Topical Budget Company

A gleaming giant of steam and its cute Lilliputian cousin are an even match in this newsreel battle of the trains.

Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.

During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.

Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.

On a blustery January day bishops arrive for the opening of the new Knutsford Test School.

Feathered friends prepare to meet their fate in this seasonal newsreel outing to a Norfolk turkey farm.

“Chicago’s Titanic” the S.S. Eastland, a Great Lakes passenger ship in which 844 people lost their lives, is brought up from the seabed.

The British Fascist movement holds a 10,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square the day before Remembrance Sunday.

The devil makes the biggest splash at Cookham's famed regatta.

Dogs and cats go on show at two princely London venues – among them some of the fluffiest kittens London is ever likely to see.

The start of the fox hunting season with the Cattistock Hunt in Maiden Newton, Dorset.

Dashing through the snow; on a six-horse open plough... The streets are ready for sledging in 1920s Buxton.

Recruits of Lord Kitchener's 'New Army' parade on Christmas morning.

'Our Day' badges and flags being sold in aid of wounded WWI soldiers are shown in this Topical Budget film.

Stunning views from the boundary of the 1921 Australian touring team's first match.

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.

Druids, Romans and Norman knights return to Richmond for the 600th anniversary of the Yorkshire town's charter.

A momentous act of self sacrifice is caught on camera - Emily Davison is trampled by the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby.

No fewer than five once or future prime ministers on show at the momentous 1923 election.