PATHE OLD NEGATIVE COLLECTION 25 [Main Title]

This media is not currently available online. Contact the Image and Film Licensing team about access

Description

Object description

Combined reel of several First World War British Pathe Gazette newsreel stories.

Full description

1. "Launch of the Marlboro - 1916".

Content description

2. "London's Wonderful Reception. Thousands Welcome Opportunity to Cheer the Band of the Guarde Republicane [sic] - 1916" (alternative title on film "London's Welcome Reception - Thousands Cheer Band of Gard [sic] Republicaine").

Content description

3. "The Hero Airman - Lt. Robinson V.C. Receives Presentation Gifts from Children of Cottage Homes in Romford -1916".

Content description

4. "Silver Cup for the Zepp Straffers [sic] - Inhabitants of an Essex Village Make Presentation to Lt. Robinson V.C. Lt. Sowrey D.S.O. & Lt. Tempest, D.S.O. - 1916" (alternative title on film "Silver Cup for the Zepp Strafers - To Lt. Robinson V.C., Lt. Sowrey, and Lt. Tempest, D.S.O.s").

Content description

5. "Crown Prince of Roumania".

Content description

6. "Member of the Air - Mr. Pemberton Billing - 1916" (alternative title on film "Member of the Air - Mr. Pemberton Billing Who Defeated the Coalition Candidate at East Herts Election by 1,031 Votes").

Content description

7. "After Being Wounded - New Zealanders Hold Sports Meeting" (alternative title on film "After Being Wounded - New Zealanders, While Waiting to Be Redrafted to the Front, Hold Sport at Their Depot").

Content description

8. "German Troops in Warsaw - Wurttemberg Regt. Drill Daily in the Park - 1916" (alternative title on film "German Troops in Warsaw - Wurttemberg Regiment, the First to Enter the City, Now Drill Daily in the Municipal Park").

Content description

9. "Vive la France! Band of Guarde [sic] Republicane March to Windsor Castle and Play before the King - 1916" (alternative title on film "Vive la France, King George V").

Content description

10. "Greek Island Occupied - Tommies Hold Football Match at Port of Tozier - 1916" (alternative title on film "Greek Island Occupied - Tommy, Who Takes His Football Everywhere").

Content description

11. "To Fight for the Motherland - Recruits Join Up at a Novel Recruiting Office in Montreal - 1916" (alternative title on film "To Fight for the Motherland - Recruiting Office in Montreal").

Content description

12. "They Surrender in Droves. The Most Imposing Picture Yet Taken of German Prisoners Captured on the Somme - 1916" (alternative title on film "German Prisoners of War Taken on the Somme").

Content description

13. "All Doing Their Bit . Sir Francis Lloyd Inspects Voluntary Training Corps at Herne Hill - 1916".

Content description

14. "And - Sir Edward Ward Inspects Special Constables of the 'Y' Div. at Tufnell Park - 1916" (alternative title on film "Ward Inspects Specials").

Physical description

35mm

Object Details

Category: Film
Related period: First World War (production), First World War (content)
Creator: Pathe (Production sponsor)
Pathe Gazette (Production company)
Production date: 1916
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 1
Catalogue number: NPU 25

Our collections information

We have over 1.7 million object records online, and we are adding to this all the time. Our records are never finished. Sometimes we discover new information that changes what we know about an object, such as who made it or used it. Sometimes we change how an object is interpreted. We sometimes make mistakes in our spelling, transcription or categorisation, or miss information out of our records.

Read more about our collections and the information we hold. Developing our collections information

If you have concerns about the language in this record, or you have information to improve it, please share your feedback.

We receive a lot of comments and can't respond to each one, but we do read them all and will respond where we can.

Related content

Albert Ball was one of the United Kingdom’s highest-scoring air aces.

First World War

8 Celebrity Air Aces Of The First World War

Aviation was one of the most romanticised elements of the First World War. 'Air aces' in particular achieved celebrity status both during and after the war and their photographs regularly appeared in newspapers. Of the eight aces listed here, seven were killed in action between 1916 and 1918 or died in flying accidents during or after the war.

Wounded British soldier holding his steel helmet, which has been pierced by a piece of shrapnel, during fighting on the Somme Front near Hamel in December 1916.

IWM

First World War

Whizz Bangs And Wind-Ups: 10 Tommy Slang Terms

During the First World War, British soldiers used language in inventive and often humorous ways. The words and phrases they used reflected everything from the dull routines of service to the traumas of front line action, often tinged with characteristic black humour and irony.

A coiled snake covered with pink, white, amber, blue, black and brown beads. In its mouth a beaded mouse-like animal of green, orange, purple, white, pink and red beads.

First World War

5 Handmade Objects Crafted By First World War POWs

Within the first six months of the First World War, more than 1.3 million prisoners were held in Europe. Prisoners of war of all nations produced a wide variety of handmade items. Some of these filled practical requirements, some were a way of coping with the monotony of captivity, while others were intended as a means of earning money for cigarettes or other comforts.