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"AFRICA WORLD WAR COMFORTS SERVICE. Pleasure trips on the Thames. June 1918 (10). Wounded Springboks at Windsor and Eton College ...
"THE AMBASSADOR OF EMPIRE: THE PRINCE OF WALES HAS NOW COMPLETED HIS TOUR OF THE DOMINIONS: HERE WE SHOW HIS ...
Empire Premiers, in Britain for the Imperial Conference witness a tank display (94ft).
INTEREST. Boys at Bisley School during Empire Day celebrations and performing gym exercises.
[Film broken at the beginning]. "Lt Col Sir ...
Documentary about the food supply of Britain, how it comes from overseas and the work of Royal Navy in protecting ...
The goodwill tour of the Royal Navy's special service squadron around the world, November 1923 to September 1924.
The ...
Amateur film shot by Guy Wickenden shows the public life and celebrations of the British in pre-1940 Cairo, ...
PRINCE VISITS SCENE OF HIS INVESTITURE. H.R.H. on social service tour in Wales, is met by Mr. Lloyd George at ...
For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include:
BURMA FRONT. COMMANDO LANDING FOR OPERATION AT MAUNGDAW JAP CRUISER DESTROYED BY BOMBING ...
F.A. CUP FINAL SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY INDIAN MISSION VISIT TAJ MAHAL EMPIRE RULERS HERE ...
For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: ADVANCE INTO SYRIA HEADS NEWS FROM MIDDLE EAST ALLIED TROOPS CROSS SYRIAN BORDER ...
For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: SPRINGBOKS ON LEAVE AIR AFFAIRS IN U.S.A. ROYAL TOUR OF SOUTH WALES EMPIRE ...
Red and white flag of the Indonesian republic flying. Graffiti reads 'Freedom the glory of any nation'. Small pieces of ...
ACTUALITY. The 1948 Conservative Party conference: Oliver Stanley's speech on the benefits brought to the colonies by private enterprise and ...
Anthony Eden's Empire tour. The London County Council elections. Food rationing. The Young Conservatives' conference at Filey including a visit ...
DOCUMENTARY - made as a coronation souvenir (George VI) and traces the story of the British Empire from 1895 to ...
A propaganda short ("un trois-minutes") stressing the combined strength of the French and British Empires.
After a few brief ...
Schoolschildren celebrating Empire Day (50ft).
Footage of the Empire Day Celebrations in Whalley, Lancashire in May 1913.
Main title. Shots of a large group of children, some with hay rakes, dressed in white, in the school yard, ...
Current affairs programmme. Items: Empire foods; Colour bar; South African troubles; B.O.A.C. flowers.
The Empire Premiers inspect the airship R.33 and its mooring post (96ft).
The Empire Premiers opn HMS 'Revenge' witness a mock battle and naval display at sea. (Mackenzie King and William Cosgrave ...
PROPAGANDA. The film describes achievements in science, engineering and industry in Britain and her Empire.
RL.1 A reconstruction scene shows a ...
Record footage showing examples of Japanese propaganda circulated in Batavia (Jakarta) during their occupation of the Netherlands East ...
The work of the Child Emigration Society in helping children from slum areas in Britain move to Australia and learn ...
Documentary on the history of the British flag.
Empire premiers at Cambridge University, including Mackenzie King of Canada, and the Maharajah of Burdan (44ft).
St. James's Park and its environs.
Opening LS view of St. James's Park, Piccadilly; traffic passing Marble Arch (92). Entrance to ...
Animated film sponsored by the Empire Marketing Board, it is designed to persuade British consumers that 'Empire Buying Begins at ...
ACTUALITY. An amalgamation of two events featuring the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. The opening of the exhibition by King ...
Main title. No series number. "Pictures Exclusive to Topical Budget" (6). "A Panorama presenting some of Wembley's Wonders" (10). Iris ...
A brief French view of the history of the British Empire, made up mainly of maps and diagrams.
Survey of the British Empire in 1944 and the future problems with which it is likely to be faced.
Opening ...
Troops bound for Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) parade at the Municipal Building ...
COMPILATION. Collection of `newsfilm' stories located on Orkney.
[No title] Crowds in street with pipers; man addresses crowd; scenes in Kirkwall ...
Prince Henry in Hyde Park for Empire Day celebrations (52ft).
Film showing a number of slogans, posters and graffiti during rising political unrest in Batavia, Dutch East Indies ...
Footage depicting the unsettled political climate in Bandoeng (Bandung) in central Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
Slow pan left-to-right ...
A mixture of reenactment and newsreel footage depicting events in Britain and the Empire during the reign of King George ...
ACTAULITY. Scenes in Hastings, inlcuding Empire Day celebrations.
No main title. Open air service at Hastings (?) in a park. A ...
Cameron Highlanders in Southampton (79ft).
School children celebrate Empire Day (43ft).
"This is a brief survey of progress made by the British Government in helping forty separate colonial territories to raise ...
King George V and Queen Mary at Wembley Stadium for Empire Day service (65ft).
The world in the 3rd year of war - a mixture of caution ("Today our world faces its ...