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UK: Start of scheduled commercial aviation between London and Paris at Hounslow Aerodrome 28.8.1919 B/W ENGLAND: Middlesex: Hounslow: Gen. Sykes & Gen. Festing present dispatches to pilot. ...
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South Africa: General Botha welcomes General Smuts to Pretoria. 22.9.1919 B/W SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town: Pretoria: General's Smuts and General Louis Botha walking past guard of honour; Smuts and ...
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UK: Crowds of people using alternative transportation during London railway strike. 29.9.1919 ENGLAND: London: GV near empty station, a few people walking around: military officers getting into car ...
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UK: Pleasure steamers carry workers along the River Thames during the Great Railway Strike. 30.9.1919 B/W ENGLAND: London: Thames River: GV pleasure steamer full of people travels up river under ...
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UK: Lady Astor campaigning in the Plymouth by-election. 11.10.1919 B/W ENGLAND: Plymouth: Lady Astor addressing crowd in street: Lady Astor drives away in carriage:
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France: The League of Nations is inaugurated in Paris and Leon Bourgeois is made President. 27.1.1920 B/W FRANCE: Paris: M. Leon Bourgeois out of building and into car after being elected ...
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France: French athletes train in Paris for the 1920 Olympic Games. 10.5.1920 B/W FRANCE: Paris: Tuileries: Athletes race around track; women's high jump; gymnastics - parallel bars, single bar; ...
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UK: Automobiles race at the Brooklands race track, Surrey. 22.5.1920 B/W ENGLAND: Surrey: Brooklands: Racing driver in car: racing cars along past crowds: cars racing around track:
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UK: King George V attends the opening of the Imperial War Museum at Crystal Palace. 9.6.1920 B/W ENGLAND: London: Southwark: Sydenham Hill: Crystal Palace: King and Queen shaking hands with group ...
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Germany: French troops occupy Frankfurt to quell German rioting after their invasion of the Ruhr. 10.7.1920 B/W GERMANY: Frankfurt: French soldiers march past in city square: soldiers stand in ...
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UK: Crowds mass at Trafalgar Square for Sinn Fein demonstration due to Dr Mannix not being allowed to land in Ireland. 19.8.1920 B/W ENGLAND: London: Trafalgar Square: EXT Massed crowd at protest ...
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UK: Road-making procedures in 1920s London. 20.9.1920 B/W ENGLAND: London: Road construction work in progress: Tarmac being laid in London street: Workmen spreading tarmac over road surface: ...
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Switzerland: Representatives at the first meeting of the League of Nations and signing a treaty. 15.11.1920 SWITZERLAND: Geneva: INT First meeting of the League of Nations in Geneva - official ...
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Footage of the submarine K-5 which was lost at sea with all men aboard. Circa 1921 B/W AT SEA: Several sailors on deck of submarine, superstructure behind them: Prow of submarine through water: ...
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UK: German delegates leave London after reparations conference at St James. 8.3.1921 B/W ENGLAND: Dover: German delegates leave Dover after reparations conference in London: Ferry leaving port:
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UK: Queen receives honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from Oxford University. 11.3.1921 B/W ENGLAND: Oxfordshire: Oxford: Queen (wearing robes and mortar board) along with dignatories in ...
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USA: Inauguration of US President Warren G Harding. 22.3.1921 USA: Washington: B/W Capitol Building: Procession of cavalry and military; Pan Officials on Balcony; President Warren G. Harding; ...
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France: M. Oemichen takes the French designed helicopter on its first successful flight at Valertigney. 4.4.1921 B/W FRANCE: Franche-Comte: Doubs: Valentigney: M.Oehmichen with his Helicopter at ...
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Northern Ireland: King George V opens the Northern Ireland parliament in Belfast. 23.6.1921 NORTHERN IRELAND: Belfast: Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert" in bay, battleships in background: Arrival ...
