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.
On a blustery January day bishops arrive for the opening of the new Knutsford Test School.
During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.
Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.
A gleaming giant of steam and its cute Lilliputian cousin are an even match in this newsreel battle of the trains.
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.
Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break from the Western Front.
A momentous act of self sacrifice is caught on camera - Emily Davison is trampled by the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby.
Feathered friends prepare to meet their fate in this seasonal newsreel outing to a Norfolk turkey farm.
Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during 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.
Lunch on the Eiffel Tower held in honour of the visit of the representatives of foreign municipalities.
Recruits of Lord Kitchener's 'New Army' parade on Christmas morning.
The devil makes the biggest splash at Cookham's famed regatta.
The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.
The British Fascist movement holds a 10,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square the day before Remembrance Sunday.
“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.
Dogs and cats go on show at two princely London venues – among them some of the fluffiest kittens London is ever likely to see.
The annual mop fair in Stratford-Upon-Avon, including the roasting of an ox.