Movies: Pathe News

Ten year old boy pilot called Gore Vidal. A young boy learns how to fly new kind of aeroplane with simple controls. M/S of boy, Gene, standing in front of aeroplane with man. They have a stilted conversation about how easy new aeroplane is to fly....

Tesla coil tested at General Electric laboratory in New Jersey VS H. C. White holds a baton that's zapped by a Tesla Coil; he holds up an incandescent bulb that lights up; White and his assistants demonstrate various tricks with the 'lightning bolts...

Various shots of jail on Alcatraz island, an aeroplane flies over and coastguard boats sail around during the gun battle as prisoners stage a revolt. Various shots as prison wardens wave journalists away from the island. M/S as Pathe cameraman Frank ...

A trained rabbit is plopped into several set-ups with other animals and the results are filmed, meanwhile a narrator cracks wise....

This motivational film was shown to U.S. war workers to encourage them to be more efficient and productive in their efforts. The film shows the story of combat operations in Okinawa, Japan, from the softening up of an enemy beach with naval artillery...