World War One Homefront
FOOD SHORTAGE - AMSTERDAM People marching through streets of Amsterdam carrying banners. Holland.
KING HONOURS MERCHANT SERVICE HEROES AT GLASGOW
ST. PATRICK'S DAY Irish girls pinning sprigs of shamrock on soldiers for good luck.
'FRANCE'S DAY' Pageant honouring France is held in London.
GIFT AMBULANCES FOR RED CROSS Ceremony marking Southport's donation of ambulances to the Red Cross.
MOVING BANK TANKS tank moving down street.
POTATOES AND FORESIGHT Metropolitan Railway Women's work on land to provide for whole staff
AMERICAN WAACS Great footage of American WAACs working in railway yard - wearing trousers!
SPECIAL CONSTABLE SERVICE BADGES
MARQUIS IMPERIALI Italian ambassador receives gift of a field operating theatre from London charity.
LAND GIRLS IN THE ORCHARD - GATHERING FRUIT FOR OUR SOLDIERS
SINEWS OF WAR: SHIPYARD: FACTORY Shots of shipyard and factory during World War One.
SPEEDING UP FOOD New tractors and ploughs speed up food production.
CPL HUTT COVENTRY'S VC Corporal Hutt VC with dignitaries and officials at fund-raising event.
Women Munitions Workers - BRADFORD - Part 2
WOMEN ON LAND women feeding pigs.
PRESENT OF AIRPLANES Christening of Gift Airplanes
FUNDRAISING AUCTION FOR RED CROSS
CITIZEN SOLDIERS' - V.T.C. MARCH Sir C.C. Wakefield reviews City of London V.T.C.
THE RATION BOOK DESIGNERS AND PRINTERS CELEBRATE IT'S PUBLICATION Wounded Soldiers Given Cigarettes
QUEEN ALEXANDRA AT AEROPLANE FACTORY Queen Alexandra Visits Women War Workers at Airplane Factory
OYEZ, OYEZ, OYEZ The Lord Mayor of London asks the capital's citizens to eat less.
ON PARADE Voluntary Training corps on Parade
WOMEN FLOUR WORKERS Women Workers at Flour Mill
WAR BONDS War Bond rally in Trafalgar Square, London.
HARVESTING Nice footage of Women's Land Army at work, pitching hay in a field.
SWITZERLAND IS READY Switzerland; known for neutrality prepares for self defence if necessary.
FLIGHT COMMANDER ROBINSON VC Airman Flight Commander Robinson; VC visits school or orphanage.
Lord Mayor of Liverpool Inspects Ambulances
AIR RAID SIREN ON ROOF IN PARIS Men adjust air raid siren on a Parisian roof.
SPECIAL CONSTABLES' STRETCHER DRILL Special Constables practice emergency First Aid techniques
WAR WOMEN OF WARWICKSHIRE CONTINGENT LEAVES BIRMINGHAM FOR FRANCE
WOMEN BAKERS Women bakers load bread onto van and make loaves in bakery.
HOME OF THE PENGUINS Great footage of women RAF motorbike and car drivers.
RALLY FOR WAR LOAN AT TRAFALGAR SQUARE
HERO AIRMEN MOBBED BY ETON BOYS (aka HERO WORSHIP) Airmen leave castle after being knighted.
AVENGE CAPTAIN FRYATT Rally Demanding Reprisals for Capt. Fryatt
HOLIDAY PUSH ALLOTMENTS Civilians Prepare Wartime Garden Allotments
DEAR MILK PROTEST Many women and children march to Hyde Park to demand cheaper milk
RIGHT AWAY Women Work as Railway Guards
THE LIBERTY BELL LOAN parade in American city.
WAR BONDS BY CARRIER PIGEONS Officials attach war bonds to the legs of pigeons and 'launch' them!
FLOWERS FOR THE WOUNDED Flowers Donated to Hospital for Wounded.
KING AND QUEEN AT BRADFORD Crowds on street in Bradford as King George V's car drives past.
