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Queen Victoria
220569 18:02:03 - 18:11:08
c1897-1910 Sd B/W
World War One - British Royalty
Queen Victoria visit to Dublin, parade
through streets in carriage - Queen presented with flowers.
Royal procession - mounted troops of the empire
in procession - Edward VII.
Coronation Edward VII ? Funeral Edward VII
?
Edward VII
220996 09:28:52 - 09:44:10
1910 Si B/W
Theodore Roosevelt's Return From Africa, 1910,
part 1 of 2
Compilation by Roosevelt Library, 1925
INCLUDING: London, England: Special American Ambassador welcomes
Theodore Roosevelt as official representative to the funeral
of King Edward VII & Buckingham Palace. Dignitaries slow march.
NB Permission to use this film must be applied
for in writing to the Theodore Roosevelt Association
220496 00:47:22 - 00:57:23
1907 - 1912 Si B/W
May1908 Fallieres together with King Edward VII
visits the French Exhibition in London
220686 02:14:35 - 02:21:17
1910 Si B/W
King Edward's Funeral, 1910
Ceremonial funeral procession of King Edward VII through
streets of London, wind blowing feather helmets near station platform. White
horses pulling carriage. Marching band w/ pith helmets on slow march, guard
w/ busbys, other marchers coffin from various angles
220874 06:00:09 - 06:07:28 1910c - 1920c SIL B/W
Funeral
of King Edward VII. Etc.
ca. 1910 - ca. 1920
Edward VII funeral - various scenes of the funeral procession.
06:02:36 Scottish troops parade
in field. Royal family member
watching?
06:03:24 Theodore Roosevelt delivers
a speech - big gestures
06:03: 56 William H. Taft and
Woodrow Wilson get in carriage. Black
butler?
06:04:05 World War I scenes (good).
Firing gun. Excellent explosion; troops out of trenches
(good); village shelled.
French cavalry in Napoleonic uniform.
Unid. VIP with elegant women gets into carriage.
A ship is torpedoed and
sinks;.
06:06:15 President Wilson, Italian
PM Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando, Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George attend
the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) - interiors conference and four PMs
posing outside.
220875 07:00:00 - 07:09:14 1914 - 1918 SD B/W
Early
Russia / Germany / European Royalty
INCLUDING
07:04:20 European Royalty - Brief shot Edward VII and family in Royal carriage. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy on balcony (barely seen) for
visit of Archduke of Russia. King
Haakon of Norway visits French President.
Ball after wedding of
Prince Karl of Austria to Princess
Zita. King Ludwig of Bavaria
07:05:15 Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany reviews troops. Royals on hunt. Good shot royals and officers all with
feathered helmets walking down steps.
07:05:55 Moscow - street scenes. Berlin
- parade for battle of the flowers. Society ladies selling lottery tickets to give charity
to orphans.
07:06:40 Troops parade in Berlin. Kaiser
at war games, German soldiers with early machine gun.
07:07:42 Start of WWI 1914 -
conscription. German troops handed
out uniforms. German troops -
spiked helmets - march off to war. Kaiser.
Crown Prince inspects newly discovered field telephone.
07:08:39 French General Joffre - French Troops.
07:08:51 King George V and Belgium King Albert.
07:08:56 General Von Hindenburg inspects troops. Scenes at the front, guns fired, tanks.
220846 07:10:26 - 07:14:12 1901 Si b/w
Duke of
York At Montreal And Quebec
copyrighted 04Oct1901
Citation, presentation and dedication of a bridge by the Duke of York, later
King George V of England and grandfather to Queen Elizabeth II.
Officials of England and Canada are present.
Dignitaries in military uniforms walk towards camera. Handing out of honorific
papers to various military men, some in kilts, some in civilian clothes.
Carriages pass camera, large crowds watching.
Military at formal attention
with river in background as royals walk past with plumed hats.
Officials of England and Canada are present.
220996
09:44:15 - 09:57:30
1910 Si
b/w
TRÕs Return
From Africa, 1910 [Part 2 of 2]
Compilation by Roosevelt Library, 1925
[Intertitles throughout]
INCLUDING:
20May1910:
MCU dignitaries slow march. LS
Edward VII funeral cortege, gun carriage passes by. Pallbearers on horseback: King Haakon of Norway, King George of
Greece, King Alfonso of Spain, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Frederick
of Denmark, King Manuel of Portugal, King Albert of Belgium, Archduke Ferdinand,
heir to the Austrian crown.
09:47:57 King George V marches
in procession to Windsor Castle with his sons. Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts behind closed carriage.
[Permission to use this film must be
applied for in writing to the Theodore Roosevelt Association.]TRA currently
charge $150 per minute usage fee
3rd Feb 2005
220874
06:00:09 - 06:07:28
1910c - 1920c
SIL B/W
Funeral
of King Edward VII. Etc.
ca. 1910 - ca. 1920
Edward VII funeral - various scenes of the funeral procession.
06:02:36 Scottish troops parade
in field. Royal family member
watching?
