Richmond Historical Pageant 1929
Druids, Romans and Norman knights return to Richmond for the 600th anniversary of the Yorkshire town's charter.
Druids, Romans and Norman knights return to Richmond for the 600th anniversary of the Yorkshire town's charter.
Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.
Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break from the Western Front.
On a blustery January day bishops arrive for the opening of the new Knutsford Test School.
Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.
No fewer than five once or future prime ministers on show at the momentous 1923 election.
During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.
A gleaming giant of steam and its cute Lilliputian cousin are an even match in this newsreel battle of the trains.
Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.
Feathered friends prepare to meet their fate in this seasonal newsreel outing to a Norfolk turkey farm.
Lunch on the Eiffel Tower held in honour of the visit of the representatives of foreign municipalities.
Private Daly of the Connaught Rangers triumphs in the Aldershot Command annual cross country race, months before the outbreak of WWI.
The Valentine's card, 1920s-style. Two British actresses put lips to paper in a demonstration of the so-called "Kiss Valentine", leaving a lipstick imprint of the loving smooch in favour of a more traditional card.
The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.
Stunning views from the boundary of the 1921 Australian touring team's first match.
Recruits of Lord Kitchener's 'New Army' parade on Christmas morning.
The start of the fox hunting season with the Cattistock Hunt in Maiden Newton, Dorset.
“Chicago’s Titanic” the S.S. Eastland, a Great Lakes passenger ship in which 844 people lost their lives, is brought up from the seabed.
A momentous act of self sacrifice is caught on camera - Emily Davison is trampled by the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby.
The British Fascist movement holds a 10,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square the day before Remembrance Sunday.