WOMEN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS Women's Land Army at work in fields
LAND GIRLS Nice footage of Land girls at work in the fields during the First World War.
COVENTRY TANK WEEK Crowds around tank in park during war bond rally in Coventry.
SIR ARTHUR YAPP APPEALS FOR FOOD ECONOMY Shots of 'great food saver' Sir Arthur Yapp.
QUEEN AND PRINCESS MARY MEETING PEOPLE Queen Mary & Princess Mary visit a 'food kitchen' at Stepney.
WAR VICTORY LOAN Crowds in Trafalgar Square during War Victory Loan drive.
MASS PRO-ALLIES MEETING IN SPAIN Mass pro-allies meeting held in a stadium
OUR FIREMEN NURSES Nurses Train to Fight Fires
VICTORY SERVICE Lord Mayor attends prayers for Victory Service at Southwark Cathedral.
LAND ARMY GIRLS' PARADE - PART 2 Land Army Girls' Parade - drive to get new recruits.
BIRMINGHAM'S FIRST PUBLIC KITCHEN Children at Soup Kitchen
CINEMA SHOWING PROPAGANDA FILM crowds packed outside West End cinema.
VEG STEW A look at how special wartime vegetable stew is mass produced.
Signal Corps Historical Films #1351 Reel 4
CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 109) Customers bring paper for wrapping goods.
People Picking Up Coal Allotments, 1917
Fish from Parks: New Wartime Food Supply
Captured Krupps Gun in Trafalgar Sq., 1915
Crowds Cheer Australians' Arri
RECRUITING WOMENS LAND ARMY Women's Land Army Marches
Women Farm Workers in Wartime;
People Picking Up Coal Allotments, 1917
Proclamation on Food Crisis Read to London Citizens
"Sinews of War": Shipyard; Factory
Plowing Park for Planting Grain
Women Factory Workers Say Merr
Women & Children Protest Milk Prices
War Bond Rally & Tank Demonstration
Married Men Protest Conscription
Elephants Perform War Work on Farm
MUNITION GIRLS AT PLAY - SPORTS MEETING Women war workers take part in funny sports and races.
DEFORESTATION WORK BY VTC Volunteer Civilian Corps chop down spindly trees in a forest.
WOMEN FORESTERS Women foresters work on the land during World War One.
PEACE PAGEANT Children and Soldiers Depict World War One
Women's Volunteer Corps Pro-Enlistment Rally; Hunting "Shirkers"
LAND ARMY GIRLS' PARADE - PART 1 Land Army Girls' Parade - drive to get new recruits.
WOMEN MUNITIONS WORKERS Excellent material showing women war workers in munitions factory.
WOMEN MECHANICS Women mechanics at work in garage in USA.
US SEARCHLIGHT TOWED IN POSITION American soldiers demonstrate search light on crane.
WW1 AIR RAID SIREN Air Raid Siren on Roof
Munition Works: Women Workers Making Shells
American Women's Gifts to Soldiers, c. 1917-18
Wounded "Tommies" pick up Boxes from Tom Smith's
Harrod's War Bond Prize Drawing, 1914-18
King; Queen; & Princess Mary A
Women March for Wartime Prohibition, 1914
Shells Made at Heckla Munitions Factory
SUFFRAGETTES HELP THE WAR EFFORT Suffragettes Support Victory Loan
Parade w/ Costumes, Floats, Military
Women Workers Promote Their Sports Day, 1916-18
National Kitchen Opened by Mrs. Lloyd George
National Kitchen Opening with Boy Cadets' Parade, 1918
Poor Children Given Food at National Kitchen, 1910s
British Children Watch as Soldiers Examine Wreckage of German Plane
King George V & Queen Mary Visit Women Factory Workers
Liberty Bond Parade with Elephants
Women Workers in Munitions Factory
Anti-German/Pro-Internment Demonstration in London
Women Work in Agriculture; etc
GARDEN FETE FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS Garden Party to Aid Wounded
ELEPHANTS DO THEIR BIT FOR THE LIBERTY LOAN Elephants in Liberty Loan Parade
FATTENING POULTRY FOR CHRISTMAS Women's Land Army Feeding Poultry
Pankhurst & Dacre Fox Address Greece & Rumania Policy
WAR DEMONSTRATION Pro-War Parade and Rally
ON GUARD Good footage of the Home Defence Battalions - forerunner of the Home Guard.
