Calling all history buffs and news junkies
Leading newsreel producer makes 85,000 historical clips available on YouTube.
According to Larry Ferlazzo, writing in The New York Times, British Pathé, one of the leading producers of newsreels and documentaries during the 20th century, is turning over its entire collection — over 85,000 historical films – to YouTube.
The archive — which spans from 1896 to 1976 – is a goldmine of footage, containing movies of some of the most important moments of the last 100 years.
Read more and check out three sample videos: The Hindenburg Disaster – 1937, Battle of the Somme Footage – 1916, and Wright Brothers first flight – 1903.