The British Pathé Archive

In 1957 a kidnapped girl was found in an underground cave beneath a man’s shed in Lewisham, South London. Marjorie Jordan had been kept against her will for 105 days. British Pathé newsreel.

Pathé enquires into the seedier side of London and interviews Paul Raymond, subject of the Steve Coogan film. Click here to view.

The Rolling Stones have announced they are to return to Hyde Park for concert after 44 years. Watch this clip from 1969 when the Stones last performed there despite the death of Brian Jones only 2 days earlier.

60 years ago tomorrow, Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia came to Britain: http://www.britishpathe.com/workspaces/BritishPathe/NgGe1fPW

Crufts 2013 begins today in Birmingham. Here’s footage of past competitions, from as early as 1926: http://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/crufts/order/oldestfirst

“The Old Contemptibles” - The heroes of Mons drive through London. Watch the original film.

In tribute to London Fashion Week, we give you trends that you thought had been forgotten in our FASHION FIX GALLERY.

Dressed for the occasion? London Fashion Week Arrives!

Some tips from yesteryear. 
 

It’s snowing! Footage of people playing in the snow on Hampstead Heath, London, circa 1914.

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What it meant to be a teenager in 1958.

It doesn’t seem that much has really changed - generational divides, crazy clubs, new music, new slang - all ways that kids try to distance themselves from the previous generations. I wonder if this was the first generation that this really happened (putting this on you, Marlon Brando), or if this has always been the case?

Also, I like how the cool kids in London apparently went to coffee shops that would fit in on Shoreditch High Street today.

HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY LONDON UNDERGROUND! Celebrate with this clip collection.
 
You can see construction footage from as early as the 1920s, with extensive coverage of the 1960s work on the Victoria Line. Also featured are the duties of cleaners and technicians, various innovations, and the use of the tunnels used as air raid shelters during WW2.

Aldwych Station is used as an air raid shelter during the Blitz.

British Pathé celebrates 150 years of London Underground: https://britishpathe.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/150-years-of-the-tube/
 

Richard Nixon was born 100 years ago today. Watch his visit to the UK in 1969. In this still from the film, he meets with Prime Minister Harold Wilson.

150th Anniversary of London Underground

British Pathé celebrates 150 years of the Tube with a collection of clips featuring construction footage dating from 1922. You can also see the tunnels used as air raid shelters during the Second World War, extensions of the lines in the late 1940s, and the work of cleaners and technicians after-hours. The innovations of the 1950s also get a look-in, while there is extensive coverage of the building of the Victoria Line, as well as its opening by the Queen. There are also some images from the 1970s and a brief documentary on the 7/7 London Bombings. Click here to explore the collection.

The Tube map as it appeared in 1945.

British Pathé celebrates 150 years of London Underground: https://britishpathe.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/150-years-of-the-tube/