England.
A documentary chronicle with dramatized scenes of the most important events during the reign of King George V in England /1910-1935/1910. Bright lights of fireworks during the celebration of the coronation of George V. A portrait of the king emerges from the lights.
A paired portrait of the king and queen.
Trumpeters sound at the parapet.
An album with photographs of the king.
A map of the world.
Gun muzzles of a warship.
Sailors in formation.
King George V inspects the formation.
Ships at sea, a sailing ship.
London, the Stock Exchange building.
Coins with the profile of the previous king.
Work at a coin factory, a 1 penny coin with the image of George V, 1911 England.
Landscapes of England.
London, traffic along Piccadilly Street, carriages, buses, horse-drawn trams go.
Trafalgar Square, the Majestic Music Hall, the Electric Palace Cinema, spectators walking, a doorman meeting them.
Near the cinema, an organ grinder attracts the audience with music and a monkey.
Spectators buy tickets and go into the hall.
A chamber orchestra plays in the orchestra pit, accompanying the music with a scenic film on the screen, "Sunday Boat Trip at Ascot", boats sail through the lock.
Chronicle: the king among sailors on the ship England.
Airplanes take off from the airfield.
Pioneers of aeronautics: Pollard sits on the wing, the "shelf" takes off.
Bleriot flies across the English Channel.
The invention of the radio telegraph in 1910, the radio operator transmits the text.
Telegram about Crippen.
In the wax museum, there is a scene with a radio telegraph.
A father tells his son about the capture of the criminal Crippen thanks to a telegraph message.
People stand at the telegraph window, handing in telegrams.
The letter is stamped with the king's image.
Coronation festivities.
A vendor sells napkins with the royal couple's image, a man buys one.
The royal exit, carriages with cavalry.
George W. in India, a ceremonial procession with elephants.
The North Castle in London at dusk
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England. 1912. Opening of the music hall in the Palace Theatre.
A page from a book - the history of the music hall.
The auditorium.
On the stage Pavlova dances "The Dying Swan" /chronicle/, the program of the performance.
Paper "snow" is falling.
A re-enactment of Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole.
Several people are skiing in a blizzard and approach a tent with a Norwegian flag.
In it are the members of Roald Amundsen's lost expedition.
A letter from Amundsen to the Norwegian King James VII. Scott raises the English flag.
They carry Amundsen's body on a sled.
A stop along the way.
The expedition is in a tent; they find themselves without provisions.
Scott's last letter.
A re-enactment of the sinking of the ocean liner Titanic.
A view of an iceberg.
A lifeboat with shipwrecked passengers.
Lifeboats are lowered from the Titanic, people jump overboard England.
Chronicle: miners' strike, demonstrations.
View of a mine.
Map, a knight's glove lies on the outline of Morocco.
Staging: neighbors talking about Morocco.
Staging of Lloyd George's banquet on July 21, 1911, his speech at the banquet England.
Germany.
Germany is preparing for war.
Political poster with the German Kaiser.
Chronicle: German soldiers marching along the road.
Officers at headquarters.
Wilhelm II on parade of troops.
A zeppelin flies, view of the earth from the air
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England.
Silhouettes of German soldiers in helmets.
In England, the war takes place only on stage.
Cossacks marching and singing on the stage of a music hall.
Spectators in the hall.
Staging: Mary Lloyd's number, she sings couplets and dances.
Ragtime dance on stage.
Children in the yard playing a new game - diablo.
They dance tango in a restaurant.
Fans at a boxing match, moments of the fight, England knocked out in the 8th round.
Suffragettes in stagings.
A suffragette chains herself to a fence, a policeman does not let her.
Policemen lead a suffragette down the street.
A court, two suffragettes shout slogans about giving freedom to women.
Mrs.
Davidson hangs a poster "Death or Victory" on the tower.
Derby 1913, a woman dies under the hooves of a horse in protest.
The Women's Election Bill.
Lady Astor, the first woman in Parliament, is sworn in.
England.