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Germany: 'No More war' peace demonstration in Berlin. 14.8.1921 B/W Germany: Berlin: Wide view of crowd with poster reading "Nie Krieg" (no war ) pan across crowd: flags (communist ?) "SPD" ...
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UK: Ernest Shackleton with his ship 'Quest' in London. 16.8.1921 B/W ENGLAND: London: Thames: Tower Bridge opening: "Quest" passing under Tower Bridge: Sir Ernest Shackleton's 200 tonne ...
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UK: Charlie Chaplin is greeted by large crowds on his return to England. 10.9.1921 ENGLAND: Hampshire: Southampton: Charlie Chaplin raises his hat: Chaplin and others pose for photocall: various ...
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UK: Departure of Ernest Shackleton aboard 'The Quest' for Antarctic expedition. 19.9.1921 ENGLAND: London: St Katharine's Dock: Close shot of Sir Ernest Shackleton (left with hat) watching ship ...
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Russia: Scenes of famine and destitution in Kassan on the Volga. 21.11.1921 B/W RUSSIA: Russian peasants walking along road: Peasants scrambling around Russian soldiers with hands outsretched in ...
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UK: King George V holds privy council meeting at Buckingham Palace. 12.12.1921 B/W ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Buckingham Palace: King George V coming out of doorway: Close Shot King George: ...
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Russia: Leon Trotsky addresses Kremlin during a large Communist demonstration in Moscow. 5.1.1922 B/W RUSSIA: Moscow: Leon Trotsky making speech at Kremlin (not heard): crowded auditorium: Trotsky ...
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Ireland: Dublin Castle is handed over to the Irish provisional government. 19.1.1922 B/W IRELAND: Dublin: British officers shaking hands with Irish officers who then raise their caps & cheer: ...
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Ireland: Irish Free State is established and civilians exchange Union Jack for new flag 23.1.1921 B/W IRELAND: Dublin: City Hall: Corner of City Hall. Flags exchanged in the presence of Alderman ...
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Ireland: British troops leave Cork to return to England 26.1.1922 B/W IRELAND: County Cork / WALES: Fishguard: British troops marching past: Group of troops: Troops embarking: Ferry boat: Troops ...
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Ireland: British troops leave North Wall, Dublin, bound for England. 30.1.1922 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Dublin: British troops embarking on ferry: troops waving and celebrating: ferry boat leaving:
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Italy: Crowds enter the Vatican to see the late Pope Benedict XV lying in state. 8.2.1922 B/W VATICAN CITY: Crowd gathering outside the Vatican: queue of people moving past guards into the ...
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Italy: Pope Pius XI declared new Pope and appears on Vatican balcony before large crowds. 15.2.1922 B/W VATICAN CITY: pan across sea of faces looking up. smoke rising from chimney. pan across sea ...
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Ireland: Members of the IRA occupy key buildings in Limerick. 10.3.1922 B/W REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Limerick: Group of IRA on, in front of, and behind railing, jostling for position. Armoured cars ...
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Uruguay: Funeral of Ernest Shackleton at Monte Video 13.3.1922 B/W URUGUAY: Montevideo: SV flag from ship flying at half mast - tilt down to small children. "Quest" in harbour. coffin carried by ...
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UK: Queen Mary opens the Waterloo Station memorial arch. 23.3.1922 B/W Royal car arriving: Queen Mary being presented with a bouquet: Queen Mary inspecting railway employees: Queen Mary shaking ...
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UK: Ocean liner RMS Majestic docks at Southampton. 13.4.1922 B/W ENGLAND: Hampshire: Southampton: SS "Majestic" - 3 funnelled liner: Tugboat escorting "Majestic" into harbour:
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UK: Lord Louis Mountbatten marries Edwina Ashley at St Margaret's Church, Westminster. 18.7.1922 B/W ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Westminster Abbey: St. Margaret's Church: Lord Louis Mountbatten ...