URGENT Sequence of titles and voiceover messages encouraging the conversion of W
GIANT BELL INAUGURATED IN BELGIUM Giant bell inaugurated by the Queen Fabiola in Brussels, Belgium.
FIRST WORLD WAR MUNITIONS Women munition workers making cartridges.
Women March for Equal Wages & Suffrage
Women Transport Workers in Wartime
Women Transport Workers in Wartime
THE HARVESTING GIRLS OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD Girls herding cows up the road and harvesting hay.
WOMEN'S FIRE BRIGADE Footage of women's fire brigade in action.
THE STORY OF THE CAMEL AND THE STRAW
AMBULANCE PRESENTED BY THE WARD OF WALBROOK CITY OF LONDON
FUR COAT REMODELLING Mr Grubert remodels old fur coats to give them a new fashionable look.
WOMEN AGRICULTURISTS Good footage of women working on a farm: ploughing and shifting parcels of hay.
WOMEN LAND WORKERS Nice footage of Land Army girls hoeing in a field and chatting after work.
WOMEN'S WORK IN WARTIME Girl Guides demonstrate semaphore and first aid in courtyard.
TANK IN LONDON Brief shots of a tank in a London square and a car it has flattened earlier!
GEORGE ROBEY SELLS WAR BOND Nice footage of George Robey at war bond drive, standing beside a tank.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Rally / demonstration in Trafalgar Square - 'Down With German Influence'.
OPENING OF NEW NATIONAL KITCHEN BY MRS LLOYD GEORGE Mrs Lloyd George opens National Kitchen
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME French couples move into Nissen Huts after their homes are destroyed
British Minister Shown Around France
WWI War Bonds and War Savings Certificates
FIRE BOMB - SHEPHERDS BUSH A man removing unexploded fire bomb from a house roof.
HIDING MONUMENTS French Protect Buildings & Monuments
WAR GARDENS SPLENDID YIELD Celebration of harvest in war gardens
PACIFISTS MEETING Peace protesters' meeting in a London park.
OUR LADS - BARNSBURY'S INTERCESSION SERVICE FOR VICTORY English Ceremony to Pray for Victory
ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS aftermath of anti-German riots in England.
WOMEN LAND WORKERS RECRUITING RALLY Women's Land Army Recruiting Rally in city.
CHIEF CONSTABLE WILLIAM BURNS LINDLEY review of the Special Constables
LORD NORBURY WORKING AS A MECHANIC IN SURREY AIRCRAFT FACTORY FOR 7D AN HOUR
EMPIRE DAY CELEBRATIONS Kids Dancing at School Fest
WOMAN WORKING AT BUTCHER'S aka LADY GROCERS
WOMEN BREWERY WORKERS Women Brewery Workers in Wartime
IRISH FOOD COMITTEE Nice footage of Irish women wrapping food in brown paper
VICTORY LOAN APPEAL Unidentified man speaks to camera then photograph and letter from King George V.
SPECIALS AND FAMILIES AT EVENT aka SPECIAL CONSTABLES PARADE
SPECIALS DECORATED AT MASS MEET Meeting of masses of Special Constables.
EVEN CHILDREN HELP Schoolchildren from Dunstable work on the land.
WOMEN AT WORK, FRUIT FARM Good footage of women working on a fruit farm in 1916.
PRESENT OF AMBULANCES BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER Ambulances from South African Kennel Club
WOMEN WAR WORKERS Women at work on farm and using machinery.
WOMEN FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS Women Loggers and Farmers in Wartime
Inspection of Women War Workers
WOMEN PAVING WAY TO VICTORY Women Workers Move Bricks from Street
CANADIANS AT BULFORD CAMP Canadians at Bulford Camp receive clothes from Dominions.