06:03:24 Theodore Roosevelt delivers
a speech - big gestures
06:03: 56 William H. Taft and
Woodrow Wilson get in carriage. Black
butler?
06:04:05 World War I scenes (good).
Firing gun. Excellent explosion; troops out of trenches
(good); village shelled.
French cavalry in Napoleonic uniform.
Unid. VIP with elegant women gets into carriage.
A ship is torpedoed and
sinks;.
06:06:15 President Wilson, Italian
PM Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando, Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George attend
the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) - interiors conference and four PMs
posing outside.
220496 00:20:07 - 00:25:15 1911 Si b/w
Early Russian material
Moscow
- tests of aero sleigh - Inventions - Car on skis with huge fan for travelling
over snow
INCLUDING:
00:24:45 London - King George V Opens Parliament. Ceremonial coach and march past
220875
07:00:00 - 07:09:14
1914 - 1918 SD
B/W
Early
Russia / Germany / European Royalty
INCLUDING:
07:04:20 European Royalty - Brief shot Edward VII and family in Royal carriage.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy on balcony (barely seen) for visit of
Archduke of Russia. King Haakon of Norway visits French President.
Ball after wedding of Prince Karl of Austria to Princess Zita. King Ludwig
of Bavaria
07:05:15 Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany reviews troops. Royals on hunt. Good shot royals and officers all with
feathered helmets walking down steps.
07:05:55 Moscow - street scenes. Berlin
- parade for battle of the flowers. Society ladies selling lottery tickets to give charity
to orphans.
07:06:40 Troops parade in Berlin. Kaiser
at war games, German soldiers with early machine gun.
07:07:42 Start of WWI 1914 -
conscription. German troops handed
out uniforms. German troops -
spiked helmets - march off to war. Kaiser.
Crown Prince inspects newly discovered field telephone.
07:08:39 French General Joffre - French Troops.
07:08:51 King George V and Belgium King Albert.
07:08:56 General Von Hindenburg inspects troops. Scenes at the front, guns fired, tanks.
220565 12:15:23 - 12:18:13
1914? Sd B/W
World War One - Montage / cuts
12:17:00 George V with Queen Mary and Prince of Wales
at ceremony.
220659 05:02:29 - 05:03:35 1914 - 1918 Si b/w
World
War One - Russian Tsar and British Royalty
Tsar Nicholas II and wife with children in various situations.
05:03:10 British Royals George
V, Queen Mary and Prince of Wales in
ceremony
220879
13:51:26 - 14:01:45
1917 SD
B/W [Stock Newsreel Excerpts]
Prince of Wales (future Duke of Windsor) & King George V visit battleship
USS New York. Admirals, Beatty,
Rodmund?, King George V, Admiral
Sims & Prince of Wales.
13:52:29 NYC - American
troops off to war - first volunteers
parade down 5th Avenue - recruits
embark aboard transport ship.
13:53:25 Newspaper headlines
re conscription - Wilson and Marshall draw draft lottery. US troops aboard ship on way to France;
red Cross nurses & YMCA workers on board.
Chow below deck. Torpedo
sighted and submarine attacked with depth charge.
??Jun17 First American troops disembark in France. Americans parade in Paris and women throw
them flowers; parade in London and before King George V with mother, Lloyd
George and Lord French.
13:56:41 LS Kremlin - Last appearance of Tsar Nicholas with his family - son Alexis, daughters and Czarina.
Russian front - Cossacks march through snow - wounded soldiers return. Kerensky.
Scenes from the Russian revolution - crowds and mayhem in streets. Russian army demonstration in support of Bolshevism. Trotsky harangues troops & reviews
Red Army in Red Square.
Winter 1917 famine - children queue at American Red Cross soup kitchen. Ext.
snow-covered Kremlin. Lenin. LeninÕs wife Krupskaya.
13:59:54 France - Prince of Wales
welcomes his mother Queen Mary at the front. King George V visits wounded.
Belgian King Alfred & Queen Elizabeth meet Queen Mary of England
& King George V. King George decorates officers by sea. Belgian
princess Marie Josephine with fiancˇ Italian Crown Prince. King George and Douglas Haig
meet French President Poincarˇ, Marshal Juin and Marechal Foch
WWI
220601 09:40:46 - 09:41:21 1918 Si b/w
Scenes
of the British Royal Family
Queen Mary, King George V in Admiral Fleet uniform, members of the royal family
and others walking into St MargaretÕs Church, Westminster, probably on Remembrance
Day - the fourth anniversary of the beginning of WWI. Shown leaving church.
220689 01:12:40 - 01:19:16 1914 - 1918 SIL B/W
World
War One - Stock Newsreel Excerpts -
INCLUDING:
01:16:55 - 01:17:13 Prince
of Wales, King George and Queen Mary attending
a baseball game in England. Close
shots of Royals in seats. No
shots game.
