From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 11:03 PM

This sequence opens with John Daniell bargaining with Lady Essex over the return of her letters and also a guarantee of security for John. Jane then returns the original letters but finds that Lady Essex will not see her even though they have known each other for ten years. This is one ...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:52 PM

The clip opens showing a vast supply operation with goods being loaded into aircraft and then dropped to waiting troops. We see columns of trucks from the air as Italian forces move through Abyssinia and then supplies are dropped by parachute. Troops cheer and then rush to collect the supplies. E...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:51 PM

The film opens with well to do Edwardians in a well off street. We then see sailors on the docks, followed by a range of street urchins and slightly more well to do boys. Several people appear near the waterfront. We see a handcart collecting materials to be carried off and there is then a lengt...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:47 PM

This clip shows some ingenious machinery as Italian troops rig up some scaffolding to a truck and attach a screen to show a film from a projector mounted on the truck. Local people in Abyssinia then watch Mussolini in a grand display in Rome Benito Mussolini was the leader of Italy. He was head ...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:42 PM

The film starts with titles explaining the Armistice Day ceremony. It then goes on to show the march past the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:40 PM

This sequence opens with Mussolini being cheered by huge crowds in a parade through Rome. The action then switches to central Rome and a sombre procession. From this point special effects take place. Footage from the war is played above a silhouette of the Coliseum, the great amphitheatre of anc...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:21 PM

The film opens with a title explaining what is happening, a gathering of leaders of the Empire to discuss a range of issues. This includes India, Canada, South Africa, Newfoundland and the Irish Free State. British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin strides along Downing Street. Empire leaders and j...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:20 PM

This is a film taken from the back of a truck with the cameraman filming everything in his wake. It starts at one end of Canterbury and takes us to the other end. We see a procession of shops along the old medieval streets of the town. The film shows a good deal of motorcar traffic and cyclist tr...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:20 PM

Short film describing the attitude of an Anglican Bishop to causes of the English Civil War.

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:18 PM

This clip starts with a title card explaining how heavy guns are destroying enemy defences. We then see artillery crews under camouflage preparing a large howitzer to be fired.

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:18 PM

Short film describing the attitude of a Scottish Covenanter to causes of the English Civil War. This is the last of five clips filmed to illustrate the range of opinion on the causes of the English Civil War in 1642. This is the actor’s own interpretation of specific documentary evidenc...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:17 PM

Short film describing the compiling of information for Domesday. This is the third of four clips filmed to illustrate the process of collecting information for the Domesday survey in 1086. This is the actor’s own interpretation of evidence about how the information was gathered together...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:13 PM

Short film describing the attitude of King Charles I to causes of the English Civil War. This is the fourth of five clips filmed to illustrate the range of opinion on the causes of the English Civil War in 1642. This is the actor’s own interpretation of specific documentary evidence of ...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:12 PM

Short film describing the reaction of a Saxon village reeve to the process of collecting information for Domesday. This is the second of four clips filmed to illustrate the process of collecting information for the Domesday survey in 1086. This is the actor’s own interpretation of evide...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:11 PM

The clip opens with titles telling us the pageant contains over 66,000 women and they are showing examples of famous women in history. We then see a very large procession with lots of banners watched by a very large crowd.

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:11 PM

This is a film taken from the back of a truck with the cameraman filming everything in his wake. It starts at one end of Canterbury and takes us to the other end. We see a procession of shops along the old medieval streets of the town. The film shows a good deal of motorcar traffic and cyclist tr...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 10:10 PM

This clip opens with bailiffs coming to the Daniell house to claim the £2000 awarded to Lady Essex by the court in a judgement against John Daniell. Jane, her children and maid are cast out of their home. Jane then returns to her letter to King James and asks for his help and for justice. The fi...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 9:56 PM

Short film describing the attitude of an Irish Catholic to causes of the English Civil War. This is the third of five clips filmed to illustrate the range of opinion on the causes of the English Civil War in 1642. This is the actor's own interpretation of specific documentary evidence of t...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 9:55 PM

Short film describing the role of one of William I’s Domesday commissioners.

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 9:49 PM

Short film describing the attitude of a Puritan to causes of the English Civil War. This is the second of five clips filmed to illustrate the range of opinion on the causes of the English Civil War in 1642. This is the actor’s own interpretation of specific documentary evidence of the p...