DECORATED PLANE Women decorating plane with flowers.
IVY SUNDAY Troops (male and female) and civilians take part in parade through city on Ivy Sunday.
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION Mysterious explosion rocks the city and destroys much needed supplies.
LADIES FIRE BRIGADE Women's Wartime Fire Brigade
PRESENTATION OF AMBULANCES TO RED CROSS Red Cross Rally which sees new ambulances handed over.
Women War Workers' Parade women war workers pageant in aid of funds for limbless heroes.
ANTI-GERMAN / PRO INTERNMENT DEMONSTRATION
LUSITANIA PARADE AND AMBULANCES Demonstrations for Red Cross. Ambulances at Charing Cross.
POPLAR'S VOLUNTEERS Mrs Lloyd George and Mr Will Crooks, MP attend outdoor fete.
WOMEN GAS WORK WORKERS Women shovelling coal and doing traditional men's work at gas works.
VICTORY LOAN APPEAL Unidentified man speaks to camera then photograph and letter from King George V.
THE LATE LORD RHONDDA Shots of Lord Rhondda, food controller during World War One.
OUR BUSY KING AND QUEEN King and Queen inspecting soldier and visiting factory.
FARM SHOW / WOMEN WORKERS Royal Farm Show including demonstration by women wartime farm workers.
VICTORY LOAN APPEAL Unidentified man speaks to camera then photograph and letter from King George V.
WORKPEOPLE PRESENT AMBULANCE TO RED CROSS
LIVERPOOL DOCKER VC Liverpool Docker hero, Victoria Cross winner.
DRUMHEAD SERVICE Military/Religious Ceremony
A SPORTING CHANCE People queuing in a city street - good shots of people fascinated by camera!
CAPTURING THE GERMAN DRUG TRADE - FIRST CROP OF BELLADONNA GROWN IN ENGLAND
WHITECHAPEL'S WAR HEROES Dedication of the beautiful war shrine erected at St. Mary's.
WAR WOMEN OF WARWICKSHIRE CONTINGENT LEAVES BIRMINGHAM FOR FRANCE
SIR BRYAN MAHON ATTENDS AMBULANCE GATHERING
FESTIVAL FOR WOMEN WAR WORKERS Women War Workers' Fete
WOMEN LAND CADET CORPS Teen Girls in Women's Land Cadet Corps
SHRINES UNVEILED IN KENSINGTON aka HONOUR THEIR OWN
THE COAL FAMINE Distribution of coal supplies to the poor at depots in Bermondsey
CATTLE SALE cattle sale to raise money for the Red Cross.
WOMEN'S LAND ARMY - PIG KEEPING Land Girls keeping pigs and learning how to milk cows.
COLONEL DONALD COCHRANE Colonel Donald Cochrane inspects civilian (volunteer?) troops.
TO ARREST THE HUN Volunteer troops march through a town, led by a military band.
NAVVIES IN SKIRTS Women take jobs as navvies during World War One.
BATH CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE DAY American troops celebrate Independence Day with parade in Bath.
NOTTINGHAM GIVES PLANE TO ANZACS
TANKS VISIT LIVERPOOL Tanks Displayed at War Bonds Rally
PRINCESS PAT Princess Pat Opens Nurses' Hostel
BISHOP DEDICATES AMBULANCE FOR FRONTaka BISHOP OF LONDON Bishop dedicates ambulance for front.
National Kitchen Opened by Mrs. Lloyd George
DISASTER AT HALIFAX A wrecked ship on the coast of Halifax
RECEPTION OF NAVAL V.C. IN OLD KENT ROAD V.C. Hero Honored At Reception
DUKE OF CONNAUGHT Duke of Connaught Visits Munitions Factory
HOSPITAL V.A.D OPENED BY MAYOR Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital opens
FLAG DAY Little girl and women in costume sell flag badges for charity.
HRH DUKE OF CONNAUGHT Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, visits munitions factory.
HERO AIRMEN MOBBED BY ETON BOYS (aka HERO WORSHIP) Airmen leave castle after being knighted.
