Shower Baths in the Trenches A humble scrub is all it takes to get these French troops in a lather. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Airship No. 9 The maiden flight of Britain's first successful rigid airship – just don’t call it a zeppelin… Non-Fiction 1916 14 mins The Scarecrow A tramp steals the clothes from a scarecrow, but when he realises two couples are using its pockets to pass messages, he sees an opportunity. Comedy Fantasy 1916 12 mins Tubby's Typewriter Newlywed Tubby fancies another man's typewriter and ends up in hot water with his new wife Comedy 1916 11 mins Preston North End Football Club at Deepdale Preston North End play Liverpool (probably) in a regional football competition during WWI. 1916 8 mins Industrial Sidelights Goat farming, salmon farming and copper mining all feature in this enlightening oddity. Interest film 1916 7 mins The Man with the Glass Eye There's shades of Moriarty to the mastervillain in this wartime potboiler. Drama 1916 26 mins Cheddar Pure tranquillity in rural Somerset, a world away from the war raging on the continent. Travelogue 1916 1 mins Hastings Sea Angling Festival It's Hastings' first fishing festival since WWI broke out and Britain's foremost newsreel company take to the pier to capture the catch on film. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Empire Day London schoolchildren wave their flags for the first official Empire Day, as soldiers parade in the playground. Non-Fiction 1916 2 mins Pimple's Part The clownish Pimple turns thespian with inevitably chaotic results in this riotous comic fragment. Comedy 1916 3 mins Shortage of Munitions Was this a lesson in how to shell out on frontline firepower? Non-Fiction 1916 2 mins Sinn Fein Rebels In the wake of the defeated Easter Rising in Dublin, the British Army parades its Republican prisoners. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Trial of Casement Crowds throng Bow Street during the trial of British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins St Patrick's Day Smiling soldiers receive shamrocks at a traditional St Patrick's Day ceremony. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins British Sports and Pastimes Series. 2 Rip-roaring motorboat scenes, plus one of the earliest examples of the Boat Race on film 1916 7 mins British Sports and Pastimes. Series 5 British leisure time, from intrepid climbing and frolics on the ice to the skill of billiards. 1916 3 mins Aeroplanes - Unidentified Magnificent men - or perhaps women - in their flying machines in this beautifully tinted film fragment Non-Fiction 1916 0 mins Blinded Soldiers Playing Push Ball This moving scene of wounded WWI fighters in a London park reminds us of the real costs of combat. Non-Fiction Sport 1916 1 mins The Great Blizzard In the year that British Summer Time is introduced, the weather gods have their say, with a snowy gale ripping across southern England Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Hands Off Baby's Milk High milk prices during WWI drive mother and child onto the street in protest Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins From Trinidad to Serve the Empire Colonial recruits from Trinidad meet the Lord Mayor of London during WWI Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins John Bull's Animated Sketch Book The hand of the artist tweaks the nose of “Kaiser Bill” and friends in this episode from an early animated propaganda series Animation & Artists Moving Image 1916 10 mins Little Cripples Day A generous display of charity from London - or just good PR for the politicians? Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Tubby's Rest Cure WWI conscription has whisked away all the young men, leaving the girls so man-hungry that even Tubby looks attractive! Comedy 1916 15 mins Horses' New Year's Dinners Retired nags enjoy a well-earned New Year's feed at the Cricklewood Home of Rest for Horses. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Maundy Money The elderly of Westminster are the grinning beneficiaries of royal charity on Maundy Thursday. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Chiswick's Gallant Gunner Three cheers for Maurice Samuels, as a Chiswick tram driver receives a medal for bravery at the Western Front at Ypres. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Eccentric Club Entertain Wounded Soldiers Soldiers stage a mock brawl and watch performances during festivities for 600 wounded soldiers held on an island in the Thames near Hampton Court. Non-Fiction 1916 4 mins Bruce Castle Fete A huge crowd watches the Lord Mayor of London open a fete in Tottenham for blinded soldiers and sailors. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Army Economy Soldiers show off a fine crop of sprouts, grown at the Army Service Corps depot at Osterley Park in Hounslow. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Caterpillar Tractors Pull Gun Carriages New Zealand artillery troops might not have to pull their big guns, but they are in for a bumpy ride Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins New Zealanders Win at Rugby Soldiers representing South Africa and New Zealand billeted in London get stuck in during a rugby fixture in Richmond Park. Non-Fiction Sport 1916 1 mins Town Crier Still Kept up in Many Towns Oyez! What's the news from Devizes' town crier? Interest film 1916 0 mins Demonstration of the Churches Top-hatted dignitaries turn out in force for this service held to honour Wanstead locals serving in the armed forces. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Wimbledon Election A wonderful newsreel showing scenes at the 1916 by-election in Wimbledon, featuring charismatic challenger Kennedy Jones. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins London's May Queen Excitable children in their Sunday finery gawp at cameras during the parade for London’s May Queen. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Devonshire Hospital Buxton Rheumatic soldiers are treated with the latest in hydrotherapy at the Devonshire Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire. Non-Fiction 1916 2 mins In the Interests of Mercy Firepower and fancy dress as a captured German field gun is the focus of a parade through Croydon to mark Red Cross Week. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Topical Budget 245-1 Brass bands, bicycles and marching special constables outside the Albert Hall for a Sunday presentation before Bishop John Taylor-Smith outside the Albert Hall. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Palm Sunday Celebrations Palms and fanfare ahead of Easter - a salient event in the Christian calendar is captured with crisp clarity. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Home-coming of Private Young, Preston's V.C. Preston turns out in force for the homecoming of Private William Young, the valiant recipient of a Victoria Cross Non-Fiction 1916 7 mins Richmond Boys Naval Brigade Young sailors from the Boys Naval Brigade give a demonstration on the lawn of the Star & Garter Home in Richmond. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins England: Changing Guard at Horse Guards and St. James's Palace Police officers hold back curious crowds as George V's infantrymen go about their day-to-day. 1916 1 mins Inspection of Special Constables Crowds applaud 900 Special Constables as they drill before a packed pavilion in Barking. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Lord Charles Beresford in France A military legend on location, and some vertiginous thrills from a balloon. Non-Fiction War 1916 6 mins Liverpool Honours Heroes Poignant scenes as a public roll of honour for Liverpool and Merseyside's war dead is unveiled. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Gaumont Graphic No. 580 Speed and stealth are on display as a US submarine tests its capabilities in this mid-WWI newsreel. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins U.S.A. Airship Somewhere in England Coming out, going up and landing – a British-built Sea Scout Zero class blimp is put through its paces with the US Navy Non-Fiction 1916 6 mins Anzac Day London's at a sombre standstill as both ends of the Empire mark wartime casualties. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Tests from Aeroplanes Developing the lifebelt of the air - or "how the stranglehold demon was exorcised" Non-Fiction 1916 13 mins The Cornish Riviera Sail away to a bygone Cornwall in this wistful coastal travelogue Travelogue 1916 5 mins The Porcupine - A Prickly Subject Close encounters of the furred (and spiny) kind: cute critters put through their paces in this light-hearted nature film. Interest film 1916 4 mins London under Snow WWI recruits apply their training - to a friendly snowball fight Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Tom Brown's Schooldays The adventures of the spirited Tom Brown at Rugby School in the 1830s. Period drama 1916 75 mins Sylvia's Suspicions Daft comedy in which a suspicious wife poses as a naked Venus statue to spy on her husband 1916 12 mins Interesting Incidents Brace yourself for some unusual and sometimes disturbing sights from round the world 1916 8 mins On the Banks of Allan Water The course of true love certainly doesn't run smooth in this unlikely Scottish drama from the Clarendon Film Company. Drama 1916 49 mins Jack Spratt's Parrot Gets His Own Back Parrot takes umbrage at ticking off and exacts revenge by being super annoying Comedy 1916 12 mins Her Greatest Performance Edith Craig in a short fragment of this lost crime drama. Drama 1916 1 mins Married Mens' Call The first married men to be conscripted to fight in WWI undergo training for the trenches. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins Bowls at Blackpool It's all about the angles at this bowls tourney, with the cameraman hitting the green for a nice ground level view. Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins 'Let Them all Come!' First Cinema Pictures (Taken Soon after Dawn) Of London's Second Zeppelin Brought down in Essex The scorched remains of a downed “baby-killer” draws half of London to Snail’s Hall Farm near Billericay Non-Fiction War 1916 2 mins Keep the Home Fires Burning Two sisters love the same man - one marries him, but the effects of WWI complicate their relationship War 1916 16 mins The Vicar of Wakefield Leads and locations shine in this feature adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's popular novel, a tale to soften hard hearts Period drama 1916 98 mins Two Queens at Drury Lane No, not a poker hand but the arrival of royalty to a Saturday matinee in aide of women war workers Non-Fiction 1916 1 mins