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Ireland: Irish President and founder of Sinn Fein Arthur Griffith lies in state. 16.8.1922 B/W REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Dublin: Long queue of mourners: men, women and children file past policemen ...
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UK: Renovation of London's Underground railway to increase diameter to 15 feet. 18.12.1922 B/W ENGLAND: London: Workmen in tunnel removing segments of the old tube lining: men enlarging the tube ...
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Germany: French troops occupy the Ruhr area. 29.1.1923 B/W GERMANY: Essen: EXT French troops: food being handed out: boy eating: tracking shot past industrial factories with smoking chimneys: ...
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India: Unrest in India as leaders demand independence 19.2.1923 B/W INDIA: Crowds watching as leaders pass in procession: C. R. DAS (new Indian ldr) his wife and dignitaries: Mrs Gandhi and ...
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Egypt: Men descend into Tutankhamen's Tomb during the official opening of the tomb at Luxor 5.3.1923 B/W EGYPT: Luxor: Lord Carnarvon talking to Mr. Howard Carter: crowds: Dignitaries leaving ...
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USA: Inventor Thomas Edison working in his laboratory in New Jersey. 6.3.1923 B/W USA: New Jersey: West Orange: MV Edison sitting at bench in laboratory pouring liquid from beaker to flask etc. ...
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UK: Santos Casani dances with Mabel Roberts for 18 hours and 34 minutes in Hammersmith 16.3.1923 B/W ENGLAND: London: Hammersmith: Santos Casani and Mabel Roberts non-stop dancing: man changing ...
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Scotland: The Duke of York and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit McVitie & Price factory where their wedding cake is being made. 17.3.1923 B/W SCOTLAND: Edinburgh: Prince Albert, The Duke of York (future ...
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India: Indians protest for home rule using non-violence in the face of police brutality 11.4.1923 B/W INDIA: Punjab: Amritsar: Sikh crowds seated in Golden Temple being fanned: crowd kneeling in ...
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UK: Prince Albert marries Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey. 26.4.1923 B/W ENGLAND: London: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon leaving home in her wedding dress and into carriage: various ...
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USA: Funeral procession of US President Warren G Harding travelling from San Francisco to the White House. 20.8.1923 B/W USA: Various: President Harding's coffin carried out of building at San ...
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UK: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Winston Churchill, en route to Paris to attend inter-allied debts conference. 9.1.1925 B/W ENGLAND: Winston Churchill (then Chancellor of Exchequer) along ...
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France: 24 hour endurance race at Le Mans 27.6.1925 B/W FRANCE: La Mans: Sarthe Circuit: Cars racing around track: sports car racing past grandstand. spectators in grandstand watching as cars ...
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USA: President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge at summer White House. 11.7.1925 B/W USA: President and Mrs Coolidge walk towards with dog: couple pose for photocall then walk in gardens: Mrs Coolidge ...
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USA: A group of girls perform the Charleston. 18.8.1925 B/W USA: Group of girls (flappers) dancing the Charleston: slow motion shots of dancing: small girl dancing:
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UK: Ladies long distance swim championships in the River Thames Circa 1926 B/W ENGLAND: London: Women swimming in long distance swimming championship in River Thames: winners along through ...
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UK: Thousands of women take part in anti-strike march in London from Embankment to Albert Hall 17.4.1926 B/W ENGLAND: London: Women lining up on Embankment: mounted police: women, in various ...
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UK: Bolton Wanderers beat Manchester United in FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. 24.4.1926 B/W ENGLAND: Lancashire: Manchester: Various shots of fans arriving: teams run onto pitch: match underway: ...
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UK: Traffic and street scenes at Piccadilly and Charing Cross in London. 1.5.1926 B/W ENGLAND: London: Piccadilly Circus and Charing Cross: Open top buses and cars along in foggy road: people ...
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UK: The future Queen and newborn daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York is baptised in Buckingham Palace. 1.6.1926 B/W ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Buckingham Palace: Duchess of York and baby ...
