Topical Budget Company Movies

No fewer than five once or future prime ministers on show at the momentous 1923 election.

The Valentine's card, 1920s-style. Two British actresses put lips to paper in a demonstration of the so-called "Kiss Valentine", leaving a lipstick...

Colonial troops greet London's new Lord Mayor in a patriotic wartime ceremony.

Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.

The devil makes the biggest splash at Cookham's famed regatta.

During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.

The wedding of the Duke of York, the future George VI, to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

The annual mop fair in Stratford-Upon-Avon, including the roasting of an ox.

A masterful innings by Australian batsman Macartney in the third test at Headingley.

Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break from the Western Front.

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.

Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.

A quick-fire round up of the FA Cup second round: West Brom v Corinthians, Crystal Palace v Notts County, and West Ham v Leeds. The cameraman manages...

'Our Day' badges and flags being sold in aid of wounded WWI soldiers are shown in this Topical Budget film.

FA Cup Semi-Final: Huddersfield Town v Notts County at Turf Moor. This newsreel item on the Turf Moor FA Cup Semi-Final 25 March 1922 captures the...

Lunch on the Eiffel Tower held in honour of the visit of the representatives of foreign municipalities.

After playing their last match of the season, ten Clapton Orient players enlist for the 'Footballer's Battalion'.

Poignant scenes of Allied troops enjoying their Yuletide rations at the first Christmas of WWI.

Fashion has long been integral to the appeal of royal weddings, not least in the build up to the lavish nuptials of Princess Mary and Viscount...