Wednesday, September 09, 2009

British Pathe--Reliving History Through Film



British Pathe, The World's First Digital News Archive, is an archive of 3,500 hours of historic news footage. These were the films shown before a feature at the cinema back when two films and a cartoon were only a nickel, and you could stay all day. Since the site closely guards its copyrights, I can't show you any embedded videos here. But visit the site to experience everything from the 20s revolution to the Hippie revolution. One notable video on 1920s women's careers and fashion is here: Time to Remember--Teenage Flapper, 1920.

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5 comments:

Kristin said...

Thank you for the sweet well wishes for my recovery!

This is link is great! I can't wait to watch more of them...I think I found what I am going to do tomorrow! :)

Retromodgirl said...

You are quite welcome!

Aren't those newsreels amazing?

Gordita said...

Great website! Thanks for sharing the link. I've got it bookmarked now.

JennyMac said...

Love that website! Thanks for sharing.

Dani said...

I really liked your post - although I don't agree with all points made I do understand where you're coming from and would have to agree. Good stuff! keep up the great work :)

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