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UK: King George V and Queen Mary present medals at opening ceremony of Wimbledon tennis tournament. 23.6.1926 B/W ENGLAND: London: Merton: Wimbledon: King George V and Queen Mary open ceremonies ...
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UK: England win the Ashes in the final test match against Australia at the Oval 19.8.1926 B/W ENGLAND: London: The Oval Cricket Ground: EXT Boys climbing over fence into cricket ground: Cheering ...
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China: British forces march through the streets of Shanghai. Circa 1927 B/W CHINA: Shanghai: British troops march through Shanghai:
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USA: Malcolm Campbell sets new land speed record in his car 'Bluebird' at Pendine Sands Circa January 1927 B/W WALES: Carmarthen Bay: Pendine Sands: Malcolm Campbell sitting in his car Bluebird: ...
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UK: Santos Casani receives instructions by telephone from New York on correct steps for the new Black Bottom dance 21.1.1927 B/W ENGLAND: London: Santos Casani talking on telephone and trying out ...
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USA: Henry Segrave and others compete for land speed record at Daytona Beach. 1.3.1927 B/W USA: Florida: Daytona Beach: Sir Henry O'Neil de Hane Segrave, and others compete at Daytona Beach
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Italy: Benito Mussolini with fascist soldiers at rally to mark the anniversary of the march on Rome Circa October 1927 B/W ITALY: Rome: Fascist soldiers along at rally to mark anniversary of ...
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USA: 85,000 people turn out for baseball game between New York Yankees and ATHS with Babe Ruth playing Circa 1928 B/W USA: New York: Crowds of spectators throwing litter onto baseball pitch: ...
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Inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates television Circa 1928 B/W ENGLAND: Unknown location: Inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates television (possibly "stereovision" as there are two screens side ...
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UK: Olympic diving trials at Highgate in London. Circa 1928 B/W ENGLAND: London: Highgate: Diving from high board: Some slow motion diving:
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USA: US women athletes prepare for Olympic Games Circa 1928 B/W USA: Women athletes parading on the track (some wearing shorts /tracksuits): 100 metre race won by Minnie Meyer: Meyer posing: High ...
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UK: The River Thames floods in London 7.1.1928 B/W ENGLAND: London: London suffers flood damage when the River Thames bursts its embankment, and men work to barricade doorways with wood and putty:
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Japan: 40,000 Japanese girls in gymnastic display in honour of the enthronement of Emperor Hirohito. Circa May 1928 B/W JAPAN: Tokyo: Forty thousand girls perform gymnastics display:
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UK: Scenes of leisure during British heatwave. 12.7.1928 B/W ENGLAND: London: Men along out of depot carrying huge blocks of ice on their shoulders and unloading them onto cart: Bearded man, ...
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France: Statesmen representing 15 countries meet in Paris to sign Kellogg-Briand pact outlawing war. 27.8.1928 B/W FRANCE: Paris: Dignitaries arriving: Representatives seated: Speech: Herr ...
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Ireland: Various activities at film stars' regatta Circa 1929 B/W REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: EXT Various activities at film stars' regatta; including woman and man fencing, people falling out of ...
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Italy: Pope Pius XI is carried along in the Gestatorial Chair for the Beautification ceremony for Don Bosco Circa 1929 B/W VATICAN: Crowds gathered in St Peters Square: Pope Pius XI carried along ...
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Sir Gordon Selfridge demonstrates his working model of the Great Channel Tunnel project Circa 1929 B/W UNKNOWN LOCATION: Gordon Selfridge explicating his model of the Channel Tunnel project ot ...
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UK: R101 airship flies over London and returns to Cardington Air Base in Bedfordshire. Circa 1929 B/W ENGLAND: London: AIR TO AIR shot R101 in flight over fields/ R101 in flight over London ...
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USA: Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st US president 4.3.1929 B/W USA: Washington: President Herbert Hoover standing: Hoover getting into car: Military parade with soldiers on white horses ...
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