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The Story of British Pathe

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Series delving into film and newsreel company British Pathé's treasure trove of images, which documented almost every aspect of everyday life in Britain and around the world in the 20th century.

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18th August 2011 - 8th September 2011
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The Birth of the News Still
The Birth of the News
18th August 2011

Episode 1

For more than half a century, the film and newsreel company British Pathé documented almost every aspect of everyday life in Britain and around the world.

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The Voice of Pathé
25th August 2011

Episode 2

The company's output really came into its own during the Second World War, when the distinctively clipped and relentlessly chipper commentaries by its announcer Bob Danvers-Walker provided stirring encouragement during the Blitz - and offered authoritative advice on how housewives struggling to feed their families on the ration could overcome privation and to 'make do and mend'.

Entertaining Britain Still
Entertaining Britain
1st September 2011

Episode 3

While the company was famous for its pioneering news reports, it also produced immensely popular 'cinemagazines', which entertained cinemagoers for decades.

Around the World Still
Around the World
8th September 2011

Episode 4

In the age before mass tourism made international travel affordable and accessible to most of us, their sumptuous travelogues and anthropological documentaries offered British cinemagoers a rare opportunity to glimpse faraway worlds.

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