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: "A Real Tonic" (1932); The Prince of Wales visits the poor and unemployed in Lancashire - they seem happy to see him.

: Greenwich Village (1929); Bohemian types of Greenwich Village are featured - artists, a band, night club antics.

: London's Clubs And Cabarets No. 6 - The Anchor Cabaret (1926); Fantastic film contrasting working men's entertainment with grander West End cabarets.

: Time To Remember - 1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor - Reel 3 (1929); Good documentary about the world in 1929. Illness of King George V & economic depression.

: World Troubles 1914-1934 (1934); A very fast paced look back over the twenty years 1914-1934 focusing on war and revolution.

: Throng Wall Street As Stock Market Crashes; Crowds gather in the streets of New York as fears grow about the financial situation.

: Time To Remember - 1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor - Reel 1 (1929); Good documentary about the world in 1929. Illness of King George V & economic depression.

: Time To Remember - 1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor - Reel 2 (1929); Good documentary about the world in 1929. Illness of King George V & economic depression.

: Time To Remember - 1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor - Reel 4 (1929); Good documentary about the world in 1929. Illness of King George V & economic depression.

: Ernest Bevin (1900); Biopic tracing the life and achievements of Ernest Bevin.

: Guest - Henry Ford Calls At White House AKA Henry Ford Visits White House; Henry Ford meets Roosevelt to discuss the New Deal and their differences.

: Parade For Prosperity (1933); New York sees a massive parade to boost the New Deal and fight the depression.

: Road Making In America - Nra Programme; New Deal workers build roads in America.

: Us Starts Work On Boulder Dam AKA Boulder Dam Inaugurated; Secretary of the Interior Wilbur starts the work on the Hoover Dam in Boulder Canyon.

: Towards World Economic Recovery! (1933); Ramsay MacDonald arrives in America before conference on economics.

: Boulder Dam (1936); President Franklin D. Roosevelt opens the impressive Boulder Dam on the Colorado river.

: Harnessing Power AKA Boulder Dam Opened (1936); President Franklin D. Roosevelt opens the impressive Boulder Dam on the Colorado river.

: Time To Remember 1926 - Short Sharp Shower - Reel 4 (1926); Documentary about 1926 - General Strike, international politics, dancing, weather and record breaking feats.

: Time To Remember 1926 - Short Sharp Shower - Reel 1 (1926); Documentary about 1926 - General Strike, international politics, dancing, weather and record breaking feats.

: The Latest In Dances - The Charleston (1925); A new variation on Charleston steps is demonstrated by Barbara Miles and Maxwell Stewart.

: Men Of Our Time - Franklin D. Roosevelt Reel 1 & 2 (1920); Biopic of the American President - lots of good footage.

: The Roosevelt Story Reels 3 & 4 Spliced (1930); Biopic of the American President - lots of good footage.

: America's "Man Of Destiny" (1933); Inauguration of new American President Franklin D Roosevelt.

: Covent Garden Band (1929); Great 1920s jazz from the Covent Garden Band, plus Charlestoning flapper and small boy!

: Opening Of Empire Leicester Square - Crowds And Cars Outside Floodlit Cinema Where 'trelawney Of The Wells' Is Showing (1928); Crowds turn out of the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square.

: The Flat Charleston Made Easy (1927); A Charleston lesson for the cinema audience.

: Coining The Gold Of The Great North West (1929); Processes involved in grain production in Canada - transportation, packing etc.

: Time To Remember - Teenage Flapper 1920s - Reel 1 (1920); Excellent documentary about women's lives in the 1920s - great commentary by Joyce Grenfell.

: Time To Remember - Teenage Flapper 1920s - Reel 3 (1920); Excellent documentary about women's lives in the 1920s - great commentary by Joyce Grenfell.

: Time To Remember - Teenage Flapper 1920s - Reel 4 (1920); Excellent documentary about women's lives in the 1920s - great commentary by Joyce Grenfell.

: Charleston Dancing (1930); Good shots of Charleston and quick shot of Rudy Vallee.

: Dance Time (1926); Scenes from the Palais de Danse in Wimbledon - good Charleston footage, exhibition dancing etc.

: London Clubs And Cabarets - Trocadero Restaurant (1933); Good footage of the variety stars at the Trocadero Restaurant in London.

: London's Famous Clubs And Cabarets No. 1 - The Kit Cat Club (1926); Stars of stage and screen mix with the bright young things at the Kit Cat Club.

