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The Story of British Pathe

Documentary

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.

Aug 18, 20111 seasons4 episodesReturning SeriesEN

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Seasons

Season 1

4 episodes

Premiered Aug 18, 2011

Episodes

1–4 of 4

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Ep 1

The Birth of the News

Aug 18, 2011

60m

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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Ep 2

The Voice of Pathé

Aug 25, 2011

60m

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'.

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Ep 3

Entertaining Britain

Sep 1, 2011

60m

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

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Ep 4

Around the World

Sep 8, 2011

60m

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.