British Pathé Archive

The British Pathé archive has been an independent archive since 2008 and consists of newsreel footage that would’ve been shown in movie theaters in the United Kingdom. The archive contains hundreds of thousands of clips dating back to 1897 through 1984,

Footage on the British Pathé website is not embeddable but may be available on the archive’s YouTube page.

Below is a collection of US soccer-related clips from the British Pathé archive. Click on a link to go to the footage source page on the archive website. The date in each item’s description is the date the footage was released.

1924

• US Men’s National Team in Republic of Ireland (Post 1924 Olympics international friendly — Mar. 10, 1924)

1926

• New York Stars vs. Hakoah Vienna (international tour — May 10, 1926)

1948

• Metropolitan All Stars of New York vs. Liverpool (international tour — Jun. 3, 1948)

1952

• Tottenham vs. Manchester United at Yankee Stadium (international tour — Jun. 23, 1952)

1960

• Manchester United vs. Hearts of Midlothian at Randalls Island (international tour — May 22, 1960)

1961

• International soccer match (teams unknown, possibly from the International Soccer League (Polo Grounds — May 1, 1961)

1963

• West Ham United vs. Dukla Prague (American Challenge Cup — Aug. 13, 1963)

1966

• US Marines play soccer at South Vietnam’s Friendship Games (Nov. 4, 1966)

1967

• “Soccer Invades New Multimillion Dollar Stadium in Atlanta” (NO AUDIO: Appears to be coverage of pitch for NPSL’s Atlanta Chiefs to play at Atlanta Stadium/Fulton County Stadium — Jan. 19, 1967)

1970

• Brazil fans celebrate World Cup win in Times Square (Jun. 22, 1970)
• Pele with Santos vs. NASL All Stars (international tour — Sep. 17, 1970)

1971

• Pele with Santos vs. Chicago All-Stars (international tour — Aug. 10, 1971)

1972

• Unidentified teams playing indoor soccer at unidentified venue in Chicago (Jan. 6, 1972)

1974

• Popularity of soccer in US increasing (features Seattle Sounders — May 31, 1974)
• USA vs. Mexico (international friendly — Sep. 29, 1974)

1975

• On Pele’s worth to New York Cosmos (Jul. 30, 1975)
• Roma vs. New York Cosmos (international tour — Sep. 13, 1975)

1976

• Brazil vs. England (Bicentennial Cup — May 24, 1976)
• England vs. Italy (Bicentennial Cup — May 30, 1976)
• Team America vs. England (Bicentennial Cup — Jun 1, 1976)
• Mexico vs. USA (World Cup qualifier — Oct. 17, 1976)

1977

• Adrian Alston Profile (indoor soccer — Mar. 1, 1977)
• Franz Beckenbauer signs with New York Cosmos (transfer news — May 27, 1977)
• Furukawa Electric Company vs. New York Cosmos (international tour — Sep. 11, 1977)
• New York Cosmos arrive in India (international tour — Sep. 24, 1977)
• Pele’s retirement (Sep. 30, 1977)
• New York Cosmos vs People’s Republic of China (international tour — Oct. 8, 1977)
• Flamengo 4-1 New York Cosmos (exhibition game in Rio de Janeiro — Oct. 18, 1977)

1978

• New York Cosmos vs. World All Stars (exhibition game — Sep. 1, 1978)
• New York Cosmos 1-1 Chelsea (exhibition game — Sep. 27, 1978)

1979

• Johan Neeskens debuts for New York Cosmos (Jun. 25, 1979)
• Australian Men’s National Team 2-1 New York Cosmos (international tour — Oct. 24, 1979)

1980

• New York Cosmos vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (Transatlantic Challenge Cup — May 27, 1980)
• Franz Beckenbauer bids farewell to the Cosmos (NASL All Stars 3-2 New York Cosmos at Giants Stadium — Sep. 26, 1980)

1982

• New York Cosmos vs. Chicago Sting (Transatlantic Challenge Cup — Jun. 3, 1982)
• Europe vs. Rest of the World (UNICEF charity match — Aug. 10, 1982)
• USA possible replacement to host 1986 World Cup (New York Cosmos featured — Oct. 29, 1982)
• Japan vs, New York Cosmos (international tour — Nov. 11, 1982)

1983

• Franz Beckenbauer with New York Cosmos (profile — May 1, 1983)
• Henry Kissinger the makes case for the USA to host 1896 World Cup (May 19, 1983)

1984

• US Men’s National Team vs. Italy (international friendly — May 31, 1984)