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MIDGET SUBMARINE

Midget Submarine (1951)

Footage of new small submarine in action, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon.

EMPRESS EUGENIE'S HOUSE AS HOSPITAL - PART 2

Empress Eugenie's House As Hospital - Part 2 (1914-1918)

Nurses and patients in maternity ward at former...

SHELLS FOR GUNS

Shells For Guns (1941)

Men and women in South Africa make shells for guns as part of the war effort.

SCRAP IRON

Scrap Iron (1941)

Men in a factory turn scrap iron into munitions.

SALVAGE aka BEACHCOMBING

Salvage AKA Beachcombing (1940)

Wartime beachcombers find all sorts of things from cotton wool to a...

WEATHER IN THE DESERT aka METEOROLOGICAL WORKS issue title - RIGHT AS RAIN

Weather In The Desert AKA Meteorological Works Issue Title - Right As Rain (1941)

A...

MAKING GUNS

Making Guns (1941)

Gun production is stepped up in Australia and Britain.

 

 

COCOONING FLEET AT CHATHAM

Cocooning Fleet At Chatham (1948)

Fleet being cocooned at Chatham.

COCOONING FLEET AT CHATHAM

Cocooning Fleet At Chatham (1948)

Fleet being cocooned at Chatham - duplicate, same title Film ID...

TOMMY'S JOY DAY - PAYDAY AT CAMP OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S RIFLES.

Tommy's Joy Day - Payday At Camp Of Queen Victoria's Rifles. (1914)

Soldiers of Queen Victoria's...

UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATION IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE

Unemployed Demonstration In Trafalgar Square (1920-1929)

Large protest march and rally by unemployed in...

DISPATCH RIDERS aka EMERGENCY MESSENGERS issue title - NEEDS MUST

Dispatch Riders AKA Emergency Messengers Issue Title - Needs Must (1942)

Young men volunteer to...

STEEL AND SHELLS issue title is COME THE THREE CORNERS

Steel And Shells Issue Title Is Come The Three Corners (1943)

South African munitions workers...

STEEL AND SHELLS issue title COME THE THREE CORNERS

Steel And Shells Issue Title Come The Three Corners (1943)

Duplicate story - see separate record...

GUARD'S UNIFORM AND BARRACKS AKA HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY

Guard's Uniform And Barracks AKA Household Cavalry (1956)

A look at the elite corps who make up...

KRUPP'S MILLIONS

Krupp's Millions (1952)

German industrialist Alfred Krupps has war crime sentence changed and gets back...

VEG STEW

Veg Stew (1941)

A look at how special wartime vegetable stew is mass produced.

TRAINING WOMEN FOR MUNITIONS

Training Women For Munitions (1941)

Good item showing women being trained and working in munitions...

CRYSTAL PALACE

Crystal Palace (1941)

An item showing towers of Crystal Palace being dismantled for munitions. London.

MAKING BISCUITS aka AFRICA TAKES THE BISCUIT issue title -

Making Biscuits AKA Africa Takes The Biscuit Issue Title - "Put And Take" (1941)

Mass...

ARMY TRAIN DRIVERS  issue title is JACK AND JILL

Army Train Drivers Issue Title Is Jack And Jill (1942)

Army steam engine drivers training in...

SEARCHLIGHTS

Searchlights (1942)

South African women in the army learn to use sound detectors and searchlights.

GLIDER PILOTS

Glider Pilots (1942)

Pilots learn to fly in gliders before progressing to aeroplanes. South Africa.

WHEAT

Wheat (1943)

Shipments of wheat arrive in India and are taken to flour mills to help food shortage.

NAVY MEN AND SHEEP

Navy Men And Sheep (1943)

Canadian sailors dip sheep on an English farm.

RESERVE FLEET

Reserve Fleet (1950)

Weapons are preserved and packaged in the reserve naval fleet. Portsmouth,...

SAILOR COMES HOME

Sailor Comes Home (1944)

A sailor comes home from the war to his fishing village home in Cornwall.

JACKBOOTS

Jackboots (1953)

Excellent footage of jackboot being made at workshop in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire.

MINEFIELD CLEARANCE

Minefield Clearance (1953)

Clearing minefields on beaches of Folkestone, Kent.

COMET SCHOOL

Comet School (1952)

Footage of training for air hostesses in Hertfordshire.

WOMEN'S FIRE SERVICE aka N.F.S. FIRE DRILL issue title - FIND THE LADY

Women's Fire Service AKA N.F.S. Fire Drill Issue Title - Find The Lady (1942)

A look at the...

RUSSIAN FACTORY

Russian Factory (1940)

Women working in Russian factories while men are in war.

ARMY BAKERS

Army Bakers (1914-1918)

Army bakers at work, baking bread in outdoor ovens during World War One.

MAKING ARTIFICIAL LIMBS

Making Artificial Limbs (1914)

Artificial wooden legs being made in...

THOSE ARMY BLANKETS!

Those Army Blankets! (1940)

Good shots of girls at work in a mill as we see complete process of making...

MILITARY MILLINERY

Military Millinery (1940)

Complete process of making tin helmets for South African soldiers.

EVE GOES TO IT!

Eve Goes To It! (1941)

Excellent story of women 'doing their bit' by making speedboats to be used in...

 BOMB STORY

Bomb Story (1950)

Unedited material showing controlled bomb explosions. c. 1950

GENERAL WAVELL

General Wavell (1940)

General Wavell at the front. 1940?

YOUR WASHING DONE

Your Washing Done (1940)

National emergency washing service for the blitz victims. 1940?

WOMEN AND WAR EFFORT - 1942

Women And War Effort - 1942 (1942)

Women do men's work at British shipyards for war effort.

NAVVIES IN SKIRTS

Navvies In Skirts (1916)

Women take jobs as navvies during World War One.

MAKING THEM WORK

Making Them Work (1917)

Austrian prisoners earn extra money working in French Ports

FIRE AFTER FIRE HAS HAMPERED AMERICAN WAR PREPARATIONS

Fire After Fire Has Hampered American War Preparations (1916)

Huge fire at shipyard in USA.

A PEACEFUL BRITISH VICTORY

A Peaceful British Victory (1917)

French women workers succeed in shortening their hours to 'the...

LIVERPOOL DOCKER NOW SOLDIER OF THE KING - DOCKERS' BATTALION

Liverpool Docker Now Soldier Of The King - Dockers' Battalion (1914-1918)

Dockers' battalion forms...

'VOLTURNO' ON FIRE - SHOTS ON BOARD

'volturno' On Fire - Shots On Board (1914-1918)

Footage of ocean liner the 'Volturno' after fire.

NATIONAL SERVICE WEEK

National Service Week (1914-1918)

Large pleas for enrolment in National Service are seen all over Trafalgar...

BRITISH ARTILLERY IN FRANCE

British Artillery In France (1914-1918)

British horse artillery moving along cobbled street of French...

LAND GIRLS IN ORCHARD

Land Girls In Orchard (1914-1918)

Land girls pick fruit in orchard.