May Day celebrations at Elstow (1939)
May Day celebrations in Elstow, Bedfordshire. Children dancing around the maypole watched by the May Queen, circa 1939.
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World’s first robotic woman (1968)
Robo Woman - 1968, taken from the British Pathe reel "Miss Honeywell - World's First Robotic Woman". And yes, you guessed it. Miss Honeywell isn't...
Training Nurses (1947)
Young doctors and nurses receive training from a Sister Tutor in a British hospital in 1947.
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'Apprenti sorcier) · Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. The success of Dukas’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice was helped in part by Goethe’s eponymous ballad and...
Easter Eggs from 1907
Dancing with eggs for Easter.
Fire Call (1952)
Fire engines in London have always been very noisy by necessity as they need to reach emergencies quickly, but many other noise sources can cause...
Diphtheria Trailer (1942)
In 1942 around 3,000 children a year died of Diphtheria. The government campaign to improve vaccination rates was very successful and helped to drive down...
Whistle stop dentist (1966)
Whistle Stop Dentist (1966) - Travelling dental surgery. Ontario, Canada.
The Milky Way (1948)
The 1940's were a time when milk production began adopting new techniques of sterilisation and pasteurisation which wasn't always welcomed by everyone.
Caribbean Market (1961)
Caribbean market in Brixton's Granville Arcade; West Indian shoppers, mostly women pick over fruit and vegetables on the market stalls; sweet potatoes, some kind of...
