India Breaks Free | British Pathé

THE GOLDEN BIRD - INDIA MONTH ON BRITISH PATHÉ (MAY 2016): Newsreels of the Week: India Breaks Free. A look back on the events of 15th August 1947 when India and Pakistan became countries independent of Britain. We also see Lord Mountbatten’s arrival in India at the beginning of his time as the last viceroy of India and we finish with coverage of the twenty-first anniversary celebrations. (Film IDs , , , ) Music: Jalandhar Kevin MacLeod () Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License A NEW THEME EVERY MONTH! Each month, a range of new uploads and playlists tell the story of a particular topic through archive footage. Let us know what themes you’d like to see by leaving us a comment or connecting with us on social media. BRITISH PATHÉ’S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.