they try the English can’t get that goal, the Welsh defence resist all attacks!” Wales defeat England 2-1 (1955): http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=39923 It was the first times Wales has beaten Continue reading →

The Old Fashioned A-Z of Football

We were confused by this Norwich City FA Cup video from 1958-9 earlier. Why is there a giant alphabet running across the side of the pitch? Is it a clever Continue reading →

World Cup Clips: British Pathe brings you 10 of the best

FINALLY!  The World Cup has started, with a 1-1 draw between South Africa and Mexico, the two weeks fo football mania are underway. As a celebratory gift to our readers Continue reading →

Edmund Hillary: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

  Tomorrow will be the 47th anniversary of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s Everest conquest. Still an impressive feat today, it is hard to conceive just how famous Hillary was Continue reading →

Grand Prix Videos: The Victories, The Celebrities, The Crashes

The Grand Prix started in 1894, British Pathé started in 1897, and so naturally a strong media partnership evolved between the two companies. British Pathé  were there on the side Continue reading →

Fred Perry Interviewed

One major area of the archive that we’re working on at the moment is tennis. After all, Wimbledon will soon be upon us and British Pathé are one of the Continue reading →

The Greatest England Games 1920-1966

British Pathé are involved in all sorts of projects alongside running the world’s finest digital archive, one of which is the production of specialist DVDs. With so much momentous footage Continue reading →

Schwarzenegger Aged 19

We were searching body builders in the archive today for one of our clients and suddenly stumbled across this freak discovery – a mega rare clip or Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Continue reading →

Grand National Disasters

We all like a good bet at the Grand National, even if we have no interest in horse racing! Now in its 171st year, many of us will be traipsing Continue reading →

The Boat Race Archive

It’s that time of year again – the notorious river feud between the world’s two most famous universities Oxford and Cambridge. We’ve slaved away behind the scenes for you in Continue reading →