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The Story of British Pathé: Episode 4: Around the World

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Episode 4: Around the World

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How Pathe captivated audiences with stories from overseas in the age before mass tourism.

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.

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

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Series delving into film and newsreel company British Pathé's treasure trove of images.

Series delving into film and newsreel company British Pathé's treasure trove of images, which documented almost every aspect of everyday life in Britain and around the world in the 20th century.

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