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Topical Budget salutes Britain's top brass in this gleefully patriotic newsreel edition, released just weeks after the First World War was won.
Non-Fiction 1918 5 mins Silent
Just weeks after the War was won, Topical Budget released this congratulatory roll call saluting Britain's top brass. We see PM Lloyd George and cabinet ministers, George V and Queen Mary at the Albert Hall and at a military parade. More poignant is the item 'British Prisoners of War Return Home', while the triumphant 'Germany Surrendering her Fleet' would surely have sent audiences out cheering.
Lloyd George's "drastic reform programme", referred to in the first item, included extending voting rights for women, raising the school leaving age to 14 and various reforms to Housing and Town Planning.
Biopic 1918 126 mins Silent
Morale-boosting exploits intended to inspire war-weary citizens.
Comedy 1918 25 mins Silent
Mr Butterbun presides over a tribunal dealing with cases of men presenting excuses to avoid the First World War draft.
Industry sponsored film 1918 8 mins Silent
Who wears the trousers while the men are at war? The women of Britain, who pick up a surprisingly wide range of jobs
Documentary 1918 24 mins Silent
Growing potatoes in Green Park plus some handy uses for your old tin cans – it’s all part of the war effort on the home front.
War 1918 5 mins Silent
Dramatic footage of Italian and British troops on the front line and airborne.
Fantasy 1918 17 mins Silent
Guests find things that go bump in the night.
Promotional 1961 7 mins Location: Royal Albert Hall
A parade of colourful fashions wearing their synthetic brand with pride
Drama 2020 21 mins
A young Palestinian woman crosses the Israeli border illegally to find her long-lost brother, who she hopes will be her ticket to a new life.
Charity appeal 2020 2 mins
Beautiful NHS fundraiser, setting Michael Rosen’s poem to powerful archive images.
Non-Fiction 1924 1 mins Silent Location: Woking
The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers - and newsreel cameras!
Comedy 1914 9 mins Silent
A vicar is caught flirting with an improperly-dressed chorus girl in this saucy silent comedy.
Non-Fiction 1901 4 mins Silent Location: Manchester
A volunteer cavalry regiment is enthusiastically welcomed home after active service in South Africa.
Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Silent Location: Liverpool
All ashore! Passengers disembark and crew offload after a long Atlantic crossing.
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