220766 21:34:08 - 21:44:15 1914 - 1918 SIL B/W
WWI
- Newsreel Excerpts
INCLUDING:
21:40:00
- 21:40:16 King George V, Lloyd George
and others out of building. Winston
Churchill poses outside building.
220671 00:31:55 - 00:47:46 191? SIL B/W
WWI
- British War Reviews - Palestine & Naval
INCLUDING:
00:39:16
King George V with Adms. Beatty and Sturdee; ships at sea.
King George and Queen Mary compliment the survivors of the Zeebrugge Raid;
King George rewards officers of the Coastal Patrol and Blue Jackets of the
British Cross
Transport ship crosses Channel under
protection of Warships and aircrafts.
German U-boat and battleship (actual German surrender at Zeebrugge?).
220672 02:39:16 - 02:50:18 1919? SIL B/W
WWI
- Newsreel Excerpts
INCLUDING:
King
(George V) & Queen visit American officers club.
Royal standard and Stars and Stripes flags side by side.
220681
17:16:40 - 17:23:55
1914 - 1918 SD
B/W
WWI
News Excerpts
INCLUDING:
17:18:40 German fleet - British ships, close-ups of guns; Fight off Jutland?,
ships sinking, torpedoes; King George V visits British naval fleet.
17:20:28 Italian torpedo boats sinking
Austrian battleship St. Stephen, with sailors clinging to decks, awaiting
order to abandon ship, which were never given.
Men in water as ship sinks
17:22:07 French air aces decorated; King Albert of the Belgians taken for
flight over German lines by pilot Nungesser. King Alfonso of Spain with early aviators. Baron von Richthofen with other pilots.
Bi-planes in flight. Captain Guynemer being decorated. Quentin Roosevelt in uniform - Grave of
Quentin Roosevelt.
220699 14:15:15 - 14:24:28 1918 SIL B/W
WWI
- Armistice Celebrations in Washington, New York, Paris and London Reel 2
Jubilant crowds congregate in Paris streets, examine captured guns, wave French
& American flags, and read
posters; Kaiser burned in effigy.
14:22:07 King George and Queen Mary visit US wounded at American Red Cross in London , feed patients, and greet convalescents.
220732 10:15:42 - 10:26:05 1914 - 1918 SIL B/W
WWI
- British War Reviews
Reel 3, Cavalry charges - British troops on horseback ride down hill and through
woods.
INCLUDING:
10:17:00
- 10:17:14 Queen Mary visits a field hospital, speaking to wounded in ward.
King George V and Queen Mary
leaving from railway station. Other unid. VIPs.
220732 10:27:47 -10:28:37 1918 SIL B/W
WWI
- British War Reviews
Historic meeting of King George V with Marshal Foch, Generals Haig and Petain,
just previous to the signing of the armistice.
Group pose for cameras with other officers.
10:28:15 Title Keep Steady and all will be well - Lloyd GeorgeÕs message to
the people last July. Shows Lloyd
George with VIPs and inspecting honour guard.
220741 00:14:50 - 00:16:03 1914 - 1918 SIL B/W
WWI
- Newsreel Excerpts
King George V and Queen Mary tour Liverpool industrial centre. Walkabout, chats to workers in shipyard?
Meets with workers at hospital? Meets
with teachers? Locals including
many children lining road as Royal car up and past.
220766 21:17:07 - 21:33:57 1914 - 1918 SIL B/W
WWI
- Stock Newsreel Excerpts
INCLUDING:
Extended
shot of Turk; Turkish leader into carriage - VIPs - top shot parade - Turkish
flags flying
21:17:38 Hindenberg; Group of
officers out of building and pose on steps.
21:18:00 Ital. French and King
George V - King George and others out
of car. King George and French
VIP review cavalry charge - good shots horses at speed.
21:19:14 King George inspects cadets - speaks to very young boy. Queen Mary inspects Girl guides? and women
in uniform with ambulances. 21:20:07
French VIPs on railway platform at Compiegne. Arrival of VIPs - could be Haig?
Inspects troops and party of VIPs walk in trenches.
220453 23:16:14 - 23:31:50 1918 Si b/w
President
Woodrow Wilson
WilsonÕs trip to Europe re Peace treaty with Germany.
INCLUDING:
London 26Dec1918, King George V and president Wilson out of Charing Cross
station into KingÕs horse-drawn carriage.
Queen Mary and Mrs. Wilson leaving station in carriage. Inspecting Welsh Guards at Buckingham Palace. Wilson, wife,
Queen Mary and King George at balcony acknowledge cheers of crowd below, British
soldiers and nurses carrying US flag amidst waving children. Crowd at No 10 Downing Street waiting for President.
Lloyd George arrives at Downing Street.
Arthur Henderson, A.J. Balfour. Wilson arrives for dinner w/ Lloyd
George, crowds and photographers troop.
Wilson and party on way to Guildhall to meet Lord Mayor of London,
leaving Guildhall, flags hanging in street.
Carlisle, England, 29Dec1918: Wilson visits church where his grandfather formerly preached.
