3-022-368 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Male Newsreel Camera Operators Carrying Tripods and Equipment, 1920s. '...the British Empire Exhibition in London in 1924 - this was the great display of unity and resources held to forward empire solidarity and stimulate trade. So grand were some of its functions, that to turn their handles, many newsreel cameramen appeared in top hats and morning dress'. From "Time To Remember - Came The Dawn", 1925 (Reel 3); peek at the British Film Industry of the 1920s - clips from great silent films and newsreels.