: London's Famous Clubs And Cabarets No. 3 (1926); Acts from the Metropole "Midnight Follies" are featured including Tex McLeod and Elsie Percival.

: London's Famous Clubs And Cabarets No 9 - The Cosmo Club (1927); Great peek into the evening's entertainment at the Cosmo Club - good dancing and performers.

: Nature Conquered! (1932); Mighty explosions in the Boulder Canyon, Colorado begins work on the Hoover Dam.

: New Lincoln Tunnel Under Hudson River Lner (1938); Opening of the new Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey.

: Guy's Hospital New Building Opened - London (1938); Academic staff make a procession to inspect new Pathological building at Guy's Hospital.

: Will This Solve Unemployment? (1938); Young men from poor families work on motor magnate Henry Ford's farm camp.

: Contrast City Life And Rural Life (1920); A contrast of city and rural life.

: General Strike More Strike Snaps (1926); General Strike affects all aspects of life in Britain.

: London Traffic (1920); Traffic in London.

: Traffic / Trams On Blackfriars Bridge (1920); Traffic scenes from 1930s London.

: Traffic Scenes, Taxis And Horse Drawn Vehicles (1920); London traffic scenes from the 1930s.

: J D Rockefeller, Jr. AKA John D Rockefeller Junior (1930); Rockefeller announces that he is changing his stance over Prohibition.

: Time To Remember - Some People In The Thirties 1930s - Reel 3 (1930); Documentary film about the 1930s, focussing on famous characters of the time.

: Us Mountaineers Moved On May Also Be Known As Mountain Dwellers Moved To Lowlands (1937); Poor families from mountains rehoused in department of agriculture homesteads

: Colorado River Dam Finished News In A Nutshell; Construction and opening of Boulder Dam across Colorado River.

: Hunger Marchers Arrive In Washington, 1932 (1932); Marchers complaining about poverty and hunger arrive in the American capital.

: Us President (1937); President Roosevelt visits farming communities and Polio hospital in Georgia.

: Coal Miners Take Charge Lner (1938); Workers run a colliery in United States of America.

: Another Scene Of Factory Workers (1930); Good shots of factory workers at work on production line. They seem to be building cars.

: New Bata Factory In USA (1939); Footage of laying of foundation stone for new Bata shoe factory in Maryland, United States of America.

: Foundation Stone Laid On New Seamen's Hospital (1937); Ceremony of laying foundation stone of new Seamen's Hospital in London.

: U.S Air Port AKA U.S. Airport, AKA New Port Airlines To Land In New York City (1938); A new airport is under construction in New York and the mayor signs contracts with three airlines for transcontinental journeys. America (USA).

: New York's New Airport (1939); Footage of New York's new airport in the United States of America.

: Us President On Tour (1937); FDR visits city of Cheyenne and Yellowstone National Park.

: Picette No. 5 - Chimps Champs & Chumps Record A (1948); Compilation of funny stories - performing chimps, making movies, flea circus, tightrope walking etc.

: Time To Remember - Around The Corner 1932 Reel 3 (1932); Diary of events in 1932 in the United States of America - Franklin Roosevelt becomes the President.

: Time To Remember - Around The Corner 1932 Reel 4 (1932); Diary of events in 1932 in the United States of America - Franklin Roosevelt becomes the President.

: La Fin Du Regime Sec AKA End Of Prohibition In USA; Films covering the end of Prohibition in America - lots of beer.

: Le Regime Sec A Vecu AKA End Of Prohibition In America - End Of Phohibition; Good scenes of beer being served - the best way to celebrate the end of Prohibition.

: News Flashes! AKA Roosevelt Signs Non-Prohibition Act; American President Roosevelt signs the act to end prohibition.

: Prohibition Off - Brewery At Work; Shots of a brewery and people drinking beers at the end of prohibition.

: Prohibition Over - Beer Presented To Governor Smith; A publicity stunt by Budweiser at the end of prohibition.

: Will It Ever Happen Here? The Prohibition - Zion City U.S.A. (1920); Prohibition - alcohol poured away in Zion City under new U.S. law.

: Duke Of Kent At King's School, Canterbury (1938); The Duke of Kent opens a new building at King's School Canterbury.

: "It's A Topsy Turvey World Today!" (1932); Comment on the American depression - corn is so cheap that it is more economical to burn than coal.

