| In 1895 Charles Pathé began
his quest to document the historical events of the late 19th and
early 20th Centuries. By 1914, Pathé produced the first weekly
newsreel. HISTORIC FILMS exclusively represents
the following collections from the legendary Pathé
News, Inc. Library:
THE ROBERT YOUNGSON SHORTS
Produced in the 1950's
and made up primarily of earlier newsreel footage, these shorts
were the first source for "crazy invention" and daredevil
stock footage. Perhaps the greatest of "oddity" footage,
these shorts are still constantly used today and are the staple
of funny and wacky archival stock shot image.
SNADER TELESCRIPTIONS
Over 1200 diverse musical
performances shot between 1949 - 1954, including popular singers
such as Gail Storm, Teresa Brewer, Peggy Lee and Mel Torme,
as well as country music legends, vaudeville personalities and Black
artists such as Nat King Cole, Count Basie and Sarah Vaughn.
HISTORIC FILMS currently holds the 35mm negative.
SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO
Rare early footage shot
at the legendary Apollo Theater documenting the
great Black artists of its day, including Big Joe Turner,
Amos Milburn, The Larks, Duke Ellington, and Cab Calloway.
PATHÉ EDUCATIONAL FILM SERIES
A journalistic
approach to historical newsreel footage, similar in structure to
today's "60 Minutes" series, this collection includes
rare footage of historical events from 1895 - 1960. Other collections
included are the Frank Fontaine Show and the Captain
Edward Grief series.
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