One of my discoveries as I was searching out Windsor stories was a collection of Pathé News clips. It is not possible to display them here as the fees charged
are exorbitant. £500 per minute!!! But it is possible to watch low resolution versions of the films, or take a look at selected stills, on your own PC free of
charge.
There are lots of clips, some 535 matching the search term 'Windsor' covering much of the last century and I haven't investigated them all, but here are a couple for starters, 'The Unveiling of The George V Memorial', and 'the building of two Nissen huts' in Green Lane Windsor, north side. One of these was the home of friends of mine and was very comfortable, with a nice garden, and overlooking the Vansittart Recreation Ground which I knew as 'the field'. The pair of Nissen huts ('huts' is not a fair description of the homes in truth!) were built by the Grenadier Guards from Victoria Barracks using reclaimed materials from around Windsor. My friends home was called 'Grenforce', the one next door was called 'Tanglehurst' and although Grenforce is a self-explanatory name in the circumstances, Tanglehurst is perhaps lost in the mists of time. Certainly it revealed nothing after a Google search as one word (apart from this thread in due course!). It is extremely odd that Google could find nothing at all. This particular clip goes on to report about a strike in the building industry in London which is not relevant but allows Pathé to title the complete report 'Guardsmen Build while Builders March'.
The film of the unveiling of the George V Memorial (our story is here) is thought to be the first time George VI delivered a speech publicly after becoming king. It is delivered haltingly as a result of his speech impediment and one is reminded how unkind it was of Edward VIII to offload his own responsibilities onto his poorly equipped brother. That said, we are of course probably very fortunate to have had George VI and Queen Elizabeth as our Royal Family throughout the war years.
This the home page of British Pathe News Archive where more searches can be made.
A Technical Note: The site provides an opportunity to view stills from selected film clips which can be enlarged and viewed on screen. Just click on the images and a larger version will be displayed but with a banner reading 'British Pathé Layout Only'. In addition there is the option to put a low resolution version of the complete film clip into your 'shopping basket', free of charge, adding others if desired, and, after providing personal details (safe!), you will be sent links by email that will initiate a download of the clips in WMV or Quicktime format. These can be kept on your PC and viewed whenever required. The quality however is not good and they are only really comfortable to watch when the viewing window is kept quite small. They are however free, and offer a fascinating insight into news events from many years ago.
There are lots of clips, some 535 matching the search term 'Windsor' covering much of the last century and I haven't investigated them all, but here are a couple for starters, 'The Unveiling of The George V Memorial', and 'the building of two Nissen huts' in Green Lane Windsor, north side. One of these was the home of friends of mine and was very comfortable, with a nice garden, and overlooking the Vansittart Recreation Ground which I knew as 'the field'. The pair of Nissen huts ('huts' is not a fair description of the homes in truth!) were built by the Grenadier Guards from Victoria Barracks using reclaimed materials from around Windsor. My friends home was called 'Grenforce', the one next door was called 'Tanglehurst' and although Grenforce is a self-explanatory name in the circumstances, Tanglehurst is perhaps lost in the mists of time. Certainly it revealed nothing after a Google search as one word (apart from this thread in due course!). It is extremely odd that Google could find nothing at all. This particular clip goes on to report about a strike in the building industry in London which is not relevant but allows Pathé to title the complete report 'Guardsmen Build while Builders March'.
The film of the unveiling of the George V Memorial (our story is here) is thought to be the first time George VI delivered a speech publicly after becoming king. It is delivered haltingly as a result of his speech impediment and one is reminded how unkind it was of Edward VIII to offload his own responsibilities onto his poorly equipped brother. That said, we are of course probably very fortunate to have had George VI and Queen Elizabeth as our Royal Family throughout the war years.
This the home page of British Pathe News Archive where more searches can be made.
A Technical Note: The site provides an opportunity to view stills from selected film clips which can be enlarged and viewed on screen. Just click on the images and a larger version will be displayed but with a banner reading 'British Pathé Layout Only'. In addition there is the option to put a low resolution version of the complete film clip into your 'shopping basket', free of charge, adding others if desired, and, after providing personal details (safe!), you will be sent links by email that will initiate a download of the clips in WMV or Quicktime format. These can be kept on your PC and viewed whenever required. The quality however is not good and they are only really comfortable to watch when the viewing window is kept quite small. They are however free, and offer a fascinating insight into news events from many years ago.
