The devastating results of a gas explosion are shown as we see the wreckage of three...
A gas explosion results in loss of life and total destruction of three...
Different flare signals are fired from the deck of the "Worcester" during...
A seaplane enables a wire to be set up quickly on a ship for a breeches buoy.
Men work to reinforce the wall of the River Thames as the water rises to...
Neutral merchant ships remain in Swedish docks due to threat of U-boat attack,...
Duchess of Gloucester launches her first ship...
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Air Sea Rescue teams at work.
Guards marching onto ship departing for the Near East, Woolwich, Greater...
Citizens are evacuated as flood levels reach lamp post height.
Coastal erosion causes the collapse of the foundations of a house.
The river Thames comes dangerously close to the top of the river...
During the heatwave burning crops and haystacks are tackled by fire...
President L.B. Johnson makes a speech and...
Speech by Sir John Simon: the Anglo-French conversations and threats of...
Fire hoses and huge pipes are used to control a fire.
New lifeboat is launched in front of large crowd at...
A new lifeboat is launched in Tees mouth, and British boats help...
Miraculously all 32...
The launching of latest type of motor life boat at...
Trailer warning about the perils of smoking in the home.
Severe...
Canoe race on the River Isar in Bavaria - poor image quality.
Eisenhower's...
A landslide of 140,000 tons of rock leaves houses perilously near the cliff edge....
More floods damage Winnipeg, Canada.
Compilation of funny stories - performing...
Men float down the Hodzu River in Japan on primitive floats.
Navy workers take over the work during the coal strike of 1921.
British troops move into position on the Turkish coast, Turkey.
Premier John Curtin speaks of Australia's brace resistance to threatened...
Various shots from road race to Monte Carlo
General Balbo and his team land in Canada after their flight across the...
Mountain guides climb the Dolomites to check for danger areas to climbers.
A landslide occurs in Switzerland, two villages are evacuated.
An American tank attempts the climb up 14,400 foot Mount Colorado.
Good footage of WC Bullit giving speech in Independence Square in...
President Dwight Eisenhower plays down threat of H-bomb...
Explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton with his sled dogs after his return from...
Prince George, Duke of Kent launches lifeboat in Shoreham.
Mr H. Alexander drives his Ford car up Ben Nevis in Scotland, it takes him...
Footage of a rescue in the snow by the monks and dogs of the Hospice of...
H.S. Perry crosses the channel on a motorbike, Dover, Kent.
A golfer performs tricks such as hitting the ball off the top of a bottle, and even...
President Roosevelt makes speech about stabilising the cost of...
Queen Mother and Princess Margaret attend a fashion show at Hamilton House,...
Demonstration of skills of frogmen firemen - they rescue and resuscitate drowning...
Service and memorial mark the centenary of General...
A Sailors Corner is opened in the...
Instructions are given for making leather gloves at home.