Leyton vs Crystal Palace (1911) | British Pathé Gems Nº17

This was missing from our archive for decades - thanks so much to Joshua Cattermole for finding it. 19th August 1911. This footage shows the Final of the London Baseball League between Leyton vs Crystal Palace. To this date, this is the oldest baseball footage outside of US ever found. 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. A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AN