Browse 81 movies from Topical Budget Company
The Valentine's card, 1920s-style. Two British actresses put lips to paper in a demonstration of the so-called "Kiss Valentine", leaving a lipstick imprint of the loving smooch in favour of a more traditional card.
Feb 1922
No fewer than five once or future prime ministers on show at the momentous 1923 election.
Dec 1923
The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.
Feb 1921
Fashion has long been integral to the appeal of royal weddings, not least in the build up to the lavish nuptials of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles in 1922.
Jan 1922
Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.
Dec 1914
'Our Day' badges and flags being sold in aid of wounded WWI soldiers are shown in this Topical Budget film.
Oct 1915
Heavy snowfall makes Christmas dreams come true for residents across Britain.
Dec 1927
Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.
Dec 1916
Footage of Spurs players training before the new football season, followed by shots of White Hart Lane being prepared.
Jan 1924
Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.
Jan 1931
FA Cup Semi-Final: Huddersfield Town v Notts County at Turf Moor. This newsreel item on the Turf Moor FA Cup Semi-Final 25 March 1922 captures the first half action from the goal defended by Huddersfield Town. Unfortunately for Huddersfield fans, the short film only covers Notts County's first half goal, and some excellent defending by the Huddersfield team. Huddersfield Town won the match 3-1, and would face Preston North End in the Cup Final on 29 April.
Mar 1922
Poignant scenes of Allied troops enjoying their Yuletide rations at the first Christmas of WWI.
Druids, Romans and Norman knights return to Richmond for the 600th anniversary of the Yorkshire town's charter.
Jan 1929
Ponsford, Ryder and Woodfull seen batting in Victoria's record-breaking innings against New South Wales in Melbourne.
Dec 1926
On your marks, get set, go! On a cold, wintry day in Battersea Park, women athletes undergo a gruelling training session in preparation for international competition. The well-composed action shots see them energetically sprinting, javelin throwing and performing some spectacular long jumps.
Dec 1924
England battered by Bardsley in the second Test against Australia at Lord's.
Scenes of WWI troops relaxing on Streatham Common, South London in a Topical Budget newsreel.
Jan 1915
During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.
Recruits of Lord Kitchener's 'New Army' parade on Christmas morning.
Incredible scenes as an estimated one million people descend on the airport at Croydon to witness the return of pioneering pilot Amy Johnson from Australia.
Aug 1930