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Browse 79 movies from Topical Budget Company
A gleaming giant of steam and its cute Lilliputian cousin are an even match in this newsreel battle of the trains.
Jan 1926
Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.
Jan 1931
During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.
Jan 1929
Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.
Dec 1914
On a blustery January day bishops arrive for the opening of the new Knutsford Test School.
Jan 1927
Feathered friends prepare to meet their fate in this seasonal newsreel outing to a Norfolk turkey farm.
Nov 1915
“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.
Aug 1915
The British Fascist movement holds a 10,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square the day before Remembrance Sunday.
Nov 1924
The devil makes the biggest splash at Cookham's famed regatta.
Sep 1926
Dogs and cats go on show at two princely London venues – among them some of the fluffiest kittens London is ever likely to see.
Nov 1928
The start of the fox hunting season with the Cattistock Hunt in Maiden Newton, Dorset.
Jan 1921
Dashing through the snow; on a six-horse open plough... The streets are ready for sledging in 1920s Buxton.
Jan 1923
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.
Oct 1915
Stunning views from the boundary of the 1921 Australian touring team's first match.
Apr 1921
The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.
Feb 1921
Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.
Dec 1916
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.
Feb 1913
No fewer than five once or future prime ministers on show at the momentous 1923 election.
Dec 1923