220694 06:45:10 - 07:00:34 1919? SIL B/W
WWI
- Glimpses of Persons, Places
and Events reel 2
Japanese Amb. Matsui; Henry White, Foch, Lansing, Arthur Balfour, Adm. Benson,
Gen. Bliss, and others at the Quai d'Orsay. Poincarˇ departs. Pres.
and Mrs. Wilson arrive. Clemenceau
leaves. Sec. of the Navy Daniels and Adm. Benson arrive at the Ritz. Unid.
Arab delegates. Pres. Wilson,
Dr. Wellington Koo, Ignace Paderewski, and the Greek delegate Venizelos arrive
at the Crillon. King George
V is greeted at a Paris station by President Poincarˇ and rides through the streets.
Poincarˇ greets King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium at the station. The royalty ride in a procession. Victor Emmanuel III arrives by train. Unid. plane takeoff.
220620 20:24:02 - 20:25:13 1932 si B/W
Royal
Troops Honor King's Birthday With Trooping The Colours
1932. Troops on horseback in
formal ceremony through crowds in London.
Outside castle. Marching.
Horseguards - George V
221154 14:26:02 - 14:26:48 1932 SIL B/W
Royal
Pilot King George V Guides Yacht to Victory in Famed Race Classic
Cowes harbour, crew, huge single & twin-masted yachts under full sail,
schooners racing.
Sailing Race;
221089 17:49:00 - 17:49:57 1933 SIL B/W
King
Pilots Britannia As Yacht Loses Famed Royal Squadron Race
King George V sailing yacht in Cowes race - no CUs.
Sailing. British Royalty. 1930s.
Duke
of Windsor / Edward VIII
220494 22:47:40 - 22:53:18
1915 Si B/W
Nayon Gus, France, Western Front
Allies decorating each other. The Prince
of Wales decorates General Nivelle with the Order of the Bath
220601 09:19:55 - 09:20:16 Nov 1919
Si B/W
Prince of Wales Visits Theodore RooseveltÕs
Grave, The International Film Service Co. At TRÕs grave in Oyster Bay,
NY. Prince of Wales at grave, then walking with military VIPs.
220879
13:51:26 - 14:01:45
1917 SD
B/W [Stock Newsreel Excerpts]
Prince of Wales (future Duke of Windsor) & King George V visit battleship
USS New York. Admirals, Beatty,
Rodmund?, King George V, Admiral
Sims & Prince of Wales.
13:52:29 NYC - American
troops off to war - first volunteers
parade down 5th Avenue - recruits
embark aboard transport ship.
13:53:25 Newspaper headlines
re conscription - Wilson and Marshall draw draft lottery. US troops aboard ship on way to France;
red Cross nurses & YMCA workers on board.
Chow below deck. Torpedo
sighted and submarine attacked with depth charge.
??Jun17 First American troops disembark in France. Americans parade in Paris and women throw
them flowers; parade in London and before King George V with mother, Lloyd
George and Lord French.
13:56:41 LS Kremlin - Last appearance of Tsar Nicholas with his family - son Alexis, daughters and Czarina.
Russian front - Cossacks march through snow - wounded soldiers return. Kerensky.
Scenes from the Russian revolution - crowds and mayhem in streets. Russian army demonstration in support of Bolshevism. Trotsky harangues troops & reviews
Red Army in Red Square.
Winter 1917 famine - children queue at American Red Cross soup kitchen. Ext.
snow-covered Kremlin. Lenin. LeninÕs wife Krupskaya.
13:59:54 France - Prince
of Wales welcomes his mother Queen Mary at the front. King George V visits wounded. Belgian King Alfred & Queen Elizabeth
meet Queen Mary of England & King George V. King George decorates officers by sea.
Belgian princess Marie Josephine with fiancˇ Italian Crown Prince. King George and Douglas Haig meet French President
Poincarˇ, Marshal Juin and Marechal Foch.
220622 22:06:39 - 22:07:39 1931 si B/W
Prince
of Wales Cheered on Arrival To Open Exposition
Bi-wing plane lands and people run across. Military men & Prince walk to car & drive off. MCU of him waving. Motorcade through street & crowds.
221155 15:01:00 - 15:02:15 1932 SD B/W
BritainÕs
Heir Honors Hero Dead at Site of Great War Cenotaph (1932)
Thiepval, France
War dead memorial service. Scottish
bagpipe band, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) seated. LS Prince of Wales speaking in French
at inauguration ceremony, inscriptions on monument commemorating various battles
on the Somme in WWI. Edward with
many VIPs in uniform inspects guard of honour.
220882 19:06:04 - 19:07:14 1930s SD B/W
[King
Edward VIIIÕs First Public Appearance]
Exterior Westminster Abbey. King
Edward VIII arrives by car for
first public appearance since George VÕs death. King Edward with Archbishop of Canterbury entering Westminster
Abbey. Edward VIII
shakes hands with church dignitaries outside church.
Handing out coins to elderly men and women.
