Gaumont

This intriguing and beautifully-shot newsreel features sea-faring heroes, feisty females and a generous lick of paint for a Mississippi steamship.

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.

Made for Gaumont British Films in London. Featuring comedian Arthur Askey, a humorous film warning against sneezing in public during W.W.II. With comic situation sketches the film shows various types of sneezes and the effect these might have on other people. (Nga Taonga)

Surrey batsman Jack Hobbs gets in some batting practice, with team mate Bert Strudwick keeping wicket.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Outside the huts of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 stand the smiling figures of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Dr Edward Wilson. Wilson is holding 'Nobby', one of the Siberian ponies accompanying the Expedition to serve as pack animals for the assault on the South Pole.