A great web site! It has considerable footage of one of my wife's ancestors
who was
last secretary of state of all Ireland - Hamar Greenwood - both in Ireland
and in his MP constituency. (I have seen only a little of it previously
from BBC coverage)
Also scenes from FA Cup final at Wembley in 1947 which I attended as a child
Still to explore further...
Adds another dimension to FH records
Thanks John
-----Original Message-----
From: powys-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of John Ball
Sent: 26 August 2011 10:10 AM
To: Powys List
Subject: [POWYS] Pathé Newsreel clips online
Dear Listers,
I've just been viewing a few of the thousands of old Pathé News newsreel
clips available online at
http://www.britishpathe.com/
According to the blurb on the website, "You can view and buy films and still
photographs from the entire archive of 90,000 videos covering newsreel,
sports footage, social history documentaries, entertainment and music
stories from 1896 to 1976."
In the search box, type a keyword such as the name of a village, town or
county relevant to your family history and see what comes up.
The clips I viewed ranged from the early 1920s (a procession to Brecon
Cathedral) to the 1960s (a landslip in the Swansea Valley).
Kind regards,
John
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