Twentieth Century Hall Of Fame

Salvador Dali, with his famous moustache.

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 Twentieth Century Hall of Fame. Both series are important additions to the archive, for they bring its content into the 21st century (Pathé News ended in February 1970). It was not until this year, however, that the series were made available to view on the British Pathé website.

Twentieth Century Hall of Fame chronicles the lives of the most important and well-known figures of the last 100 years, whether they be politicians, musicians, or sports stars. This is a diverse collection of biographies, including such characters as Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Grace Kelly, and Muhammad Ali. Each episode succinctly summarises in four-minutes the life of the subject, serving as a useful introduction.

Many of the episodes are made up of footage already contained within the British Pathé archive, but some footage is unique to this series. This is the case primarily with those people who came to prominence in the 1970s, 80s, or 90s. These include Princess Diana, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Mother Teresa.

The episodes are dated by the year in which the subject was born.

Fashion designer Mary Quant is the subject of an episode.

 

Musician Louis Armstrong.

Actor/comedian Charlie Chaplin is the subject of the first episode of the series.

You can view the entire Twentieth Century Hall of Fame series by clicking http://www.britishpathe.com/programmes/hall-of-fame or selecting the link below that you want:

Episode		Date
1	Charlie Chaplin	1889
2	Louis Armstrong	1901
3	Salvador Dali	1904
4	Marilyn Monroe	1926
5	Amelia Earhart	1897
6	Juan Fangio	1911
7	Malcolm Campbell	1885
8	Elvis Presley	1935
9	Muhammad Ali	1942
10	Emmeline Pankhurst	1858
11	Stanley Matthews	1915
12	Bobby Jones	1902
13	Marlene Dietrich	1901
14	Brigitte Bardot	1934
15	Richard Burton	1925
16	Maurice Chevalier	1888
17	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1890
18	Grace Kelly	1929
19	Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis	1929
20	Laurel And Hardy	1890
21	John Lennon	1940
22	Mary Quant	1934
23	Margot Fontaine And Rudolf Nureyev	1919
24	Laurence Olivier	1907
25	Ronald Reagan	1911
26	Margaret Thatcher	1925
27	Charles De Gaulle	1890
28	Edward And Mrs Simpson	1894
29	Fidel Castro	1926
30	Mother Teresa	1910
31	Nikita Khruschev	1894
32	Charles Lindbergh	1902
33	Eva Peron	1919
34	Yuri Gagarin	1934
35	Bob Hope	1903
36	Princess Diana	1961
37	Sophia Loren	1934
38	Gandhi	1869
39	Liz Taylor	1932