Probing Venus | British Pathé

THE THINGS THAT LAUNCH US - SPACE MONTH ON BRITISH PATHÉ (NOVEMBER 2015): Newsreels of the Week: Probing Venus. These three classic newsreels from the 1960s look at two early missions to the planet Venus - the Mariner II probe sent by Nasa and the Soviet Union’s Venera 4. Original version trimmed to remove music for licensing reasons. 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