(Duke of Windsor)
220295 16:22:21 - 16:23:03 1936 Si B/W
British
Coronation Proclamation A Medieval Pageant.
Tower of London ? Ceremony - all VIPs in ceremonial dress - proclamation read
from balcony . Procession through City of London - proclamation read again
- three cheers. This is proclamation of the Date of Edward VIII coronation
220587 14:29:27 - 14:37:50 1936 Sd B/W
The
League of Nations - Message From Geneva
British policy towards League & operational functions.
Exterior Houses of Parliament - Big Ben - V/O speech of Edward VIII re
opening of Parliament and League of Nations.
Exterior BBC Broadcasting House - Exterior Post Office HQ - Man on telephone arranging radio broadcast
from League of Nations in Geneva. Map showing post office radio land lines across Europe. Radio
engineers preparing circuits.
14:31:10 Canterbury Cathedral -
good montage using telegraph wires and tracking shots to illustrate route
from Geneva to England.
14:31:38 BBC radio / broadcast technicians at desks, switching to Geneva.
Broadcaster in front of microphone in Geneva - speaks re relief.
14:32:00 Geneva stockshots - lake - buildings - hotels flying nations flags.
Delegates arriving at old electoral building - interior - Panning top shot Geneva. Construction
work on the new Palais des Nations which is being carried out by builders
of ten nationalities.
14;33:37 Interior Secretariat which is already up and running. Telephonists
/ switchboard. Meeting taking place in small room of Leagues Economic Committee.
Post room. Post van leaving. Treasurer Seymour Jacklin.
14:35:10 Press office - journalists at desks. Telephone booths, reporters
phoning in report. Undersecretary
Frank Walters phones Radio Nations, part of Radio Suisse. Speaks to man re broadcast. Radio Nations building - aerials - interior.
14:36:59 AVs Palais des Nations. Radio aerials, technicians.
220878
12:29:24 - 12:30:15
1936 SD
B/W 25 Years Ago
King Edward VIII abdicates for Simpson
Edward reviews troops. Still
Wallis Simpson. 10 Downing Street
- Queen Elizabeth and daughters Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret exit car.
220885
02:00:05 - 02:01:47
1936 SIL
B/W Edward VIII Abdicates
American Newspaper headlines re abdication with pictures of Wallis Simpson.
Still Wallis Simpson. Edward
in naval uniform inspecting marines guard of honour.
Exterior No 10 Downing Street with crowds outside. Stanley Baldwin and wife arrive by car.
George VI and Elizabeth out of car with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Royal party past guard of honour, crowds on pavement. George presenting medals.
220885 02:07:06 - 02:09:15 1936 SD B/W
Edward
Bids Farewell to His Subjects
Abdication of King Edward VIII. Still
Edward seated at table. Radio
broadcast technicians and equipment. Good shots people including families in various situations
listening to radio. Woman wipes
away a tear.
220882 19:00:18 - 19:00:54 1936 SD B/W
[King
Edward Investiture]
King Edward arrives at Buckingham Palace by car for investiture. Gun crew of Pembrook and Excellent arrive
to receive honours. Exterior Buckingham Palace and crowd.
220882 19:01:31 - 19:02:29 1936 SD B/W
[King
Edward VIII at British Industry Fair]
King Edward (Duke of Windsor) arrives at British Industry Fair. Posters advertising Fair in various languages.
Exterior Olympia where fair is held.
King Edward VIII arrives (repeated).
220882
19:27:52 - 19:30:08
1936 SD
B/W [
Canada
Statement re Edward VIII's Abdication]
Reporter? statement to camera
regarding Edward VIII's resignation.
'We have lost one king by death... We have lost another well beloved king,
who of his own will has resigned his high office ... Today we have a new king
to whom Canada extends a warm allegiance and loyalty...'
Gives New year wishes - says his travels and what he has seen of the world
have made him optimistic about Canada and its future.
220882 19:25:09 - 19:27:33 1936? SIL B/W
[Journalists
Waiting For Edward VIII (?) in Enzerfeld, Austria]
Group of reporters, photographers, newsreel cameramen and kids loitering on
road. Car arrives. Guard gently pushes back cameraman.
Photographer peeping out of small window.
Cameramen run out of house.
Cars parked in village street. Villager
with oxen pulling cart.
220885 02:16:35 - 02:17:37 1938 SD B/W
The Duke
and Wally See New Dance Done at French Festival
Edward, Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson at evening dinner during Canne Film
Festival. Stage show, girl dancers.
Diners on dance floor. Stage show, dancers in period costume,
fireworks.
220597
03:06:47 - 03:07:11
1940 Si
B/W
Duke and Duchess of Windsor stroll by swimming pool with their dogs.
220882 19:37:21 - 19:41:24 1940s SIL B/W
[Duke
of Windsor and Wallis Simpson Arrive In Florida]
Views hotel with palm trees. Ship arriving Miami? Journalists embarking on ship. Crowd on dock. Duke of Windsor and Wallis at microphones
being interviewed. House or hotel amidst palm trees.
