Imagine

{the Music Box Revue

Great comedy dance routine performed by Solly Ward and Ethelind Terry.

Small Boy And Girl Playing (1920)

Footage small boy and girl playing in room.

Children Ring-O-Roses (1930)

Children enjoy a playground game of Ring-a-ring o' roses.

Children Playing In Mud Of Thames (1947)

Children play in the bomb sites of post-war London.

Children At Play, Men At Work (1940)

Shots of children playing in street, telephone engineers and painters at work in street.

Battle Of Britain They Made Tomorrow (1966)

Celebration of Battle of Britain anniversary.

Third Satellite Continues Its Flight (1958)

Soviet newsreel item about Sputnik satellite.

Armer Hansi - Canary Cartoon (1940)

Brilliant cartoon telling story of a day's freedom of a canary.

Us Weather Satellite (1960)

Launch of a new satellite and description of the way it records the weather by means of radar.

Welfare Centre (1920)

Great shots of babies and toddlers at a nursery.

Children At Play (1970)

Shots of children at school playing all manner of playground games.

Children At Play (1973)

School children playing on their playground. Play fights and football.

Young Artists (1951)

Sunday Pictorial National Exhibition of Children's' Art in London.

Picture Curiosities (1920)

Compilation of stunt footage and "curiosities" - unusual people, Hollywood extras etc.

Peeps At "The Music Box" Revue (1923)

Good comedy "Apache" routine and some fantastic costumes in these Cochran revue extracts.

Electronic Teddy Bear (1955)

Air is pumped into a Teddy bear to simulate slow breathing - calms and cures insomnia in children!?

Dolls AKA Doll Exhibition (1954)

Charity exhibition of dolls through the ages at Park Lane in London.

Aesthetic Education In Russia (1968)

Russian children receive art education in Moscow.

Adventure Playground (1965)

A grim London housing estate is livened up with an imaginative adventure playground.

1964 Toys On Show (1964)

Children having fun at 1964 toy show in London.

Diptheria Immunisation (1947)

An animated cartoon, warning parents to immunised their children against Diptheria

Britain's Effort (1918)

Lengthy, interesting animated film showing Britain's effort against enemy in First World War.

Titania's Palace

Various shots of a very ornate dolls house made by Sir Nevile Wilkinson.

A Pen And Inkling - Bobby Bumps Fight

Bobby Bumps and his dog Fido get into fights - cartoon.

Sammy And Sausage In "Whatrotolis" Or "Was It A Dream?"

A pastiche of scenes from Metropolis - Sammy and Sausage perform some experiments.

Fresh Air Frolics (1931)

By use of camera techniques the ghostly figure of a woman walks the high wire and dances in the sea.

Felix The Cat - Switches Witches (1920)

Felix the Cat animation - Halloween capers, frights, magic and a witch

Fair's Fair! (1932)

A couple have a great time at the funfair - good shots of various rides.

Circus Is Royal Fun AKA Circus In Royal Fun (1959)

Bertram Mills circus as Olympia, Prince Charles, Princess Anne and Princess Margaret watch.

Fairground Scenes (1896)

Turn of the Century scenes of people enjoying a funfair with swings and roundabouts.

Come Out To Play Reel 1 (1950)

Great film showing the need for playgrounds to keep children amused.

Educated Mud! (1930)

Trick photography is used to show sculptures taking shape as if by magic.

Do You Know? How To Draw (1931)

Instructions on how to draw a face, and illustration of the basics of animation.

Child Dancers (1914)

Children, some dressed as sprites and fairies, do a dance in gardens for Mayor and officials.

The Land Of Fairy Tales (1968)

Great story shows us lovely scenery of Denmark and takes us to the newly opened Legoland.

Siftings From Cinderella - The Palladium Pantomime, London (1926)

Scenes from the 1926 pantomime Cinderella starring Clarice Mayne, Lennie Deane and Charles Austin.

Jerry The Troublesome Tyke - There's Many A Slip... (1926)

Animation featuring that naughty dog Jerry - this week Jerry goes to a Fancy Dress Ball.

In Cuckooland Pageant AKA In Cuckoo Land (1929)

Schoolchildren from Liverpool take part in a pageant of fairyland. Merseyside.

Classic Itus (1929)

Silly funny dance performed by Jane Moore and Billy Revel - slapstick stuff.

Cinderagella Or Rags To Stitches (1944)

Cartoon showing that rags should be recycled.

Children's Display (1920)

Children's historical and fantasy pageant.

Child Studies At Marionette Show (1948)

Good shots of children watching a marionette show. Harrods, London.

Cobb

Early sound cartoon which features a rather sinister song as a dog takes a chicken for a ramble!