Lieutenant Pimple and the Stolen Submarine
- Twickenham
- 1914
Bobs and the Baby Marksmen
Pathé's newsreel cameras capture the excitement of cheering children at the opening of a rifle range at their school.
Pathé's newsreel cameras capture the excitement of cheering children as Boer War hero Lord Roberts at the opening of a rifle range at their Clerkenwell school. Babies they're not, but to modern eyes these kids look a tad young for firearms... Alas, the titles here don't give any clue the school in question - do you recognise it?
The First World War: The Road to War
Hindsight is 20:20: how looking back at the films of the early 1910s reveals glimpses of what few at the time saw coming - a world-changing war.
The outbreak of war in July 1914 came as a shock to most. But from our privileged position today, we can find among the films produced in the early 1910s scattered hints of the looming conflict that would split Europe in two.
One ominous sign was the proliferation of stories of international espionage and intrigue (played as drama or comedy), while newsreels offer evidence of the prominence of the armed forces in British society. Even so, the overwhelming majority of films of the period point to a nation blissfully unaware of the horrors to come.
21 videos in this collection
Lieutenant Pimple and the Stolen Submarine
The German Spy Peril
Balloon Accident at St Cloud Topical Budget 152-1
Servants Superceded
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Topical Budget 164-1
8,000 Men on Strike at Woolwich Arsenal Topical Budget 150-1
Carpentier and Gunboat Smith Topical Budget 151-2
Army Cross Country Topical Budget 136-2
The Great East End Anarchist Battle
New Type of Cruiser Topical Budget 11-2
Aerial Submarine A Startling Forecast. Piracy in Sea and Air
Millionaires at Play Topical Budget 136-2
Lord Lovat's Scouts Topical Budget 164-1
The Airship Destroyer
The Paris Sensation: Scenes at the Funeral of M. Calmette, The Murdered Editor of the 'Figaro' Gaumont Graphic No. 313
From the Fighting Top of a Battleship in Action
The English Switzerland
Bobs and the Baby Marksmen
The Opening of New Drill Hall at Haltwhistle
From Antwerp to Ostend