Ireland demands independence.
Sir Edward Cursen steps out onto the balcony in front of a crowd.
Volunteers marching.
John Meadman and his nationalists, a rally in progress.
English soldiers in Ireland.
Crowds at Verdun.
Car racing.
People rollerskating to the waltz "Destiny" in the Skitting Ring.
A gramophone is playing, a record is spinning.
A still from a feature film: a couple riding in a boat.
A black silhouette holding a revolver is superimposed on them.
Assassination in Sarajevo.
The re-enactment of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The beginning of World War I. A propaganda poster in support of Belgium against Germany.
A fragment from a feature film, a speech in the English Parliament, a scene in a minister's office.
A warship at sea.
Telegram on the need for combat readiness of the English fleet
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England.
The British ultimatum to Germany.
Wilson / fragment from the feature film: officers in the wardroom/.
Newspaper headlines about the ultimatum.
August 4, 1914. Sir John French in his office with his staff, he goes to the window, the Big Ben dial and the clock strike are visible in the night.
A huge crowd illuminated by searchlights, shouts.
Declaration of war on Germany.
Newspapers are sold in the street.
Posters about the declaration of war.
Minister of War Lord Kitchener inspects the line of troops.
Armed Englishmen are marching.
Text of the King's statement to the people.
Enrollment of volunteers in the army.
Soldiers are marching along the street, carrying guns England.
In the music hall, a singer sings the old song "It's a Long Way to Tipperrery".
This song is sung everywhere.
Soldiers at the tents, they are washing, talking.
English soldiers boarding a ship.
A ship's horn sounds.
Scots are walking down the street of a French town, singing /staging/.
Military action, explosions, soldiers on the attack.
Women are working at an English military plant, stacking shells, painting, toiling at machines.
Tanks are being produced.
Women in uniform are marching.
Women are working in the fields, England is ploughing.
Military action in Gallipoli, landing on the coast.
Canadians are fighting on the Somme, soldiers are in the trenches.
South Africans are in Delville, Wood.
The King is at the front, he is inspecting the formation of troops.
British ships are sailing.
The King is on a ship, he is shaking hands with officers.
The King is with the pilots.
Women are cleaning a new locomotive.
Women are caring for the wounded in the hospital.
A lighthouse, a searchlight is spinning.
A sailor is looking through a telescope.
The ship's guns are firing.
An air raid alarm has been declared in the city.
People are running to shelter, a teacher is accompanying schoolchildren.
Ruins of buildings after bombing, people clearing away debris.
A man boards up the window of his shop.
Military action, explosions, soldiers in the trenches.
The wounded are carried on stretchers.
A map, the silhouette of a German soldier in a helmet, he points to Belgium, Dieppe.
English soldiers walk along the road.
The wounded are returning to the ranks.
Sir Douglas Haig, commander of the British expeditionary force in France /photo/.
Shots, explosions.
Text of Haig's order of April 11, 1918, the final blow.
Ships and submarines at sea, torpedo launch, enemy ship explosion.
In the rear.
People press against the wall, standing in line.
In their hands are coupons for bread and sugar.
A zeppelin flies in the clouds, searchlights catch it.
Announcement of a blackout.
People are running down the street
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England.
Searchlights sweep across the sky over London.
People in a shelter, a man with a child in his arms.
A zeppelin flies, an anti-aircraft gun fires.
An old lady does not go to the shelter, a policeman persuades her.
Explosions in the city, blown-up walls fall.
Staging: in the shelter, a young officer sits down next to a woman with a child in a stroller, entertains her.
A zeppelin flies, a shell falls.
Firefighters put out a house, dismantle the ruins, save people.
Two scouts run, one of them blows the retreat into the bugle.
England.
Autumn 1918. Soldiers return home, walk down the street.
Children join the soldiers.
People rejoice.
Soldiers in the trenches at the front.
A representative of the German command, Matthias Erzberger, travels in a car with a white flag to negotiate with the French.
Marshal Foch in a carriage in Compiegne.
