Footage of the Queen Mother receiving an honorary degree.
The Duke of Edinburgh visits a big Lancashire Colliery.
Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, with a group of miners.
Prince of Wales and local dignitaries visiting coal mining village.
Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, makes whirlwind tour of Yorkshire.
American Ambassador Whitney visits coal mine and coke works in Durham.
Miners at work in Stobswood colliery.
Footage of miners at work.
Great film to encourage men to take up jobs in the newly nationalised coal mines.
Compilation of coal mining material from the 1920s and 1930s.
Good colour travel shots of industrial and housing areas in Sunderland.
Shots of collieries in Sunderland.
Coal shortages following nationalisation create problems for other industries.
Prince of Wales visits mines.
Footage of funeral procession and miners at work in coal mine.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit mining area of Yorkshire.
Princess Mary dedicates cornerstone for hospital building in Leeds.
News in a Nutshell includes - Johannesburg's Jubilee, fire at Boston High School, and Leeds University's new library.
Children's historical pageant to celebrate 300th anniversary of city of Leeds.
Pageant festival in Beauvais, France & Children's Day at Leeds Tattoo.
Big Civil Defence exercise in Leeds - 500 volunteers involved.
Ellen Ellis is crowned Queen of Children's Day in Leeds.
Leeds Civic Week is inaugurated by the Lord Mayor and bunting is hung through the city.
Cuts (out takes, rushes) in CITY OF LEEDS from G 1310.
The Duchess of Devonshire lays foundation stone to extension of Leeds' University.
Armistice Day gatherings, with scenes of crowds at a memorial in Leeds.
Leeds honours its dead. Armistice Day 1928.
Children's Day at Rounday Park in Leeds, Yorkshire.
Children celebrate their own day and crown their own Queen in Leeds.
Fancy dress party, crowning of the Queen, country dancing - a great day for Leeds children.
Anthony Eden sees PT display and the Carnival Queen and her entourage.
Stars attend Gala Performance of film - in Leeds.
Great shots of industrial dereliction, children playing in rubble, closed down pits.
A new fund for stricken miners and their families is opened.
Interesting film about protection of British industries against foreign competition.
Great shots of a busy textile mill in Lancashire.
The and Duke fly to Canada for eight day tour.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh leave Nigeria.
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip leave from London Airport to start their Canadian tour.
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip leave for tour of East Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Air Hostesses wearing Sari's serve coffee and refreshments to passengers during flight.
Tourist advice with sex appeal.
Colour item showing jumbo jet inside and out. Heathrow Airport, London.
Trainee air hostesses are put through their paces at the BOAC Air School at Heston.
BEA training centre for air hostesses at Southall, London.
Chinese and Japanese trainee air hostesses are instructed at the BOAC School in Heston.
Indian Air Hostesses with their sari uniforms bring colour to London Airport.
Actor Frank Vosper changes into the make-up and costume of King Henry VIII, then acts in a brief scene from 'The Rose Without A Thorn' with Joan Moore.
Excellent film showing all the stages of constructing an MG car.
Shots of metal work and engine production.
Good shots of factory workers arriving at the start of a shift.
Prince of Wales pays visit to depression hit Glasgow homes.
Aerial view of terraced houses in a small town, and views from a canal.
Children of varying fame with a special mention of the Latta family. Excellent quality. Some early pictures of Prince Charles (See below)
Cute pictures of the young Prince Charles being wheeled in his pram in Green Park.
The baby Prince Charles is taken out for a stroll by his doting parents.
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip playing with Charles (a baby) outside.
Footage of women wearing the latest skirt fashions. London.
Women queuing to get into shops for summer season sale.
Tailors have a sale - cutting prices and getting long queues outside.
Shopping frenzy at the January sales - Peter Robinson's department store is featured.
Big crowds looking for bargains in London's New Year sales.
Good shots of factory workers at work on production line. They seem to be building cars.
Unemployed and working life in 1930s Britain
Industrial film showing processes involved in making air compressors and pneumatic tools.
Amazing early sex education film - strange, funny and fascinating!
Excellent documentary showing the environmental effects of air pollution.
King George VI present medals to soldiers.
King George V Reviews Kitchener's Army
King George V inspects RAF (?) troops.
King George V watches Australian troops march past.
King George V reviewing troops.
Footage of Prince Arthur reviewing French troops.
The Prince of Wales reviews troops.
Queen Mary & other Royals Review Troops
King George V reviews cavalry troops in a field.
Military tournament in Leeds. Yorkshire.
Special Constables drill at Weetwood Park in Leeds; Yorkshire; England.
Lord Mayor of Leeds SIR CHARLES LUPTON pays a visit to the Leeds Pals Battalion in a camp near COLSTERDALE in the Yorkshire Dales.
Some excellent footage showing British Army recruitment and training during WW1.
Men waiting to enlist outside building.
The King and Queen on Tyneside.
Montage of footage from royal visit to Leicester by King George V & Queen Mary.
King George V visits the Western Front during WW1.
Excellent documentary showing the environmental effects of air pollution.
Bomb sites and poor housing areas in London - good footage.
Prince Philip visits school and mill in Bradford, Yorkshire.
Coronation of the Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey - introduction.
Government Ministers arrive at Durham Miners' Gala.
Coronation of the Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey - preparations on the day.
Coronation of the Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey - ceremony in the Abbey.
Coronation of the Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey - Abbey ceremony & parade.
A look back at Prince Edward's tours of various cities of Britain.
Entertainers and soldiers have fun at garden party attended by Queen Alexandra.
Princess Mary is among people attending theatre garden party.
Queen Mary and King George V enjoy visit to allotments, seeing a pig and prize lettuce.
King George V reviews Australian troops on Salisbury Plain; 1916.
Australian and New Zealand soldiers march past Prince of Wales at Australia House.
Footage of new recruits being fed at training camp.
Britain's mass army of volunteers who responded to appeals by King George V.
Various shots of traffic filled streets in London, Sunderland, Leeds and Newcastle.
Neville Chamberlain lays foundation stone for block of flats which should begin to relieve problem of slum housing in Bethnal Green. London.
Sir Hilton Young, Minister for Health, inspects slum clearing project in Wandsworth.
Princess Alice lays the foundation stone at a block of flats to replace London slums.
Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.
Princess Royal opens a new canteen in a textile factory in Leeds.
Duke & Princess Royal at Leeds University watching production of man-made fibres.
Princess Mary in Leeds opening new hospital war for children, Yorkshire.
Princess Mary visits her fiance Viscount Lascelles in Leeds.
Princess Mary opens nurses homes at Leeds hospital (her husband, Earl Harewood, is its president).
Mass crowds as the Queen attends festival in West Yorkshire
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on a tour of Yorkshire.
Special item for Leeds about visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
Earl Hague in Leeds, West Yorkshire to receive the Freedom of the City
Various shots of traffic filled streets in London, Leeds and Newcastle.
Liverpool regiments leave for fresh training quarters.
French Army regiments travel by train.
New British army recruits wrestling and boxing.
Footage of British volunteers.
Recruiting office with volunteers signing up.
Footage being recruited in Trafalgar Square, London.
Footage of new recruits at camp.
Nice footage of soldiers in training.
New British Army recruits heading for the depot from where they will leave for military training.
Masses of new British Army recruits training for the 'Big Push'.
Newly recruited men march along street.
Footage of new recruits to the army receiving their equipment.
Footage of soldiers in training.
Footage troops in training, bayonet practise.
Duke of Connaught watches new soldiers depart on troop train.
New recruits do physical training exercises.
A recreation of 18th and 19th century life at the Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall.