PATHE VIDEOS

[REG]

Jeep Lifesavers AKA Lifesavers 1963

Perranporth, Cornwall.

Lifeguards demonstrate lifesaving with the use of a jeep.

Life guards in matching caps march up beach, one is attached to rope. C/U of Perranporth flag held by a lifeguard.

Three guards look through telescope, they notice someone in danger. C/U bell ringing. The guards jump into a jeep and speed off down beach.

The guards jump out as jeep reaches water's edge. One guard runs into water, the others let out the rope attached to him. C/U other end of rope coming off winch on jeep. Driver of jeep, Angus Easson, talks on radio to girl at base, Lina Rogan. M/S guards carrying victim (in fact lifeguard Colin Oakes) from water, he is placed on a stretcher and given mouth to mouth. The victim is placed on back of jeep, they drive away.

The full video is here

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/jeep-lifesavers-aka-lifesavers



There are more details here in the 'out takes' video http://www.britishpathe.com/video/out-takes-cuts-from-cp-435-reel-2-of-2-gibraltar/query/jeep

[REG]

Jeeps While You Wait 1951

Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

LV. Elevated, officers watching demonstration in jeep assembly, four men with RCEME SCHOOL written on backs ready to assemble jeep. CU. Officer firing gun to start demonstration. SV. Demonstration team jack up frame and fit in engine. CU. Jack being put onto chassis. CU. Soldiers putting on wheels. CU. Soldier doing up wheel nuts. CU. One of demonstration team. SV. Two members of team putting back axle into position. SV. Team fixing on back axle. LV. Elevated body being put on completed chassis. CU. Body being put into position. CU. Clock. SV. Team fixing on bonnet. CU. Soldier looking on . LV. Team piling into jeep. SV. They drive off.

The full video is here
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/jeeps-while-you-wait

[REG]

New Jeep's First Public Appearance 1952

Maryland, United States of America

LS. The new Jeep being driven over testing ground. Good shots

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/new-jeeps-first-public-appearance

[REG]

Selected Originals - Korea Truce Talks 1951

Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story "First Film! - Truce Talks!" - 51/58.

Material for Newsreel story - extra shots.

Korea. Peace talks during Korean War.

VS Group of US soldiers standing by US Air Force helicopter, reading map. MS US Military Police directing US soldiers. (2 shots). MS US helicopter. GV US soldiers looking on. GV US soldiers watch as jeep goes by. MS US soldier puts white flag into helicopter cabin. MS Allied representatives:- Colonel Lee Soo Yong (South Korea), Colonel KJ Murray (US Marines) and Col. Andrew Kinney (US Air Force) standing by helicopter. MS Colonels climbing into helicopter. MS Helicopter takes off and flies off into the distance. LS Two helicopters flying. MS Jeep approaches pontoon bridge and is halted by Military Policemen. LS Jeep backs out, and drives away. MS Three MPs standing by bridge, one MP raises his hand as if to stop traffic. MS MP raises his hand. MS Korean soldier in outpost. MS Jeep drives down to pontoon bridge - S Korean soldier on guard. LS Two helicopters in the air. MS Helicopter landing. MS Allied representatives in jeep. Cameraman standing on front bumper of jeep photographing them. MS Cameramen around jeep. MS Jeep drives away past groups of US soldiers. MS Helicopter. MS Group of soldiers standing by notice:- `Restricted area - Authorised Personnel only'. MS US Army news reporter typing on bonnet of jeep.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/selected-originals-korea-truce-talks-1

[REG]

Enter The Baby Buggy Dublin Issue

Title reads: "Enter the Baby Buggy".

Michigan, United States of America (USA).

Various shots of U.S. army's 'baby buggies' (small military jeeps) coming off factory line. Various shots of the jeeps being driven out of factory across rough fields. Press photographers and journalists watch as the jeeps jump over mounds and skid.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/enter-the-baby-buggy-dublin-issue-aka-american

[Luis]

Interesting Video

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-r ... ps-reel-1/

[REG]

Luis, thanks, lots of Jerrycans at 14.50

[gerrykan]

You can certainly find films of all subject matter to watch at that site. Thanks.

[REG]

Titles read: "NEWS BRIEFS".

Various locations of events.

At a factory in Ohio, United States of America, we see various shots of American army cars or jeeps in production and coming off the assembly lines. Hundreds of jeeps are lined up ready for road tests, then are loaded onto railway box cars and are pulled away by a steam train.

Also in America, we see a royal reunion when Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands / Holland rejoins her daughter Princess Juliana and her two granddaughters, Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene. The Queen took a transatlantic plane to reach the States and stopped off to see the Princesses in their garden before travelling on to Washington to see President Roosevelt.

We then see President Franklin D Roosevelt greeting King Peter of Yugoslavia on his arrival in the USA. They take the salute, then King Peter shakes hands with several people. The King and the President sit and pose together for the cameras.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/news-briefs-4/query/jEEP

[REG]

Uncrating - GMCs.

Are these POWs? There appear to be some uniforms in the 'chow line'. But no guards

Location Unknown / Unclear.

Various shots of the men assembling and repairing American army vehicles in a large workshop. Some men are working on engines, some on other parts, some doing tires etc. Men are seen assembling vehicles. Various shots of the men in long queues receiving food. More shots of the men assembling jeeps and other vehicles. Man spraying American star on a back of a lorry.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/army-stores/query/jEEP

[REG]

Union Defence Force Issue Title Look Out! 1944

Union Defence Force. Part of issue LOOK OUT!

Soundtrack is currently missing for this whole issue.

South Africa.

Various shots of soldiers in training. We see them doing exercises, jumping over walls and doing forward rolls with bare chests. Then they seem to be receiving instruction on how to handle a jeep. Several shots of men driving jeeps and tanks over rough and bumpy ground. Some soldiers in a jeep crisscross over the path of a tank in motion.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/union-defence-force-issue-title-look-out/

[REG]

Heavy Air Drop Tests In Sahara Desert 1959

Sahara Desert.

Lorries carrying jeeps and other equipment, jeeps are to be transferred to aircraft. Several shots of the jeeps and equipment being loaded into transport aircraft. Several shots of nose of plane, propellor moving. CU. Reflection of pilot in mirror, in cockpit of plane. Planes in flight. Various shots of paratroops and equipment dropping from planes and landing. CU. Soldier tapping Morse code and another using field telephone - both on ground. MS. Paratroops fitting jeeps together. LS. Paratroopers in jeep driving across Sahara desert. LS. Helicopter in flight over desert. LS. Jeeps being driven across desert. MS. Paratrooper fitting artillery gun onto jeep. LS. Guns being fired. Various shots of General Challes, new Commander in Chief of French Armed Forces in Algeria and General Massu inspecting paratroops and equipment.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/heavy-air-drop-tests-in-sahara-desert/query/jeep

[Steve Webb]

That was a good one Reg. Must be nice to airdrop and not worry about water or trees.