: Liverpool's £150,000 Hospital (1932); The Duke and Duchess of York open a hospital in Liverpool.

: Princess Arthur Of Connaught (1932); Princess Arthur opens a new nursery school - shots of speeches, sadly none of children.

: The Great Crusade Reel 1 (1937); Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.

: The Great Crusade - Reel 2 (1937); Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.

: Spending - $35,000,000 Goes For Ford Plant AKA Ford Fights Depression Lner (1938); Henry Ford employs men to expand his factory at the Ford Motors River Rouge Plant.

: Washington (1937); Parade through streets featuring members of the American Youth Congress - who want jobs.

: Secrets Of Nature - Seed-Time (1926); Educational film showing various ways in which plant seeds are dispersed in nature.

: Goodbye ... Prohibition? (1932); America - crowds celebrate Roosevelt's election, while at the docks illegal alcohol is impounded.

: Beer! (1933); Shots of a brewery marks the end of Prohibition in America.

: Dry V Wet War In America (1927); Agents burn boxes of bottles of alcohol due to prohibition.

: Illegal Whisky Still - USA; A site for making illegal booze is blown up and then set on fire in America.

: The Dodgers! A Prohibition Sidelight From Buffalo (1931); Excellent footage of smuggling techniques used during prohibition.

: The End Of John Barleycorn - Prohibition; The prohibition era in Arizona in the United States of America

: The Flapper; Early flying machine is demonstrated.

: Don't "Bird" The "Bird-Man"! (1932); French inventor gets colleagues to push his 'crash proof aeroplane' off a cliff - with predictable results.

: Sheffield Cavalcade (1920); Enormous car factory being built at Sheffield - good footage of cars on assembly line.

: Assembly Line Ford; Ford Motor Car production line in the United States of America.

: U.S. Car Industry Lner; Car factories in Detroit recall their workers to build cars for 1939. America (USA).

: Ford's First Car (1946); Mr and Mrs Henry Ford sit in the first Ford Flivver from 1896. Detroit, America.

: Coal Mining 1920s - 1930s (1920); Compilation of coal mining material from the 1920s and 1930s.

: Miners - Caerphilly (1920); Various aspects of the lives of Welsh coal miners and their families.

: Getting Knowledge First Hand - Home Secretary Visits Factories (1927); Duplicates of Pathe Gazette newsreel stories from 1927, 1930 and 1931.

: Girdling The Earth (1929); Processes involved in making curtain ties and tassels.

: Rum; Tinted documentary on Prohibition in America.

: Prohibition Whiskey (1920); Whiskey producers try to get round Prohibition by exporting liquor to Europe.

: Peaceful Years Reel 5 (1919); A history of the "The Peaceful Years" from 1919 to 1938

: Secrets Of Nature - Dream Flowers (1931); Educational film showing the growth and effects of the opium poppy.

: Bank Of France (1950); Gold bars being stored in vaults in Bank of France.

: Would You Believe It? No. 10 (1934); Odd things including an automatic garage door and a car park attendant in shining armour.

: Locks, Bolt And Bars (1937); A look at the development of keys and locks through the ages.

: Luminous Key Hole (1937); Luminous paint around the key hole helps you get into the house at night.

: Bal Tabarin (1929); Nice footage of a Paris nightclub - a very cosmopolitan clientele.

: America Renounces War (1929); President Coolidge F Kellogg sign the Briand-Kellogg Pact in Washington, United States of America.

: America's Military Tournament (1927); President Coolidge witnesses the staging of a mock battle.

: Calvin Coolidge (1925); Calvin Coolidge is inaugurated as President of the United States of America.

: Hoover - America's New President (1928); President Coolidge, Senators and Governors are filmed casting their votes in Presidential election won by Herbert Hoover.

: New President Of USA U.S.A. (1923); Calvin Coolidge travels to Washington to begin his time as President of the United States.

: Introducing Ourselves Part 2 [ Television Commercials ] (1956); A range of television commercials made by Pathe are shown includes some brilliant ads!

: Picture Post Trailer (1955); Advertisement for 'Picture Post' magazine shown to cinema audiences before a feature film.

: Ku Klux Klan (1948); The Ku Klux Klan initiates 700 new members in Georgia.

: 40,000 Ku Klux (1925); Ku Klux Klan members march in Washington. USA (U.S.A.)

