Druids, Romans and Norman knights return to Richmond for the 600th anniversary of the Yorkshire town's charter.

During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.

No fewer than five once or future prime ministers on show at the momentous 1923 election.

Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.

'Our Day' badges and flags being sold in aid of wounded WWI soldiers are shown in this Topical Budget film.

The annual mop fair in Stratford-Upon-Avon, including the roasting of an ox.

On a blustery January day bishops arrive for the opening of the new Knutsford Test School.

The start of the fox hunting season with the Cattistock Hunt in Maiden Newton, Dorset.

Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break from the Western Front.

Recruits of Lord Kitchener's 'New Army' parade on Christmas morning.

Scenes of WWI troops relaxing on Streatham Common, South London in a Topical Budget newsreel.

Private Daly of the Connaught Rangers triumphs in the Aldershot Command annual cross country race, months before the outbreak of WWI.

Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.

An aeronautical accident is caught on camera at a Parisian 'Aéro-Parc'.

The Valentine's card, 1920s-style. Two British actresses put lips to paper in a demonstration of the so-called "Kiss Valentine", leaving a lipstick...

Colonial troops greet London's new Lord Mayor in a patriotic wartime ceremony.

A gleaming giant of steam and its cute Lilliputian cousin are an even match in this newsreel battle of the trains.

Dashing through the snow; on a six-horse open plough... The streets are ready for sledging in 1920s Buxton.