220597 03:42:28 - 03:56:32 1939 Si B/W
General
Requin presents Awards
Tank crews lined up with tanks. General presents medals. General Requin with
French war correspondents. General inspects anti-aircraft gun emplacement.
Troops present arms outside Headquarters of General Blanchard. Car arrives
carrying Duke of Windsor. Duke out
of car and is greeted. Pose on
steps with General. Duke leaves, lights cigar as getting into car. Rear view
car with GB plates down road
03.49.12 Car carrying Premier Daladier arrives and is mobbed by waiting crowds.
Reviews troops. Troops marching down road - movement of military equipment
by horse drawn carriages. Big guns / trucks and tanks loaded onto train for
movement to the front. Train along carrying tanks. French troops play with puppy.
03.56.08 French peasant refugees with ox carts
220597
03:56:40 - 04:05:50
1939 Si
B/W
French
Soldiers receive War Crosses - Duke of Windsor visits Maginot Line
October 1939 French General reviews troops - Military band. General pins medals on soldiers . Troops
march off parade ground followed by soldiers on motorcycles
04:01:04 Duke of Windsor's visit to Maginot Line, Strasbourg and Kehl Bridge
( not seen ) Car carrying Duke of Windsor drives through
town. Duke inspects troops. Duke walks down snowy road with other
officer. Duke meeting with French officers. Car through town. Duke with French General , inspects troops.
Duke climbing up snow covered hillside in snowstorm near Maginot Line. Duke speaking with officers. Inspects gun emplacement. Troops at attention in snow.
220597
04:13:09 - 04:24:26
1940 Si
B/W
British
Troops Leaving England for France - Duke of Windsor present (BEF)
British troops pushing and setting up field gun, adjusting sights
04.14.00 Long line of armoured personnel carriers down town street. Waterlogged
fields. Docks, naval ship pulling into pier, officers waiting on dock side
to welcome Duke of Windsor.
Duke disembarks.
Loading of military vehicles and equipment onto transport ship by crane. Sign
on tarpaulin ' Jump on - Berlin First Stop ' Boy Scout on bicycle along dockside. Troops arriving at assembly point at docks.
Troops with kit bags. Railway station, troops off train - another steam
train pulls in carrying more soldiers . Spiv at dockside selling ? to soldiers
from back of cart. Troops with kit bags boarding transport ship. Soldiers wave goodbye
for camera. Ship pulling away from dock.
More troops up gangplank
220856
01:17:48 - 01:22:01
1940 SIL
B/W The War Front
(1, A) War damage in Finland
- wounded in hospital - funerals - Finnish troops - fighting in snowy forest
- captured Russians - military vehicles - damaged Russian transport, picture
Stalin - dead soldiers
(1, B) 01:19:36 British submarine Ursula returns
- sub docking - Captain and crew. First
Division of Canadian troops arrive in England by boat - Military march past
(1, C) 01:20:44 French railway artillery - Good shots large guns on the move
and firing - Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor in uniform
at package forwarding centre for troops.
She and other lady volunteers load packages into van. French aircraft factory - women workers on production lines
and assembling parts of aircraft. Crowds
of young women running from factory after shift
220980
15:20:56 - 15:25:40
1941 SD
B/W
USAAF
Newsreel 1941 R1 Pt1
VS Donald Douglas shows Edsel Ford and Charles E Sorensen A-20A bomber in
Santa Monica; fly past [Universal Newsreel].
15:21:35 Duke of Windsor watches fighter plane display at All American Air
Maneuvers, Miami; MCU speaks into microphone of radio station WQAM; Grumman
F4F-3s and Piper Cub J-3s in flight?; Harold Johnson performs aerobatics in
old Ford tri-motor plane; Uruguayan Waco Model D on ground; Thomas Boyd, the
'Bat Man' floats to ground w/ wings and parachute [Movietone News].
15:22:33 'National Defense' Mechanics change engine of B-14 bomber
at Randolph Field; takeoff and aerobatics [Movietone].
15:23:28 'Defense Headlines:
News of the Day' US Army parachutists
train in harness and landing techniques on scaffold and platform at Fort Benning,
watched by officers; troops board
C-47 plane; takeoff and practice jump [Hearst].
15:24:36 VS workers leaving work
at Douglas aircraft factory, Santa Monica; production line scenes inc. women
sewing wings [Universal].
13:25:01 VS manufacture and testing
of Allison liquid-cooled motors at Indianapolis plant
220478 21:48:04 - 21:49:21 1945 SD B/W
News
Flashes From England -
Duke of Windsor in England Again
Duke out of plane and greeted. Exterior Marlborough House. Duke of Windsor
with his mother. Queen Mary.
Landing Field In The Sea:
British floating air base. Plane lands on strip. Attaching jet mechanism on plane. Takeoff.
