Pathé Weekly

Pathé Weekly was a French newsreel series produced by Charles Pathé's company, Pathé Frères. Introduced around 1912 for American audiences, it was part of a broader network of newsreels and film production that dominated the global market in the early 20th century. Newsreels like Pathé Weekly typically covered expected events such as parades and sporting contests, as well as residual news like floods. Pathé Frères was a major force in early cinema, manufacturing equipment, mass-producing films, and establishing international distribution networks. The popularity of television news eventually led to the decline of newsreels, with the last American weeklies ceasing production by the late 1950s.123