CAPTURED GERMAN GUN Children play on captured German gun in a park.
WOMEN WAR WORKER (PIGGERY) Nice footage of women with pigs big and small at a piggery.
US MOBILISATION MONTAGE American soldiers on parade, departures, training and Red Cross recruitment.
NURSE CAVELL MEMORIAL OPENED IN LONDON - 1ST ANNIVERSARY The opening of memorial to nurse Cavell
SHEFFIELD HONOURS JELLICOE AND SMUTS
PRESIDENT WILSON'S CALL TO ARMS American President, Woodrow Wilson speaking. USA.
INSPECTION OF NATIONAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE
THE PLAYING FIELDS OF ETON Eton boys give up half holiday to work on the land
FOOD CRISIS Proclamation on Food Crisis Read to London Citizens
WOMEN PORTERS Women porters working at railroad station; loading freight
QUEEN MARY DECORATES STREET SHRINE Queen Mary decorates street shrines in East End of London.
LETTER WRITTEN BY LORD MAYOR OD LONDON - APPEALS FOR MONEY
ALLEMAGNE - BERLIN BARON VON LERSNER Mass demonstration in Berlin against French
PRESENTATION OF AIRPLANE Airplane Christened (to Australia from Hull)
FEEDING THE FIGHTERS War Bond procession led by field gun in Chancery Lane.
UNIQUE SCENES IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE War Bond sales in Trafalgar Square
LAND ARMY GIRLS (Part 1) Land Army women pose with horse hitched to hay cart in city square.
TANK AT DUDLEY Tank at Dudley during war bond drive (?), plus good shot of front of local cinema.
ARP POSTERS Close shots of poster encouraging people to play a role in Air Raid Precautions.
HELP RUMANIA Donations being collected by Romanian women for Romanian Red Cross.
SINEWS OF WAR: SHIPYARD: FACTORY Shots of shipyard and factory during World War One.
SPECIAL DAY FOR THE "SPECIALS" Mass meeting of 1000's of Special Constables
PEACE - BUT ON OUR TERMS (SHELL FACTORY) Footage of shells being assembled at munitions factory.
OUR WOMEN OF TODAY BISHOP'S STORTFORD FARMING COMPETITION Farming Competition for Women Workers
PRINCESS PATRICIA OPENS NURSES' HOSTEL
Women Factory Workers Say Merry XMas
WAR TIME MILLINERS Young girls pose with and stack steel helmets for soldiers at a factory.
WOMEN FLOUR WORKERS Women Workers at Flour Mill
AMERICAN PREPAREDNESS PARADE Patriotic rally, followed by what looks like aftermath of explosion.
UNION JACK DAY Young ladies selling flag pins for Flag Day in Liverpool and Wallasey districts.
SELLING WAR BONDS War Bonds Sold From Tank
NEW ZEALANDERS PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD New Zealand soldiers at work on a farm 'somewhere in England'.
LAND GIRLS IN ORCHARD Land Girls Work in Orchard during WWI
WOMEN'S FIRE BRIGADE (aka FIREWOMEN) Women fire fighters rescuing people Dartford Fire Brigade.
LAND ARMY GIRLS IN LONDON Lord Mayor and Lady Maxwell greet Land Girls at Mansion House.
PEACE REPLY TO GERMANY War Bond Sales Promotion w/ Field Gun
ACTIVITIES AT THE DEPOT - SALVAGE Salvage/Recycling Materials for War Use
MARRIED MEN PROTEST MEETING Married men's protest meeting against conscription.
CATFORD MEMORIAL A dedication ceremony for a war memorial shrine built against wall of church.
KING MEETS PEOPLE AT HUGE WAR RALLY
SIR EDWARD WARD INSPECTS SPECIAL CONSTABLES OF THE "Y" DIVISION AT TUFNELL PARK
SINEWS OF WAR: SHIPYARD: FACTORY Shots of shipyard and factory during World War One.
