The King, in Field Marshal's uniform and unaccompanied by other members of the Royal family, arrives at Calais on HMS Whirlwind on 5 August. Three days later he inspects British and US pilots of RAF 1...
I. 'QUEEN AMONG THE TANKS. Wonderful of Her Majesty inspecting a Tankodrome in France.' Queen Mary stands with the usual retinue by a line of Mk IV tanks - it is a sunny day and she holds a parasol. S...
The King and Queen arrive in Calais to start the visit. The King inspects war trophies at Bailleul with General Sir Herbert Plumer, then goes on to watch a tank demonstration and talk with a group of ...
I. The build-up to war from the earliest days of film record, showing the various crowned heads of Europe.II. The Balkan wars of 1912, the development of Germany's Navy, and the inauguration of Presid...
The film emphasises the pre-war uniqueness of Britain, rich, insular, with a strong trading position and a free democracy united under the constitutional monarchy. The only pre-war violence comes in t...
A column of men from 1st Balloon Company, in the Meuse or Moselle region, march through a village. British "8-inch Naval rifles" (in fact 6-inch Mk VII guns) being fired by gunners of 27th (New York) ...
In the introductory animation film, the figures of an Austro-Hungarian and a German soldier stand at the lower end of a see-saw spanning the Carpathians, while a high-ranking Russian officer (possibly...