Download Video From British Pathe
Newsreels are a cinematic staple that was abandoned long before my movie-going days commenced. I’ve seen them in movies, and I own a few DVDs with newsreel extras in the special feature, but 24-hour news television and the Internet have rendered them antiquated. Fortunately, the makers of many of the newsreels have seen fit to make them available to interested parties.
British Pathe, one of the larger news production houses, offers low-resolution watermarked versions of their entire library free of charge. Political figures, sporting events, and famous clips of The Beatles are all part of this extensive collection.
If you find something you like or want to use in a presentation, higher resolution versions are available for licensing.
Below you can see an example of clips available from the British Pathe baseball collection:
