Bygones (1978)

No titles. London. M, S of street sign: Wardour Street. General view of traffic and pedestrians on Wardour Street in Soho. Several shots of film company signs on buildings ColumbiaWarner, Rank, Paramount, Embassy, Hammer, English Film Company. C, U of Pathe cockerel trademark (graphic). Archive footage: Charles Pathe looking at a reel of film with another man; C, U of handcranked camera; Queen Victoria in a coach; cricketer WG Grace; Suffragette campaigns; Emily Davison throwing herself under the King s horse during the Derby. (Note: Emily Davison is commonly misspelt Emily Davidson). C, U of sign on wall: Library Cataloguing Room. A woman sits at a desk, typing. Pathe s chief librarian Harry Wynder comes walking out of the vaults carrying some film cans, and walks along an outdoor walkway to another part of the building. He talks of Pathe s history and place in the film industry. A woman looks in a filing cabinet drawer at the card index. Stills of newsreel cameramen in action.