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Original newsreel:
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/35934/
(Film ID 31.07)
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Filmed in Greenford, Middlesex in 1963.
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This series, produced in association with the BBC, chronicles the lives of the most important and well-known figures of the 20th century, whether they be politicians, musicians, or sports stars.
Filmed somewhere in China, 1918.
Dragon and Toast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Filmed in 1937.
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A look around the world in 1925.
Newsreels used in this film and timecodes:
USA - KKK march in Washington D.C. (0:00 - 00:21)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46421/ (Film ID 418.02)
China - Civil war scenes (0:21 - 0:58)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51097/ (Film ID 368.04)
Germany - British troops leave the Rhineland (0:58 - 1:18)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/100530/ (Film ID 2416.10)
Greece - Mass wedding for orphans (1:18 - 1:32)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51381 (Film ID 388.22)
Australia - Melbourne Regatta (1:32 - 1:56)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51113/ (Film ID 368.20)
Belgium - New Zealand rugby team return to WW1 sites (1:56 - 2:22)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51117/ (Film ID 368.22)
Switzerland - Ice hockey at St Moritz (2:22 - 2:34)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51131/ (Film ID 370.08)
Spain - Royal parade for King Alfonso XIII (2:34 - 2:58)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51160/ (Film ID 372.10)
Gold Coast (Ghana) - Colonial harvest festival (2:58 - 3:20)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51170/ (Film ID 372.20)
Japan - Firemen acrobatics (3:20 - 4:02)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51251/ (Film ID 378.29)
USA - Calvin Coolidge inauguration (4:02 - 4:28)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51276/ (Film ID 380.22)
Ireland - Shamrock harvest (4:28 - 4:58)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51277 (Film ID 380.23)
Singapore - Floods (4:58 - 5:28)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51307/ (Film ID 384.01)
Germany - First international between England and Germany since WW1 (5:28 - 6:02)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51378/ (Film ID 388.19)
Germany - Von Hindenburg becomes president (6:02 - 6:34)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51415/ (Film ID 390.27)
Bulgaria - 200 killed in St Nedelya Church Assault (6:34 - 7:01)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51449/ (Film ID 392.30)
UK - International women's football between Britain and France (7:01 - 7:33)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51472/ (Film ID 396.02)
USA - Rum bootlegging vessels (7:33 - 8:01)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51495 (Film ID 396.25)
Norway - Explorer Amundsen returns after going missing (8:01 - 8:32)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46318/ (Film ID 412.07)
UK - Unemployed gather in London (8:32 - 8:43)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46252/ (Film ID 408.14)
China - Shanghai tensions (8:43 - 9:30)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46310/ (Film ID 412.01)
Hong Kong - Elaborate funeral (9:30 - 9:56)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46319/ (Film ID 412.10)
USA - Santa Barbara earthquake aftermath (9:56 - 10:37)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46334 (Film ID 412.25)
Morocco - Rif War (10:37 - 11:38)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46341/ (Film ID 412.32)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46512/ (Film ID 422.26)
France - Deauville holiday scenes (11:38 - 12:05)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46451 (Film ID 418.32)
USA - Airship USS Shenandoah in the year of its crash (12:05 - 12:28)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46471/ (Film ID 420.16)
USA - Driving around Colorado's Pikes Peak (12:28 - 12:56)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46484 (Film ID 420.29)
UK - Fascists gather in London (12:56 - 13:26)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46644 (Film ID 434.02)
Germany - Extraordinary diving suit (13:26 - 14:13)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46652/ (Film ID 434.10)
UK - Locarno Pact (14:13 - 14:55)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46668/ (Film ID 434.26)
Syria - Damascus in ruins (14:55 - 14:57)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/46681 (Film ID 436.11)
UK - Durham miners dance (14:57 - 16:55)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51731/ (Film ID 42.16)
Netherlands - Kaiser Wilhelm II in exile (16:55 - 17:46)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/51743/ (Film ID 442.28)
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Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Filmed in Slough, 1958.
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Original newsreel:
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/189093/
Film ID - 1606.14
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Filmed in Walton-on-Thames, 1969.
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Original newsreels:
1. Sole survivor of shipwreck Norman Spencer (0:00 - 1:11)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/53820/
Film ID - 38.13
2. British men's opinions on equal pay for women (1:11 - 2:28)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/83950/
Film ID - 1416.06
3. British public opinion on shorter skirts (2:28 - 3:15)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/54760/
Film ID - 110.08
4. WW2 POW returning after 4 years (3:15 - 4:47)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/93324/
Film ID - 1943.03
5. British GI war brides on life in America (4:47 - 6:37)
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/67915/
Film ID - 1175.03
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