Somewhat oddly film of Arab ski troops*:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=61865 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=61865)
:blink:
Actually the British Pathe news website a wealth of historic newsreels, it even includes some in colour like this one local to me:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=2356 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=2356)
edit:
some of the film premiers make intresting view:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44087 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44087)
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44002 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44002)
Britain's withdrawal from Aden:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44999 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=44999)
Perhaps one day British/American troops will have to go in there ?
* I presume the ski troops are Lebanese or Syrians ?
The pre-war Tripoli grand prix:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=5949
(http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=5949)
An advance in Libya, 70 years ago:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12066 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12066)
Commonwealth troops enter Tripoli and Monty salutes a parade:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12153 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12153)
Neil might like this, shots of a 15in gun armed RN Monitor bombarding Bardia in Libya:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12005 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12005)
Nice find Mongers. :)
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 18, 2011, 08:03:50 PM
Nice find Mongers. :)
cheers, some of the stuff is rather amusing:
The cast of Hair acompanied by buskers performing in a London street:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=74214 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=74214)
edit:edit you can register a free account here:
http://www.britishpathe.com/reg_options.php (http://www.britishpathe.com/reg_options.php)
In addition there are other sorts of accounts which give wider access to higher quality material, might be useful for educators.
Apollo moon astronauts visit london, surprisingly good quality colour newsreel:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=46232 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=46232)
You can Ski in Lebanon and Syria. I think Syria was part of the short lived UAR at the time of the news reel.
Some of the unused footage is rather strange, like low shot street scenes of women wearing miniskirts:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=73579 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=73579)
Yet other material is rather charming, children in Liverpool:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=69099 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=69099)
The Italians don't seem to bothered by being conquered.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 18, 2011, 09:15:05 PM
The Italians don't seem to bothered by being conquered.
This is a longer newsreel of the conquest of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1941, worth viewing:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84885 (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84885)