WOMEN'S LAND ARMY CADET CORPS women doing farm work during the First World War
WOMEN LAND WORKERS RECRUITING RALLY
QUEEN AND PRINCESS MARY VISIT TRAINING HOME AT KIRKDALE. Queen Mary Visits War Orphans
COVENTRY'S TANK WEEK PART 2 Dignitaries, officials and soldiers at war bond fund-raising event.
WAAC'S MODEL HUT dignitaries standing outside hut built by WAAC's.
THE HEROINES OF PEROYES Women learning about bikes.
WAR GARDEN PARADE Produce from village war gardens on display.
HOSPITAL EGG WEEK - VICTORIA HOSPITAL
LORD RHONDDA OPENS COMMUNAL KITCHEN
LAND ARMY GIRLS Girl Poses on Horseback w/ Prize Ribbon.
PARADE AT FETE FOR MILITARY HOSPITAL carnival type parade in Southport in aid of military hospital.
HERBERT SAMUEL WITH POST OFFICE RIFLES Postmaster General, Herbert Samuel, with Post Offices rifles.
MOTHER'S DAY - 300 MOTHERS AT HANWORTH PARK 300 mothers with sons in the military at Hanworth Park.
PLOUGH GIRLS Women farm workers (Land Girls).
WOMEN'S WAR PAGEANT Women's Pageant: Demand Right To Help Win War
HIDDEN MONUMENTS SANDBAGGED Sandbags Being Filled to Protect Paris Monuments
LORD MAYOR WRITING LETTER Lord Mayor of London writes special war loan appeal
COUNTESS OF KINSSAL / KINSALL / KINSALE Gifts are given to the Countess for war wounded.
BLANKETS FOR THE ARMY Boy Scouts collect blankets for the British Army.
SPECIAL CONSTABLES CHURCH PARADE
CHILDRENS RELIGIOUS TRIBUTE TO SOLDIERS
MISS TOMMY ATKINS women soldiers on parade.
AMERICAN TROOPS PARADE Massive parade of American troops in British city.
WOUNDED AT GUILDHALL Arrivals at ceremony to honour wounded soldiers at the Guildhall in London.
ETON BOYS ASSIST 'TOMMY' TO DIG HIS ALLOTMENTS
World War I - U.S. Troops Parade and Battle
MISS TOMMY ATKINS women soldiers on parade.
PLOUGHING UP THE PARKS A motor plough is used to plough up Richmond Park in order to plant oats.
WOMENS' WAR SERVICE PARADE Women war workers honoured in Leicester; in parade; public ceremony.
NO PETROL, SO PUSH CYCLING Cycling in Wartime to Save Gas
LORD MAYOR BUYS WAR BONDS - HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOURS
FLOWER FAIR HELD IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE IN AID OF FRENCH WOUNDED
DUKE & DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE AT OPENING OF CANADIAN HOSPITAL AT BUXTON
BOATS REQUISITIONED Private Barges and Wagons Requisitioned
LAND ARMY GIRLS (Part 2) Land Army Girls at work in the field and marching in parade in London.
Children Grow Vegetables for War Effort
AMERICAN WOMEN TRAFFIC POLICE American women tram and traffic police workers.
Women Munitions Workers - BRADFORD - Part 2
THE STORY OF THE CAMEL AND THE STRAW
THE VICTORY LOAN - REPAIRING THE BATTLE FIELD SCENE
SPECIAL CONSTABLES AT HOUNSLOW
AMBULANCES PRESENTED BY LORD LONSDALE Lord Lonsdale presents ambulances for the front.
LAND ARMY GIRLS ENLIST RECRUITS land girls marching on recruiting mission.
MR M. G.H ROBERTS MINISTER OF LABOUR Minister of Labour M.G.H. Roberts inspects shell factory.
WAR BONDS APPEAL People gather around large tank to listen to war bonds appeal.
TANK BANK WAR FUND RAISING the tank bank moving along through street.
MOB BESIEGES PACIFISTS Mob attempting to break into church where pacifists are held up.
DESTROYERS AT SEA Men operating machinery in factory and good footage of destroyers at sea.
