The Gaumont Film Company, often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé, Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu.
A Spido reportage at the Fotomuseum Antwerp
Pathé is a major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Pathé Cinémas and television networks across Europe.
The Pathé Brothers by Adrien Barrère
Headquarters of Associated British-Pathé at 142 Wardour Street in London
Pathé multiplex in Dietlikon, Switzerland