View a fascinating, compelling newsreel, without any commentary, showing large sailing barges with full sails racing in Friesland, Holland. We[…]
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Tag: Pathé News
Created at the beginning of the 20th Century, the Pathé brothers newsreel was the world’s first televised news platform. The archive footage provides a wonderful insight into our maritime heritage.
Royal Yacht sails on the Clyde: 1923
This Pathé Gazette has evocative footage of yachts racing on the Clyde in 1923, including the King’s yacht, ‘Britannia’. The[…]
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From Barge to London Restaurant: SB Pretoria, 1964
This Pathé archive film tells the story of Thames Sailing barge Pretoria which became a restaurant on the Thames in[…]
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The British trawler fleet: 1940 – 1949
This ‘Instructional film’ from the Pathé Archive provides a clearly-presented overview of trawling in the 1940s, as steam began to[…]
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First catamaran sets sail, 1955
James Wharram recounts how he became the first person to design and build a catamaran, sailing it across the Atlantic[…]
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Trawling in Scotland: 1929 – 1931
This Pathé Archive takes us back to 1929-31 with footage of trawlers and fishing boats going out of a harbour[…]
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Sailing on the Norfolk Broads: 1948
Norfolk wherry, ‘Albion’ is one of just two survivors of the 300 ‘black-sailed traders’ which once carried cargo on the[…]
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Dutch sailing contest, 1959
View this British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes, with commentary in Dutch. Created at the[…]
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Blessing the St Malo fishing fleet: 1932
This archive footage from a Pathe Gazette, 1932 shows the Bishop blessing the fleet as they depart St Malo to[…]
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Girls of the yacht brigade: 1931
This silent movie from the Pathé archive opens with two girls standing on the deck of a small yacht before the[…]
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