Lieutenant Pimple and the Stolen Submarine
- Twickenham
- 1914
The English Switzerland
A winter paradise in the Peak District: beautifully-composed shots of snow-clad Buxton.
Sporting events and extreme weather were both popular newsreel topics and the spectacle of tobogganists speeding down Buxton's white-mantled slopes would have delighted Pathe's cameraman and cinema audiences alike. The horse-drawn sled passes through the Pavilion Gardens, a major architectural landmark whose Victorian splendour has been regained thanks to a recent restoration.
This item appeared in a January 1914 edition of the Pathe Animated Gazette newsreel, which screened twice-weekly in cinemas across Britain from 1910.
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Servants Superceded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