: Time To Remember - The Plunge Into Peace 1920 - Reel 2 (1920); Events of 1920 - weddings, women's rights, industrial unrest and problems in Ireland

: Farewell Baby Face AKA "Baby Face" Nelson Killed (1934); Story about Baby Face Nelson and other American gangsters.

: Dillinger - Man Killer Number One! AKA Dillinger - Gangster; American gangster John Dillinger is captured in Indiana.

: British Depression (1930); Unemployed and working life in 1930s Britain

: Soup Kitchen (1930); Destitute men and children are served with soup by charity.

: Scrapbook For 1933 - Reel 1 Of 3 (1933); Great film outlining the events of 1933.

: A Busman's Holiday! (1931); Out of work miners try to gather fuel for their homes from colliery slag heaps.

: A National Motor Track (1934); Germany solves a problem of unemployment - labour camp men work on new road.

: A Pilgrimage Of Cheer (1933); Prince of Wales pays visit to depression hit Glasgow homes.

: America Has Her Unemployment Problem Too! (1930); Police use tear gas to disperse protesters.

: America Has Her Unemployment Problem Too (1930); 40,000 Communists demonstrate against unemployment in Union Square and end up clashing with police. America, (USA, U.S.A.).

: America's "Hunger Marchers" (1932); Marchers walk through Washington calling for better relief for the unemployed and hungry.

: Army Of Peace (1933); Young unemployed men live and work at the Grith Fyrd camp in the New Forest.

: Food War - Cleveland's Needy Capture City Hall AKA Food Crisis - Cleveland, USA Lner (1938); Unemployed men and their families stage a starvation sit-in at Cleveland City Hall.

: Jarrow Unemployed March To London (1936); Jarrow Crusade to re-enter working environment takes them to London. Excellent

: Jobless - 22 States To Pay Their Unemployed (1938); Unemployed men register with a job agency in America.

: Labour's Monster Demonstration (1933); George Lansbury speaks to Labour demonstration in Hyde Park.

: New "Battle Of Arras" (1933); Miners in France parade against unemployment and poor conditions.

: Real Sportsmanship (1933); A London organisation sets up a cricket match for the unemployed.

: Nation Backs Nra Drive To End Strikes! AKA N.R.A. Drive To End Strikes; American strikers are brought to order by the National Guard.

: Textile Strike - America (1930); Nice piece about a textile strike - presents views from both sides.

: Rioting Menaces Recovery! AKA Riots In America (1930); Strikers and troops clash in riots in Ohio.

: Irwin - Gangster Captured; A captured gangster is upset up by photographers.

: "Pretty Boy" Dead - "Baby Face" Next; Story about American gangsters Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson.

: Time To Remember - The Tough Guys 1930s - Reel 1 (1930); Documentary film about the 1930s, mainly about life in depression and gangster hit America.

: Time To Remember - The Tough Guys 1930s - Reel 2 (1930); Documentary film about the 1930s, mainly about life in depression and gangster hit America.

: Time To Remember - The Tough Guys 1930s - Reel 4 (1930); Documentary film about the 1930s, mainly about life in depression and gangster hit America.

: Us Fighting Al Capone's Liberty Plea AKA Al Capone's Library Plea; Gangster Al Capone is making a plea to be released from prison.

: Your World In Nine Minutes AKA Florida - Al Capone (1947); Library story covering the death of Al Capone, Chicago Gangster.

: Time To Remember - The Tough Guys 1930s - Reel 3 (1930); Documentary film about the 1930s, mainly about life in depression and gangster hit America.

: Transport Strike U.S.A. (1934); Various scenes surrounding industrial unrest in America - 1934.

: Dock Strike Riots - U.S.A.; Troops and tear gas used to 'maintain law and order' - and break a strike in California docks.

: Strike Riots - America; Footage from the Republic Steel strike in America. Violent clashes and union meetings.

: Civil War At Saylesville; Violent street fight between the striking textile workers and National Guard.

: Strike Riots In Minneapolis; Scenes of violent clashes between truck drivers on strike and police are seen in Minneapolis.

: Riots, Strikes And Demonstrations In America; Clips of industrial unrest from around the USA.

: Strike Riots - USA; Mounted police hold back strikers in America.

: Another Striking Picture From America (1933); Police break up demonstrating strikers in Manchester, USA.

: Roosevelt "Roughs It" (1933); President Roosevelt visits men in a CCC Camp in Virginia and takes a meal with the men.