Women Hay Makers 1916
Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.
Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.
The annual mop fair in Stratford-Upon-Avon, including the roasting of an ox.
Poignant scenes of Allied troops enjoying their Yuletide rations at the first Christmas of WWI.
On a blustery January day bishops arrive for the opening of the new Knutsford Test School.
Dashing through the snow; on a six-horse open plough... The streets are ready for sledging in 1920s Buxton.
No fewer than five once or future prime ministers on show at the momentous 1923 election.
Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.
Scenes of WWI troops relaxing on Streatham Common, South London in a Topical Budget newsreel.
The British Fascist movement holds a 10,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square the day before Remembrance Sunday.
First county cricket match of the season between champions Lancashire and Warwickshire.
The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.
Druids, Romans and Norman knights return to Richmond for the 600th anniversary of the Yorkshire town's charter.
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.
Recruits of Lord Kitchener's 'New Army' parade on Christmas morning.
During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.
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.
'Our Day' badges and flags being sold in aid of wounded WWI soldiers are shown in this Topical Budget film.
Dogs and cats go on show at two princely London venues – among them some of the fluffiest kittens London is ever likely to see.