The general reads out the peace terms /dramatization/.
Text of the capitulation and signatures, date November 8, 1918. Soldiers in the trenches receive the message about peace, rejoice.
English newspaper "The Star": "The war is over!" Big Ben rings.
Typists in the office rejoice, throw out the windows the trimmed sheets.
The crowd rejoices, people wave flags.
People toss an officer in their arms.
The German fleet surrenders.
Ships and submarines on the surface.
The peace treaty is signed in Versailles.
Ministers of different countries: Lloyd George, Wilson, Clemenceau, Soligny.
The division of the world in Europe is marked on the map.
Lloyd George gets out of the carriage, he is met by the crowd.
Victory celebrations in London, Paris.
Dramatization: soldiers blinded by gas walk, led by one sighted man.
London, George V laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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England.
Flags of different countries.
Fun in a music hall, an orchestra playing, people having fun in fancy dress.
New dance hall in the theater.
New dances: "Wobble", black botton, Charleston.
A crowd is dancing, parallel shot - a flock of sheep.
Dancing in a sailor's tavern.
Economic crisis in the country.
A girl opens her purse, but there is no money.
The unemployed are begging.
The mines of Wales are standing idle.
England.
Advances in technology.
Ships in the port, trains are running, tanks with motor oil.
Electric towers.
Passenger trains are running, planes are taking off.
Motorcycle races, motorcycle races.
A racing car sets a speed record on a sandy beach.
The flight across the Atlantic of pilots Alcock and Whitten Brown.
Lindbergh takes off, he is near the plane.
A motorboat is racing at speed, a seaplane is landing on the water.
A deserted mining village.
Miners chatting in a train carriage.
A newspaper photo of champion Suzanne Lenglen, she is playing on the court.
A game of poga: jumping on a pole with a footrest.
A teenager playing ping-pong, a man playing croquet.
England.
The King and Queen are riding in a carriage on their way to Parliament.
New Street in London - Regent Street.
The carriage is rolling along, people are waving their hands.
The royal couple at the university, they are greeting professors.
Traffic on County Hall Bridge.
The King and Queen among the population.
The Prince of Wales is entering the ship by the gangway, he is in India /standing in a pith helmet/, in Canada /the prince is riding in a car on the bridge/.
Collecting donations on the street. 1922. The wedding of the Prince of Wales and Elizabeth /photo in the newspaper/.
The royal family with the newlyweds /photo in the newspaper/.
Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales on the balcony of the palace.
Photo of the wedding of Prince George and Princess Marina in Greece /photo/ England.
A conversation in a shop between a salesman and customers.
A son runs in, his father gives him a new penny he received from a customer, it has the profile of the prince.
Radio broadcasting in England, local broadcasts in Essex.
Staging: Marconi's house, he is preparing a program.
A pianist arrives.
In the house, a boy assembles a receiver, a man puts on headphones.
The announcer announces a concert, the pianist plays, sings a song.
The Big Radio House, a room with equipment, a program.
George V and the Queen are riding in a carriage through the stadium, they are present at the parade.
People are walking in the park.
The ticket office at the rides.
Roller coaster, fast movement on rails.
Riding cars
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England.
Attractions: cars on rails.
Fountain cascade.
People walking near the palace.
Empire Street, Tivoli Cinema.
Posters of new films starring Katharine Hepburn.
Wax museum, figures of actors: Harold Lloyd, Ford Sterling, Mary Pickford and others.
A sign on the building: Madame Tussauds Gallery.
A group photo of Labourites in the newspaper, 1924-25. Fashion of the 1920s.
Oxford trousers: wide with turn-ups.
Regatta in Oxford, figure-eight canoes.
Women's short haircuts.
Dog racing, fans shouting.
Soldiers returning from the colonies, a tank driving down the street.
Demonstration of 1926 models, a woman's dress now weighs only 9 pounds.
Models of 1910 and 1918 are demonstrated for comparison.
