New small fire wagon beats bigger rivals in successful test in Oxford, England. Smoke comes out from a house. The small fire wagon comes out from a fire station. Firemen get out from the wagon. They successfully stop fire. A big wagon loaded with firemen crosses with small one.
Entire city plays football in an Annual Shrovetide match in Ashbourne, England. A man holds a football (or soccer ball). Giant crowd of children and adults are seen running. People jump in Henmore River. They struggle to get the ball. People watch from a wall.
A life saving bumper being demonstrated in London, England, to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities. A man displays a model of a car with a new life saving bumper invention. He shows how it helps to reduce fatality by placing a doll in front of the model of the car. A man lying on the street as a truck with the new bumper hits him but the man escapes uninjured as the new bumper prevents him from coming under the wheels. A man jumps in front of a truck with a life saving bumper and escapes unhurt due to the bumper. He gets up and smokes a cigarette.
Homes on Leinster Gardens in Bayswater, London, England. View of a three feet thick facade false house erected to hide the subway tunnel. Traffic in front of the facade building. The subway tunnel and railroad tracks. A car parked in front of the building. A train on the tracks of the hidden London underground tunnel.
An annual pageant in London, England. A large crowd gathers to watch the celebration. Buildings in the background. A royal carriage moves past on a street. People look at decorated floats as they move past.
A woman flies a small airplane in Liverpool, England. A young woman pulls a small 'airplane roadster' across an airfield. She poses with a small dog at the airplane, then places some golf club luggage in a rear compartment of the fuselage, and a briefcase or suitcase in a front compartment. Her dog is sitting in the airplane. The woman places a large suitcase in a forward fuselage compartment, climbs in the cockpit, checks her makeup in a mirror, and then takes off. People standing near a car watch. (This is a Comper Swift monoplane, filmed at Hooton Park, near Liverpool, where these planes were made. Probably the first one built, filmed for publicity, It is powered by a 40 hp ABC Scorpion piston engine. Later versions had a more powerful radial engine.)
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