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  1. White Magic

    Date released
    26 May 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2086
    NoS ID
    027867
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: White Magic. DESCRIPTION: An Australian Entertainer, - on a fund raising tour of New Guinea, introduces the locals to the mysteries of a white magic show. SHOTLIST: MCU native warriors...

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  2. A Right Royal "Rag"

    Date released
    21 May 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1191
    NoS ID
    084307
    Story no
    6 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Boisterous but good humoured students make socialist Lord Mayor unveil fearsome guillotine and then ... "behead" him.

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  3. French Police "Guillotine" Food Rackets

    Date released
    25 Oct 1948
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1842
    NoS ID
    041315
    Story no
    1 / 6

    French Food Ministry conducts new offensive against black market. Inspectors swoop down on Paris butchers and compel price reductions ordered by government.

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  4. Paris Revives Historic Fair

    Date released
    1 May 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1687
    NoS ID
    040517
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    French capital, rapidly regaining pre-war gaiety, holds famous Fair of Throne. A snake charmer, love thermometer, model guillotine and archery are among some of the sideshows.

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  5. Paris: Public Executioner

    Date released
    1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 1st Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    352128
    Story no
    2 / 3

    Fielding synopsis: "...a screen biography of Pierre Deibler, France’s chief executioner - ‘The Outcast of Paris’. In a lively piece of cinematic Grand Guignol, the March of Time cameras followed this...

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  6. Leeds Museum

    Date released
    10 Mar 1966
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    585
    NoS ID
    121735
    Story no
    1 / 2
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: A Victorian street scene comes to life like a studio film set but it’s a living museum where the world of the eighteen-sixties to eighties, laid out in streets and shops, is preserved as it...

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  7. The Lavender Harvest

    Date released
    3 Sep 1931
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    535
    NoS ID
    332804
    Story no
    7 / 7

    NoS Summary - Various shots of the lavender harvest including women at work. British Pathe synopsis: "While the quaint street cry of the lavender seller is heard less and less, the demand for lavender does...

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  8. Age and Elegance

    Date released
    15 Jun 1964
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1828
    NoS ID
    025575
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Age and Elegance. DESCRIPTION: Some of the finest examples of craftsmanship in antiques shown at the Antique Dealers’ Fair in London. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Antiques Fair. MS people...

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  9. Broom Ball

    Date released
    6 May 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2187A
    NoS ID
    028833
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Broom Ball. DESCRIPTION: It’s the latest craze in European Ice Sports. All you need is an old straw broom. SHOTLIST: LV men sweep path. SV broom sweeps. LV men cutting off with saw. 6...

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