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War is declared in Italy, while a returning hero is welcomed in London.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent
Crowd scenes in Rome and London: a study in contrast between exuberant Italians and starchy Brits. It's not a like-for-like comparison, though. The Romans are reacting to Italy entering WWI, which she did on 23 May 1915 (with the support only of a sizeable minority, not that you'd know it from this coverage). While the Londoners are welcoming a returning hero, some nine months into Britain's war.
These are the only two surviving stories out of eight produced for the 3 June 1915 issue of the Gaumont Graphic newsreel. Sir Edward Henry, seen in the London story, was head of the Metropolitan Police. It's not immediately obvious why he should be the presiding figure here: perhaps Lieutenant Orwin, the returning soldier, was a police officer in peacetime?
Non-Fiction 1915 3 mins Silent
Shades of Lawrence of Arabia in a worn but often beautiful film of WWI desert exercises in Egypt.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent Location: Crabbet Park
Picturesque scenes as war-time sweethearts tie the knot at the beautiful Crabbet Park country estate.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent Location: Shorncliffe Camp
Casualties from the Battle of Neuve Chapelle enjoy their recuperation in Kent.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent
Travelling with the Red Cross ambulance flotillas through Montereau in central northern France.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent
All quiet on Germany's Western Front, but the ferocity of Allied artillery bombardment is plain to see in these eerie scenes of carnage.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent
A curious display of new ambulance vehicles specially built for war service.
Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins Silent Location: London
Capital scenes thanks to Victorian filmmakers
Non-Fiction 1900 2 mins Location: London
Vivid images of Victorian London - but where?
1899 2 mins Silent Location: London
A sports day gives the young residents of the Foundling Hospital a chance to let off steam
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Location: London
Londoners turn out in their thousands to greet the returning Boer War hero after his famous defence of Ladysmith
Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins Silent Location: London
Horse-drawn traffic on one of London's busiest thoroughfares
Non-Fiction 1897 1 mins Silent Location: London
The Band of the First Life Guards approaches Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.
Comedy 1896 1 mins Silent
A deft music hall act adapted for film, featuring the only known appearance of pioneer filmmaker Robert Paul
Advert 1985 2 mins
Take a fighter jet, a Top Gun pilot with sunglasses and a brand new SAAB 900 and you have a sure-fire vehicle to launch a Hollywood career.
Promotional 2019 10 mins
A wandering warrior dreams of a new form of expression, in this promo for UNKLE’s album The Road: Part II / Lost Highway Pt. II directed by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.
1935 16 mins
A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.
1965 1 mins Location: York
A world away from zany humour, Richard Lester shows he can also capture the easy opulence of the upper class nibbling After Eight mints.
Advert 1946 1 mins Silent
Life is looking up! The war is over and the “Corona” Man can visit his “Corona” families once more, door-to-door.
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