Since long before French cinematographers Charles and Emil Pathé became famous for their ground breaking news-reel coverage of world events, we the public, have had an appetite for wanting to know what is going on around us. An appetite only previously being fed by being able to peep through the curtains, or listening through a jam jar pressed against a neighbours adjoining wall.
With the world's rich history, the documentary was the perfect vehicle to move on from the traditional method of rumour gathering of the news paper. Such catastrophes as the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, and the Great War have been able to be studied and relived. Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill have continued to be seen, analysed, evaluated and re-evaluated, long since their demise.
Even without film cameras being there they are able to bring to life such legends as: Henry VIII, The Lady of the lamp - Florence Nightingale, and 13th century Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan, to name but a few.
History Documentary