220795 14:34:28 - 14:38:10 1951 SD B/W
Long
Shot Wins - Count turf Upsets Derby Dope 15 To 1
Kentucky Derby horse race. Spectators
as they enter and mill about, Man with diamond teeth. Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Steve Hanigan and Ann Sheridan. Grier Garson and Senator Anderson. Betting windows. Jockeys on horses. Starting post and race.
Slow motion of winning horse. Score
board. Winner.
220473 12:24:51 - 12:25:23 1945 SD B/W
Duke
And Duchess of Windsor View England Again
Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on ship on way to France pass coast of England.
Edward waves. They disembark in France.
220705
02:25:39 - 02:36:29
1950s SIL
B/W Celebrity Golf
CU Hollywood stars ? Man with flash camera. Various shots personalities posing.
02:26:55 Very young John F. Kennedy posing with young woman. Aerial views golf course, building and surrounding area at Greenbrier
Resort in West Virginia.
02:28:30 Players board. Silver tray presented to ? Envelopes presented to
two others ?. Spectators walking
across golf course.
02:29:42 Bing Crosby walks across bridge with two other men followed by fans?
Various indistinct shots game in progress - ball putted into puddle. Unid. couple with dogs.
02:31:12 Group of four waiting
to tee off. Edward, Duke of Windsor ? plays stroke. Various
games in progress.
02:32:16 Bing Crosby conducts
four unid. men singing (mos) Bing and others clown around. Various unid. men
tee off.
02:34:02 Good shot Wallis Simpson walking down path with two other women. Spectators watching.
02:34:25 AVs Hotel and surrounds. Golf shots i/cut with people relaxing at
hotel. CU faces. Spectators.
Bing and group gag around over score card.
Many unidentified film stars in this item
George
VI
221140 00:50:25 - 00:52:00 1929 Si b/w
Royal
Hands Unveil Beasley Head Memorial: Duke and Duchess of York Visit Famous
Resort as Acquisition of the Downs is Celebrated 13Nov29
Royal couple arrives in Eastbourne in open-top Rolls Royce, decorations visible
on buildings; greeted by officials & military guard; Duchess in 1920s
fashions.
00:51:13 Title: 'Her Highness
officiates at the unveiling.'
LS Town Hall?, crowds gathered, military guard march past; Duchess unveils
plaque to commemorate purchase of the Downs from Beachy Head to Folkington
by the Eastbourne Corporation
00:51:41 Duke (future George
VI) and Duchess leave the memorial led by town officials, walking towards
camera, the Duke takes off his hat.
Royal motorcade drives through decorative archway constructed across the road,
lined with people
221140 00:52:04 - 00:53:55 1929 Si b/w
Duke
of York Acts as Royal Riveter: His Royal Highness personally completes
work on new Warmouth Bridge. Sunderland,
England 13Nov29
AV Duke (future George VI) with officials; Duke walks between two lines of
military guards, public audience visible behind barriers. Review military on bridge w/ VIPs watching.
Title: 'Driving the final rivet.'
Duke on raised platform with an air powered rivet tool; descending the stairs.
Title: 'The structure is opened
to the public.'
Royal motorcade leaves; bridge swamped by waving people & vehicles; LS
pan of completed bridge in its entirety from lower angle.
220928 15:22:37 - 15:29:53 1936-1945?c SIL B/W
King
George VI and Family Attend Official Events
AV Crowds gather around car as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth emerge. MS King and Queen visiting some kind of nursing
ward.
15:22:57: Queen leaving an event, lines of uniformed guard and crowds. MS
Queen and Princess Elizabeth?
get into open-back car.
15:23:12: VS King and Queen
attending horticultural/ flower show, Chelsea?
15:23:45: VS King George in
military dress inspecting uniformed guards and presenting trophies inc CU.
Lines of spectators behind ropes.
15:24:30: Queen inspecting
group of men with banner. Orange Order? Mining Union?
15:24:40: Queen at hospital
visit, demonstration of stretcher. Intercut with brief shots of: Queen in summer dress visiting children, playing in paddling
pool.
15:24:58: Queen behind table
covered with English flag, applauded. Brief shots of crowds around tenement
block and crowds seated in stadium. Fragment of hospital visit footage.
15:25:22: VS family listening to radio. Important announcement? CU radio.
15:25:41: MS King, Queen, Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth getting out of car. London buses in background? Royal
Family enters building between two lines of guards.
15:27:07: VS Queen at official
building. Hospital?
15:27:35: Queen in summer dress
meeting children in a park, making speech.
15:27:54: Factory worker, CU girl eating cake, MS profile King George sitting at desk.
15:28:07: King meeting veterans
in wheelchairs. Rides tricycle.
15:28:40: Boy Scout parade/ convention attended by King outside cathedral?
country house? 'Be Prepared' flag visible. Scouts raise hats.
15:29:11: LS King and Queen
at garden party watching fashion parade, King seated on throne. CU guests
and Royals. AVs garden party. Guests bow to King.
200556 10:05:42 - 10:06:27
SIL B/W
Royal
Family Poses in Rich Robes of State
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
pose with family, ladies in waiting etc.
