Historic Film

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

434

Date Released

21 Apr 1963

Date recorded

15 Mar 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

841

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Goggle Dog
2. 2Historic Film
3. 3Poodle Spraying

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: ... the 1896 Derby horses we see running in one of the cinema’s earliest newsreels. Pathe Pictorial shows how the British Film Institute’s National Film Archive collects and preserves famous old films. We see excerpts from Forbes Robertson’s "Hamlet", filmed in 1913 and a Pathe fashion film, hand coloured frame-by-frame fifty-two years ago. From King Edward VII’s funeral we go back to the earliest days of moving pictures to see Queen Victoria at one of her garden parties surrounded by smart ladies whose hats and hairdo’s contrast strangely...

Keywords

Cinema; History and archaeology; Newsreels

Locations

England; Buckinghamshire

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Tim Brinton

Length of story (in feet)

533

Story extras:

Film clip

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This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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