Speeches from several delegates to the World Economic Conference in London.
Very good film of footage of radio set factory in Hendon and Southgate, Greater London.
King George V's Christmas speech with montage of shots of Britain and Empire.
Good documentary about the world in the early 1930s.
Good documentary about the world in the early 1930s.
Prince of Wales and Post Master General visit GPO exhibit at Ideal Home exhibition.
Allied forces bomber planes on display.
Footage of bombing raid.
Various new gadgets for the home are demonstrated.
View of the Hoover factory building in Perivale. A detailed look at the manufacturing process.
Macmillan makes a speech about Britain being a great country.
Neville Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgaden and speaks to the press on his return.
Debt conversion forms are distributed and Neville Chamberlain gives interview on their benefits.
The Coalition Cabinet pose for cameras in garden of No. 10 Downing Street.
Neville Chamberlain talks about his recent Budget.
Neville Chamberlain speaks to Pathe about tariffs - intercut with pictures of his father Joseph.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Neville Chamberlain, explains some parts of his Budget speech.
Neville Chamberlain flies off to meet Hitler - and give away the rights of the Czechs.
Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich to discuss the Czech Crisis with the German Chancellor.
Montage of footage from 1938 Crisis - digging trenches in Green Park and gas mask fittings.
Chamberlain makes second trip to Germany to see Hitler; news of Czech mobilisation breaks.
Up to date dairy is shown - mechanised production line.
Cuts (rushes, out takes) relating to documentaries THE GREAT CRUSADE, TIN MINING and unknown items.
Various shots of Princess Margaret at events in the late 1930s.
Newreel items related to the Abdication of King Edward VIII and his relationship with Mrs Simpson
Illuminated lights of London including News Theatre.
Various material of Nazis in Germany during the build up to WWII.
Documentary film about 1938 - people become aware of the growing threat of war.
Lots of holiday scenes around the world - beaches, swimming, ice cream and fairgrounds.
A retrospective on the life and career of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain after success at Four Powers conference.
Very interesting film promoting a campaign to "Help Save Rural England" against road development.
Various 1930s shots of traffic in the heart of London.
A detailed look inside the Hoover Factory at the manufacturing process.
New advertising device for street walking egg salesmen - adverts on their hats.
Door-to-door brush salesman displays his brushes from a hoop.
Air raid rehearsal at a radio factory in Southend in Essex.
Preparations for an airmail flight from Croydon to South Africa.
Prince Albert, Duke of York, looks over a new aeroplane - Horatius.
Unidentified aeroplane takes off.
Councillors from Ramsgate inaugurate a flying service from the coast to London.
The air liner "Caledonia" has a test flight in Rochester before leaving to fly the Atlantic.
Stories in this item include lion cubs at Amsterdam Zoo and a British steel works.
The Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax arrive in Rome, Italy.
New small plane is revealed in Hooton in Cheshire.
Documentary film about the years 1905-1910, a period of technological and political change.
Footage of preparations being made in Britain for outbreak of war.
Spanish Civil War; street battles and on the front in mountains with antifascist forces.
Good shots of crowds on a beach on the south coast on a hot summer day.
Industrial film showing processes involved in making air compressors and pneumatic tools.
Good aerial footage of Liverpool, Southport and Blackpool in Lancashire.
A ship breakers' yard in Blyth. We see bits of ships being cut and smashed.
Shots of London and New York are compared with sketches and models of a futuristic city.
Good footage of machinery being used to construct road near Brighton, East Sussex.
Lord Monk Bretton is at ceremony to mark the demolition of the site, Somers Town, London.
Brilliant documentary showing how British Insulated Cables can electrify your home!
Brilliant documentary showing how British Insulated Cables can electrify your home!
Good footage of people in coats on the beach and enjoying fairground rides on a rather cold day.
Good scenes of people enjoying a chilly day out at Blackpool.
Thousands have been killed in the Spanish Civil War and untold damage caused to buildings and vehicles. Badajoz, Spain.
Spanish Civil War - bombed out village and soldiers fighting from trenches.
Good footage of German troops marching through Cologne in the demilitarised zone and crowds cheering them on.
Informative item about how a railway carriage is made and assembled. Derby, Derbyshire.
Unemployed and working life in 1930s Britain
Young women playing sport and having holiday fun at Carlyon Bay resort, Cornwall.
Tourists enjoy fun and frolics at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
Fulham children go to Littlehampton for a day trip.
Good shots of holidaymakers having fun on Southend beach in Essex.
Odd things including an automatic garage door and a car park attendant in shining armour.
Excellent film showing all the stages of constructing an MG car.
Road safety item with good shots of light traffic on suburban roads.
Good footage of men at work on construction site at Marble Arch, London.
Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.
Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.
Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.
Documentary film about 1938 - people become aware of the growing threat of war.
Soldiers at Wellington Barracks demonstrate their readiness for gas bomb attacks.
Footage of mass ARP test in London.
Road safety ideas for walking and cycling during the blackout.
Footage of new inventions including bumper that prevents people walking into lamp posts.
Shots of London from the towers of Battersea power station under construction.
The opening of the Regal Cinema in Kingston Upon Hull.
Ship building footage.
Sir Malcolm Campbell gives driving advice to members of the public.
Various rides at the funfair in Margate.
Motorcycles with telephone shaped sidecars are used in advertising campaign.
Shots of traffic and pedestrians around new design of pedestrian crossing in London.
Large excavation machine at work in a quarry in Corby in Northamptonshire.
Bricklayer wears motorcycle crash helmet when carrying bricks up ladder.
Process of brick making - from clay digging to a house building.
Great footage of the nearly completed Mersey Tunnel between Liverpool and Birkenhead.
Good shots of men at work using a new electric welder on a construction site.
Flower carnival in Paris.
Good shots of boulevards and buildings in Paris, France. 1910.
Edward J. Blunt and Margery Jackson demonstrate the Black Bottom.
Glamorous girls pose at the racetrack - nice shot of two women posing with dogs (the Dolly Sisters?).
Edward, Prince of Wales, inspects his prize winning cattle.
The royal family and Winston Churchill on balcony of Buckingham palace, V.E. day. London.