Cassius Clay Becomes Ali, Nazi Germany Occupies Hungary and more To explore these themes, check out the complete films showcased in this video here: Women's History Month Six Nations Continues 60 Years - Cassius Clay Becomes Muhammad Ali 25 Years - Death of Stanley Kubrick 50 Years - Charles De Gaulle Airport Opens 90 Years - Yuri Gagarin Born 50 Years - WW2 Japanese 'Holdout' Surrenders 75 Years - Axis Sally Convicted of Treason 60 Years - Prince Edward Born 70 Years - Battle of Dien Bien Phu 60 Years - Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Wed 80 Years - Nazi Germany Occupies Hungary BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance. A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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