Models of 1935: swimsuits, open dresses, women's trousers England.
Flowering fruit trees.
Economic crisis.
On May 3, 1926, the text of the government's negotiations with the trade unions is read on the radio.
A general strike begins.
Factories are idle, ships and trains are idle, people are riding bicycles.
Horses are unattended.
There is a notice at the factory - there is no work today.
Newspapers write about the strike.
There are policemen on the streets.
There are vans with food.
Soldiers are riding in trucks.
Soldiers in the crowd, a policeman next to the driver in the car.
Mail is being loaded onto an airplane, it takes off.
Football players training.
People are carrying boxes and milk cans on carts.
Passengers on a tram talk about the strike, buy tickets, men demand change from the conductor.
Passers-by listen to the news on the radio about the movement of trains.
Workers in the depot eat and also listen to the radio.
In the house, they are waiting for news.
The announcer announces the comedian's performance /dramatization/.
Finally, the announcer announces the end of the general strike of May 12, 1926. A joyful family, people rejoice in the street.
The factory whistle sounds, workers at their machines.
Newspapers are printed in the printing house
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England.
The Prince of Wales with his family in a box.
The Cabinet of Ministers.
Margaret Pamfogo, the first woman in the Cabinet.
Women appear in Parliament, in the judiciary.
A woman champion swimmer.
A woman hunter, members of the club carry her on the throne.
Photo of Princess Elizabeth.
Further advances in technology.
The first sound film, "The King of Jazz", fragment, Johnson sings.
English Hollywood in Elstree.
The emergence of television, a studio, an actress sings, she is filmed.
Work at an aircraft factory, an airplane takes off.
The map shows routes from England to other countries of the world.
New seaplanes, gliders, a racing car rushes along the coast, the England high-speed train goes.
A new crisis.
A crowd in the square near the palace.
News of the king's illness.
Staging: people wait near the palace for bulletins on the king's health.
Bulletins of November 22, November 31. People read newspapers.
In the hospital, a sick girl asks the nurse about the king /dramatization/.
People in a cafe discuss the news, raise a toast to the king.
In Canada, in Toronto, they follow the news from London, a blizzard on the railway, prospectors read the newspaper.
Australia, news in Melbourne and Sydney.
Cowboys on a ranch look at the newspaper.
In Rhodesia, at the mine, the English follow the news.
A lady and a lord stop a carriage at Buckingham Palace /dramatization/, ask people for news.
Bulletin of January 29, improvement in the health of the king.
July 7, 1929. Photo by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
A service is underway in the cathedral.
The queen and her retinue arrive at the abbey, they pray for the health of the king
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England.
Thanksgiving service.
The King is recovering.
Military parade at the stadium in honor of the King.
The carriage with George V and Queen Mary is accompanied by the Horse Guards.
The King and Queen are driving to the palace in a car, they are on the balcony.
A jubilant crowd is below.
England.
The crisis of 1929. Panic on the stock exchange, the fall of the pound sterling.
Scenes in banks, on the stock exchange, at the cash desk.
The King returns from Baltimore to Buckingham Palace by car, MacDonald and his cabinet discuss the problems of the crisis.
A night rally.
Newspapers print articles about the crisis.
Parliament discusses measures to overcome the crisis /staging/.
Passers-by discuss the results of Parliament's actions in the queue at the Tower /staging/.
A guide demonstrates the royal jewels.
A staged history of the jewels.
The King and his courtiers examine the Black Prince gemstone, it is in the crown.
Knights in armour, Battle of Agincourt.
King Henry V, picture: king and knight.
King Henry VIII, jewels.
Elizabeth at the council about Spain /fragment from the film/.
Historical coins of England with the image of kings and queens: Edward III, Anne, George III. Wellington at Waterloo.
Nilsson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Coin with the image of Queen Victoria.
The first king of India Edward VIII and others.
A boys' choir sings the national anthem of England in St.
Paul's Church.
A military band plays, everyone sings the national anthem of Great Britain.
Portrait of King George V.
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