Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval Hero Morale-boosting exploits intended to inspire war-weary citizens. Biopic Historical drama 1918 126 mins Trips and Tribunals (The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun) Mr Butterbun presides over a tribunal dealing with cases of men presenting excuses to avoid the First World War draft. Comedy 1918 25 mins Women's Work in Wartime Who wears the trousers while the men are at war? The women of Britain, who pick up a surprisingly wide range of jobs Documentary Industry sponsored film 1918 8 mins Battle Front in Britain Growing potatoes in Green Park plus some handy uses for your old tin cans – it’s all part of the war effort on the home front. Documentary Government sponsored film 1918 24 mins Scenes of the First World War Dramatic footage of Italian and British troops on the front line and airborne. Documentary War 1918 5 mins Haunted Hotel Guests find things that go bump in the night. Fantasy 1918 17 mins Australian Troops at the Pyramids Shades of epic cinema as soldiers roam around the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Adam Bede The surviving reel of what seems like an action-packed adaptation of George Eliot’s 1859 debut novel. Melodrama Period drama 1918 10 mins Victory and Peace One reel of a feature about a German invasion of Britain. Government sponsored film War 1918 16 mins Some War-time Types: The W.L.A. Girl Rural bliss down on the farm for a happy recruit to the Women's Land Army Documentary Government sponsored film 1918 2 mins Notts Women's Great War Rally The capable women doing men's work on Nottinghamshire's farms attract a crowd - and perhaps some new recruits Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Women Farm Workers These Land Girls are firm friends - and just as good at farm work as the men they replaced during WWI 1918 1 mins Swan Upping on the Thames The tricky task of tracking London's swans. Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Waiting and Watchful Scenes from the Western Front Non-Fiction 1918 2 mins Airship Leaves Hangar and Starts a Flight A military airship of the S.S.T. series is pulled out of a hangar and prepared for take-off. 1918 3 mins Rilka: Or The Gypsy Queen A soldier scarred by torture at the hands of African natives is rescued by a gypsy Romance 1918 59 mins World's Largest Photograph Shot, blown up and stitched back together, wartime’s biggest and most colourful piece of propaganda is squeezed into Mayfair in this 1918 newsreel. Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Home Coming of the Bedfords A heroes’ welcome for the Bedford regiment in their own hometown. 1918 4 mins Surrender of the German Fleet The surrender of the German fleet at the end of WW1 and the visit of King George V and the Prince of Wales to USS New York at Rosyth. Non-Fiction 1918 15 mins Knocknagow One of the first Irish feature films, a heartwarming tale of Tipperary folk set during the land clearances of the 1840s Melodrama Period drama 1918 90 mins Smallcombe Film Compilation An unidentified – and intriguing – anthology of early amateur film. Amateur film 1918 21 mins Allotment Holder's Enemies An instructional film offering tips on how to get rid of greenfly, caterpillars, snails, slugs, moths and sparrows. Advert 1918 5 mins Buckingham Palace Allotment Who knew George V was growing vegetables in his back yard? Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Helping the Food Controller in 1000 Home Gardens at Bournville Self-sufficiency in a Midlands garden suburb supports national resilience during WWI 1918 6 mins General Allenby's Entry into Jerusalem A legend in the making: the first film glimpse of the man who would become Lawrence of Arabia Government sponsored film Non-Fiction 1918 5 mins E.R. Calthrop's Patent Safety Guardian Angel Parachute: Tests and Dem Brave Royal Flying Corps (later RAF) pilots put early parachute designs to the test. It’s hair-raising stuff! 1918 14 mins Parachute Descent from an Airship Parachute experiments shot from a bird’s-eye-view. 1918 1 mins British Naval Activities after the Great British Victory of Jutland Even HMS Victory makes a cameo in a propaganda piece made after the British Navy’s bloodiest day of WWI. 1918 16 mins The Secret Covert operations on the home front find solutions to shortages just next door Government sponsored film 1918 2 mins Life at Iwerne Minster in Wartime, August 7th & 8th 1918. These vignettes of village life during WWI in Iwerne Minster, Dorset, are testament to the industriousness of its inhabitants. Documentary 1918 18 mins Royal Visit to Messrs. Horrockses Factory Red letter day in Preston 1913 3 mins Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet Dramatic aerial footage of the German surrender captured by the RAF. Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Against the Grain Defence of the realm diverts cereal feeds from hungry hens and leaves their owners with a dilemma Government sponsored film War 1918 2 mins Rescue Work in No Man's Land The heroic dogs trained to aid wounded WWI soldiers caught between the lines. Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins The Warrior's May Queen May I shake your hand, ma'am? Back in Blighty, a soldier finds the proper way to address a queen Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Deliverance of Lille by Haig's Men Bashful British soldiers are mobbed by French citizens after Lille is freed from the Germans in WWI. Non-Fiction 1918 2 mins Battle South of Arras You can virtually hear the explosions and smell the smoke in this rare close-up of a WWI battlefield. Non-Fiction 1918 2 mins Camberwell - Dedication of the Borough Mace at the Licensed Victuallers Asylum Chapel, Asylum Road, S.E. Mayors, bishops and clergymen march through Camberwell to the asylum, better known today as Caroline Gardens. Non-Fiction 1918 3 mins Prince Of Wales As Miner The future King Edward VIII gets down and dirty on a visit to an Ebbw Vale pit in South Wales Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Hoylake and West Kirby's Tribute to Local V.C The people of Hoylake and West Kirby welcome their returning hero Sergeant Cyril Gourley V.C. of the Royal Field Artillery. 1918 10 mins Record Breaking Riveters A little healthy competition in the shipyard – who can fasten the most rivets in a nine-hour stretch? Non-Fiction 1918 0 mins Pirate Boats at Westminster A surrendered German U-boat travels up the Thames Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Drocourt-Queant 'Switch Line' Stormed Northumberland Fusiliers in action. Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Cheese Making at Home Handy hints for would-be fromagers Non-Fiction 1918 4 mins Aircraft Film of Lady Sybil Grant Life in the Royal Flying Corps. A series of unedited shots give us an insight into the military and social life of the early years of the RAF. 1918 38 mins What's the Use of Grumblin'? Mrs Grousin’-Jones can’t stop complaining about the inconvenience of the war Government sponsored film 1918 3 mins A Chinese Baby Show Chinese children toddle to traditional music in this intriguing Gaumont newsreel. Non-Fiction 1918 0 mins The Leopard's Spots A chilling message for a nation at war: don't trust the enemy, even after the fighting stops Drama Government sponsored film 1918 2 mins Lady Footballers Women munitions workers from the Kynoch and Vickers Maxim factories take to the pitch in Southend during WWI. Non-Fiction Sport 1918 0 mins Topical Budget 378-1 Topical Budget salutes Britain's top brass in this gleefully patriotic newsreel edition, released just weeks after the First World War was won. Non-Fiction 1918 5 mins Floods at Rhyl, October 1918 Having survived the menace of the First World War, Rhyl is assaulted by the watery forces of nature Non-Fiction 1918 2 mins The Premier at Neath The sun shines down when PM Lloyd George is in town. Non-Fiction 1918 4 mins Fallen Heroes A war shrine is unveiled in Hillingdon by one of Britain’s leading wartime politicians Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Tank Bank's Tour through Scotland The 'Tank Bank' tours through Scotland, selling War Bonds, raising money for the war effort and boosting morale Non-Fiction War 1918 15 mins Building and Launch of the "Crepath" at Barnstaple Barnstaple's experimental concrete-hulled ship gets a visit from a jolly Italian admiral. Non-Fiction 1918 5 mins Our Glorious Mystery Ships Q Ship ‘Suffolk Coast’, which trapped and sank many U-boats, arrives in the Thames for display in St. Katherine’s Dock. Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins King George Takes the Salute American troops march through London and salute King George V in this late-WWI newsreel item Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Lewis Gun Drill Essential training. A demonstration of the loading and unloading of a Lewis Gun. 1918 6 mins Lewis Gun Care and Cleaning: Part A, Laying out Kit Drills for Lewis Gun operators, the laying out and inspection of components for a Lewis Gun. 1918 4 mins Broken in the Wars Film pioneer Cecil Hepworth raises awareness of a royal fund to support servicemen wounded in WWI Public Information Filler War 1918 8 mins Give 'em Beans Take a tip from Canada and feed your hard-working man beans and pork to give him a high-speed productivity boost Documentary Government sponsored film 1918 2 mins A New Version Idleness is for peacetime. During a war, everybody - and every plot of land - must do their part Government sponsored film War 1918 2 mins Great S.O.S. Campaign Newsreel footage of the great food saver Arthur Yapp speaking in Trafalgar Square during WW1. Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins War Office Official Topical Budget and Pictorial News 343-1 Proud servicemen accept awards for valour in a morale boosting late-war newsreel Non-Fiction 1918 7 mins Cure for Potato Blight Battling biology with a Burgundy mixture, protecting potatoes by the application of science Gardening show Instructional film/TV programme 1918 2 mins Pemberton Billing and the 'Vigilantes' This curious silent film offers a glimpse inside the mind, and the country home, of a notorious politician and inventor 1918 12 mins Freed from Turkish Bondage “Mosque and picturesque scenes in Palestine now occupied by the British" – the Mosque of Omar, or Dome of the Rock, has been “freed” by British troops. Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Tank 'Julian' in Merthyr Julian', a battle-scarred tank, is the toast of Merthyr in June 1918. Spot 3 women without hats in the crowd that greets the monster guest. Non-Fiction 1918 5 mins
