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HAC Pikemen

Date released

24 Nov 1958

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

204

NoS ID

120644

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A proud and distinguished regiment, the Honourable Artillery Company, believes in keeping its traditions really alive. Thus, the Company of Pikemen and Musketeers (all ex-officers) is...

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Queen Presents New Colours to HAC

Date released

25 Jul 1955

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

55/59

NoS ID

106566

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The Honourable Artillery Company, oldest unit in the Territorial Army, receives new colours from the Sovereign for the first time in its 418 years history.

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Coronation Time

Date released

1 Jun 1953

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2387

NoS ID

153355

Story no

1 / 1

Empire Guards at the Palace (60 feet) Duke flies by helicopter to Pirbright and Woolwich (155 feet) Duke visits "Cutty Sark" (79 feet) Royal Garden Party at Palace (107 feet) Queen attends Commonwealth...

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It Happened Here (1964 Video)

Director

Kevin Brownlow; Andrew Mollo

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £14.99

A semi-professional production that tells of life in England under a supposed German occupation if the Nazis had invaded in 1940 as planned. A chilling reminder of what might have been had Nazism not been...

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David Starkey’s Elizabeth (4 Parts) (2003)

aka: Elizabeth

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 197 minutes), £19.99

Professor David Starkey chronicles the story of Queen Elizabeth I, first broadcast in 4-parts on Channel 4. The series uses a combination of tableaux, testimony from descendants, contemporary documents,...

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Europe Ablaze - Mix to - Holland Over-Run - Mix To

Date released

16 May 1940

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

961

NoS ID

037293

Story no

1 / 1

Allied armies thunder through Belgium. Paramount pictures portray unprecedented drama and horror of most critical struggle in world’s history. Our story includes:- BEF and French army rush to aid of...

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The Invasion - Greatest Combined Operation in the World’s History

Date released

12 Jun 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/47

NoS ID

100404

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Bombers over Northern France prior to the landings, bomb marshalling yards in softening up process. Rockets are used to bombard Normandy emplacements and fighters strafe other targets. Gliders and Dakotas in...

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US Naval Disaster

Date released

31 May 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1304

NoS ID

019245

Story no

1 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Us Naval Disaster. DESCRIPTION: The worst disaster of American peace-time Naval history, when an explosion rocked the aircraft-carrier Bennington. Ninety-one seamen lost their lives and...

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A Diehard Centenary

Date released

29 Oct 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1586A

NoS ID

023292

Story no

2 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Diehard Centenary. DESCRIPTION: 571 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment (the famous 9th Middlesex) celebrated a hundred years of service. General Sir Brian Horrocks inspected the centenary...

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Thanks for the Tank

Date released

24 Nov 1960

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1642A

NoS ID

023869

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Thanks for the Tank. DESCRIPTION: Tanks of both world wars are preserved in the special museum at Bovington. One of them, a Panzerkampfwagen Mark 4, captured from Rommel’s men by...

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