The original captain of the Starship Enterprise in TV’s STAR TREK, Jeffrey Hunter, at the premiere of KING OF KINGS in which he played Jesus Christ (1961): http://www.britishpathe.com/video/king-of-kings-premiere/

A weird special effect shot found in the archive puts the Statue of Liberty in London’s Trafalgar Square: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/special-effect-shot Do we like the idea?

Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace biopic, Behind the Candelabra, has been lauded by critics at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Michael Douglas stars as the pianist Valentino Liberace and Matt Damon plays his long term lover, Scott Thorson.

Watch this 1968 clip of the real Liberace shopping in Carnaby Street: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/liberace-in-carnaby-street

The Cannes Film Festival is now in full swing. Here’s British Pathé’s collection of past events: Classic Cannes Collection

Steven Spielberg is heading the jury at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival which begins on 15th May. British Pathé has footage from the festival during the 1950s and 1960s. The archive also contains material from the very first festival in 1946 - http://www.britishpathe.com/video/cannes-film-festival-5/

We ponder the LEAST interesting clip in our archive

There’s a plane up there somewhere.

Help us to identify this clip, “Unknown Distant Plane” - The least interesting clip in the archive? Blog post.

The Oscars: We were up all night! But was it worth it?

Some thoughts

The Oscars are nearly upon us! Watch some highlights from ceremonies of the past and see this year’s nominees, via our new blog post.

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50 Greatest Cinematographers

“Hyde Park On Hudson” is released in UK cinemas today. Starring Bill Murray as Franklin Roosevelt, the film dramatizes the meeting of FDR and King George VI in 1939. British Pathé has footage of the real events. Watch them here.

Footage of the New York fire brigade in 1896: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/new-york-fire-brigade

Watch stop motion animation sequences created by model maker Arthur Hayward in this 1967 film.

Arthur worked on films with animation legend Ray Harryhausen.

THE FIRST ANNUAL GEORGE ORWELL DAY!

See Orwell at school (above still), the making of the animated “Animal Farm” and the premiere of “1984” in the British Pathé archive.

THE FIRST ANNUAL GEORGE ORWELL DAY! See Orwell at school, the making of the animated “Animal Farm” and the premiere of “1984” in the British Pathé archive.