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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.
           

George V

 

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.