Breathing Space

There's a wrong way and a right way to deal with Nazi spies and fifth-columnists - as you'll see in this this hilarious colour film starring the Home Guard and various Nazi rotters.

The war is over at last and Victory in Europe Day is celebrated on 8/5/1945 at the Iles home in Heathwood Road, Cardiff, and with parties in Heathway and Albert Street.

It’s all over, for Britain at least – the dreaded telegrams, the bombings, the blackouts - and Cardiffians celebrate the end of the war with tea and cake, fancy dress and bonfires.

Beautifully presented production from The Newport and District Amateur Film Society which gives a real flavour of city celebrations on Victory in Europe Day (8th May 1945).

The War might be over but there's work to be done in the Lauste family's garden. So their son, Leslie, now back from active duty, helps his mum with the apples and the hollyhocks.

Soldiers from the far reaches of the British Empire arrive in London to take part in the official commemoration of the end of war in Europe.

Capital scenes thanks to Victorian filmmakers

Vivid images of Victorian London - but where?

A sports day gives the young residents of the Foundling Hospital a chance to let off steam

Londoners turn out in their thousands to greet the returning Boer War hero after his famous defence of Ladysmith

Horse-drawn traffic on one of London's busiest thoroughfares

The Band of the First Life Guards approaches Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

Chaos reigns as the removal men do their worst…

The lengths that some people will go to, just to avoid a speeding ticket… in this case to Saturn and back.

Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open new buildings at Marischal College, Aberdeen

Faking the ability to contact the dead proves to be a big mistake for one Edwardian charlatan.

Grandma sews a patch on her grandson’s trousers

Four-year-old girl and boy dance a mean cakewalk