Winston Churchill wins election in England. People gather at 'Polling Station' to register their votes. Huge crowd gathers in the streets. The crowd cheers for Winston Churchill. Ballets counted. A sign reads 'Beware of pickpockets'. Winston Churchill and his Conservative Party win the election.
Conscripted British men receive personal notices as their names are read at public gathering. The drafted men assemble and march off for training and World War 1 service, accompanied by uniformed officials. Friends and bystanders, including a number of women, walk along beside and behind the new recruits on their way to war.
A long distance walk by the League of Nations from London to Brighton in England. Participants walk down a street as they set off from London for a long distance walk to Brighton. Men walk past the street cars. T.W. Green wins the walk by setting a new record. He covers 51 miles in 8 hours, 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Green being surrounded by people as they greet him on his victory.
Fragmentation plant in England. Massive crane at the plant reduces old and abandoned automobiles to small pieces of metal scrap. It also handles all waste metals like a giant 'Sausage Grinder'. The crane lifts metal scrap.
King George V decorates members of the British Coastal Patrol and Cross Channel Service, during World War 1. Officers and sailors assemble in loose formation at waterfront. Senior officers speak with some of them. The group poses for the cinematographer. An admiral reads citations to King George V, who then pins medals on awardees and congratulates as they are called forward. The King poses for a group photograph. He is flanked by Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, and another General (unidentified) holding a cane. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Donald Campbell rides his plane Bluebird on Lake Coniston, England. He rides his jet-hydroplane on water surface at great speed. Donald Campbell makes a speed record of 248 miles per hour. Technicians recording. Campbell with a group of people in a boat.
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