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  1. The Tichborne Dole

    Date released
    7 Apr 1930
    Series name
    Pathetone Weekly
    Issue no
    002
    NoS ID
    122089
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The 800 year old custom (that a dole of flour be given annually) still survives, and every year the flour is blessed and distributed at Tichborne Park, Hants.

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  2. BREAD AND CHEESE

    Date released
    16 Apr 1928
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1781
    NoS ID
    384700
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: A quaint 800 year old custom, two 4lb. boaves and 1lb. of cheese given away annually to the villagers of Biddenden, Kent.

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  3. The Oldest Man in the World. His Age is 135 and His Eldest Boy, Aged 92, Left Home Because His Father Married Again

    Date released
    6 Sep 1920
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    987
    NoS ID
    078061
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    John Shell, 135 year old backwoodsman, reading newspaper. Old man, 34 year old wife and 5 year old son leave shack and sit on bench outside. Old man turns wheel of lathe, child looking on. Three of his sons,...

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  4. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    1 Jun 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/45
    NoS ID
    113601
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Mangal Peary, a 50-year-old Indian elephant, has happily taken on a ready made family of three - a pair of two-year-old Indian Jumbos and a one-year-old African. They’re quite a handful.

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  5. Farewell Old Year

    Date released
    31 Dec 1962
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    63/1
    NoS ID
    110496
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Centuries old custom is observed to drive off devils, for fresh start in New Year.

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  6. Test On 21 Year Old Curtiss Biplane

    Issue date other
    1930
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    388293
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Test on 21 year old Curtiss biplane - in flight and landing. Tests on twenty-one year old Curtiss biplane which show the aeroplane in flight and landing

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  7. Germany’s ‘Gom’ [Grand Old Man]

    Date released
    8 Jan 1934
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    34/3
    NoS ID
    091053
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Huge crowds and diplomats of all nations felicitate veteran 86 year old Field Marshal Von Hindenburg at New Year’s reception.

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  8. Tetrazzini Weds

    Date released
    1 Nov 1926
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1342; Super Issue No.: 26/87
    NoS ID
    085492
    Story no
    2 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    26 year old M Vernati weds 56 year old Italian "Queen of Song".

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  9. Seven Year Old Fiddler

    Date released
    18 Jan 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/5
    NoS ID
    099815
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Seven year old boy plays violin to entertain (?) troops at the American Red Cross Hospitality Centre, Melbourne.

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  10. Chimps in the Home

    Date released
    27 May 1957
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    126
    NoS ID
    120392
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Life is all fun and games for two-year-old Heathcliffe and three-year-old Lucy, the chimpanzees who live at Hints in Staffordshire, for they enjoy nothing better than a ride on a tricycle or...

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