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.
British R101 rigid airship crashes killing 48 members of crew during its maiden oversees voyage to India. Clip opens showing past events, including Head of British Air Ministry Lord Thomson, Director of Civil Aviation Sir Sefton Brancker and other notable aircraft experts boarding R101 moored to mast in Cardington, England. French officials inspect the wreckage of the airship after its crash in Beauvais, France. French civilians look on.
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.)
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.
One hundredth anniversary of the great sea fighter's school held at Whale Island, Portsmouth in England. Men march in ethnic dresses. Sailors pull a rope. Men stand on a boat. They sail the boat on the ground. Women and men in traditional dresses.
King George V watches the color ceremony on his birthday from the Buckingham Palace, London, England. The cavalry marches in front of the palace. The King and his family watch from a balcony. British soldiers march. Troops stand aligned. The Prince of Wales salutes the marching troops.
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