221092 17:10:59 - 17:11:35 1937 SD B/W
King
Dedicates Memorial To His Father George V
High shots King George VI arriving at Wellington Barracks [?], London; inspects
parade of Scots Guard - wearing uniform & bearskin hat himself as Colonel-in-Chief.
Queen Elizabeth & Queen Mary seen briefly.
221018 13:33:04 - 13:35:29 1937 - 1955 SD B/W
[Montage:
Princesses Margaret & Elizabeth Travelling]
[Mostly very brief shots - trims] Princess
Elizabeth talking to group of South American ordinary folk.
Elizabeth as child arriving at Highland gathering
with family inc. Queen Mary. With Margaret as children in Girl Guide uniforms. Elizabeth as teenager
with father King George VI.
Margaret reviewing colonial troops in Bermuda?
13:33:56 Elizabeth with
Margaret at Passing of the Equator ceremony during 1947 State visit
to South Africa; playing tag on deck w/ crew.
Both princesses horse riding on beach.
Elizabeth as bridesmaid.
Coronation of Elizabeth.
Margaret visiting coal mine.
Elizabeth arriving at church in Windward Isles. At father's coronation in 1937.
British Royalty.
220509 01:35:09 - 01:35:40
1938 Sd B/W
London,
England - King and Queen visit Children's Hospital
Princess Royal greets Queen
Elizabeth - kisses - pan up hospital
buildings showing beds on balconies. King George and Queen Elizabeth
tour wards. Queen at children's tea party.
220650 14:00:08 - 14:06:19 1938 Sd B/W
[Pre-WII
- Chamberlain to Munich & Back, all exteriors] (Munich Pact)
14:05:17 London - Crowd outside 10 Downing St. & Mrs Chamberlain out. Chamberlain car through crowd. Chamberlain
with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on balcony at Buckingham palace. (Night)
LN 504-140 04:46:48 - 04:56:23 1939 SD B/W
Visit
of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada and the United
States
06May39 Royal couple leave Buckingham
Palace and children & Queen Mother see off at station along with government
officials. Board ship HMS Empress
of Australia at Portsmouth. Arriving
Quebec City in St. Lawrence greeted by PM MacKenzie King.
04:48:35 greeting and motorcade
through streets. Montreal motorcade.
On balcony of Windsor Hotel.
04:49:1? Ottawa greeting &
military review.
04:50:1? Queen laying corner
stone & mingling with crowd. King
dedicates war memorial.
04:51:06 At Toronto race track
and horse race.
04:52:?? Blackfeet Indians at
Baniff.
04:52:20 Vancouver welcome
04:52:3? Arriving and greeted
by Cordell Hull, meeting FDR & Eleanor Roosevelt at Union Station, Washington,
DC and parade up Pennsylvania Avenue.
Garden party at British Embassy w/ J.P. Morgan present.
04:54:?? Reception for Congress
in Capitol. Visit to Mt. Vernon. Wreath laying at Arlington
04:55:?? Arrival in NYC past
Statue of Liberty. Greeted by
LaGuardia & Gov. Lehman then motorcade around Manhattan. State at Hyde Park, NY with Roosevelts.
221097 10:39:28 - 10:39:58 1939 SIL B/W
World-Wide
News Events: Halifax, NS
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth visit newborn Canadian quintuplets [?]
in Nova Scotia during final leg of Canada & US tour [not Dionne Quintuplets,
b.1934] - CUs babies in large pram, smiling Queen tickles feet. Crowds at docks see off royals - men raise
hats on long poles - archway w/ royal crest && 'Goodbye To Nova Scotia',
three-stack liner in BG. King
& Queen wave from deck. Ship
leaving harbour w/ vars smaller vessels & tug boats etc.
220769 03:08:09 - 03:08:33 1939 Sil B/W
[King
George & Queen Elizabeth Visit Veterans on Canada visit]
King and Queen talk with veterans.
Veterans outdoors in bed wave British flags.
220579 04:27:47 - 04:31:22 1939 Si Col
Colour
State Visit of Their Britannic Majesties June 1939 - Photographed by
the Secretary of the Treasure Henry Morgenthau Jr. - Colour
Arrival of King George and Queen Elizabeth
at Union Station by special train. King
George in full ceremonial uniform. Queen
and Mrs Roosevelt enter car for drive to the White House
Their Majesties and the Presidential
party board the USS Potomac for the river voyage to Mount Vernon. NB Shows
clearly FDR walking using handrail for support. Crowds waving from dockside. Queen Elizabeth and FDR on board talking. Photographers -
cameramen take pictures of Royals at Mt. Vernon. King George
lays wreath on the tomb of George Washington. King and Queen in gardens at
Mt. Vernon - Queen carrying
parasol and King in tails.
04:30:55 At Hyde Park their Majesties listen to Ish-Ti-Opi, Indian baritone. Princess Te Ata in Indian folklore songs (American Indians
wearing full traditional dress) Kuruks Pahitu beats the Indian tom-tom.