From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 9:21 PM

This clip shows trainee Tommies digging trenches, probably in England in 1915. The clip closes with instruction on rifles and a machine gun. The film shows troops training before being sent to the western front in 1915. They are all volunteers, persuaded to join up by Lord Kitchener’s ...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 9:13 PM

Short film describing how intrusive and unfair the survey seemed to the villagers. This is the last 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 Saxon reaction t...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 6:22 PM

This short clip shows a large number of US troops eating their rations. They are wearing their ‘doughboy hats’. US troops fought alongside British empire and French forces in the latter stages of the war. The USA entered the war in April 1917 but when the war began, the US army was very...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 6:19 PM

Opening titles tell us that ‘Law Abiding Suffragists? from all over the country held a rally in Hyde Park. We then see a huge, orderly and very cheerful crowd of men and women waving and cheering for the camera. The main aim of this rally was to show the general public that the moderat...

From: UK National Archives on Wed, Apr 02 2008 6:16 PM

The opening titles tell us that this is a church burned down by Suffragettes, causing £20,000 of damage. The scene then shifts to a church at New Cross that has been comprehensively destroyed by fire. We see the burnt out shell of the church, the wrecked roof, attempts to clean up the pulpit and...