Around the World
Series drawing from British Pathe's archive looks at how, in the age before mass tourism, it captivated audiences with enthralling stories from overseas.
For more than half a century film and newsreel company British Pathe documented almost every aspect of British life, but it also captivated audiences with enthralling stories from overseas.
In the age before mass tourism made international travel affordable and accessible to most of us, their sumptuous travelogues and anthropological documentaries offered British cinemagoers a rare opportunity to glimpse faraway worlds. For decades Pathe dutifully covered royal tours to every corner of the British Empire, but by the 1950s, when the first package holidays were sold, the company also recorded the experiences of the first generations of Britons who were able to indulge in leisure travel around the globe.
This film examines the unique footage captured by the company's cameras across five continents during Pathe's seven decades of international film-making.
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The British Empire
Duration: 01:56
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The Adventurers
Duration: 02:06
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Travelogues and Escapism
Duration: 02:23
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Jenny MacLeod |
Executive Producer | David Okuefuna |
Narrator | Verity Sharp |
Broadcasts
- Thu 8 Sep 2011 21:00
- Fri 9 Sep 2011 00:00
- Fri 9 Sep 2011 03:00
- Wed 14 Sep 2011 23:00
- Sun 27 Nov 2011 19:00
- Tue 22 May 2012 20:00
- Wed 23 May 2012 00:00
- Sun 3 Mar 2013 19:00
- Wed 30 Mar 2016 00:00