Pathe News
Overview
 
Pathé Newsreels were produced from 1910 until the 1970s, when production of newsreels
Newsreel
A newsreel was a form of short documentary film prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, regularly released in a public presentation place and containing filmed news stories and items of topical interest. It was a source of news, current affairs and entertainment for millions of moviegoers...

 was in general stopped. Pathé News today is known as British Pathé and its archive of over 90,000 reels is fully digitised and online.
British Pathé is one of the oldest names in the motion picture industry. Its roots lie in 1890s Paris when the company was founded as Société Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers Company) by Charles Pathé
Charles Pathé
Charles Pathé was a major French pioneer of the film and recording industries.The son of a butcher shop owner, Charles Pathé was born at Chevry-Cossigny, in the Seine-et-Marne département of France. In 1894, together with his brother Émile, he formed Pathé Records...

 who pioneered the development of the moving image.
 
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