The wool sales held again in Sydney, during the war Britain bought all Australia's production but much of it is only now on it's way to where it is needed. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...

Ice and snow again caused havoc on the roads of Britain, with some roads completely blocked by snow drifts. Back in 1937 the polar weather seemed to be taken less seriously, in fact at the Zoo the Polar Bears and Penguins revelled in...

French scientists find a fishy answer to pollution in the river Oise which supplies Paris with water. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...

Sergeant-at-Arms reads from Royal Exchange steps official mandate for new assembly. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey, presents the first Labour Budget with the appeal to unite to make Britain a fairer place in which to live. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...

Budget Day interest concentrated on the Houses of Parliament and on Downing Street, where large crowds waited to see the Prime Minister on his way to the House. Cameras were in full force outside the Chancellor's House and we asked him...

Success of Royalists at Poll leads General Plastiras to assume power for Venezelist party. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...

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Westminster Hospital gives free demonstrations on how to treat injuries caused by an air raid. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...

Mr Butler leaves for the House of Commons to deliver his Budget Speech. Crowds had gathered in Smith Square to see him off and maybe to give him some useful hints. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...

There was a unique ceremony recently at the Palais de Chaillot (UN headquarters in Paris), where veterans of the Korean campaign were received by Mr Trygve Lie. Meanwhile the Four-Power secret talks on disarmament had a hopeful...

A big parade marched from Wellington Barracks up Whitehall towards the Admiralty to mark United Nations Day. The salute was taken by General Sir Bernard Paget and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Smith. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...

On a recent visit to Columbia University General Eisenhower again stated that he had no political ambitions. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...

You've got to be a top flight charmer to earn this title. Nine finalists from an original entry of 74 and the winner gets a new car to propel her along. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...

Some 500 pieces of the legendary 'Gold of El Dorado' are on display at the Royal Academy in Piccadilly. The exhibits are not only ceremonial and decorative, but household items of the people from the Andes region of South America....

At the United Nations General Assembly, New York, Sir Alec Douglas Home speaks plainly to Russia and the third world. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...