This is described as "The Official film record of the pilgrimage of HRH the Prince of Wales to the far east from Portsmouth; via Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Malay States, and Hong Kong to the Land of th...
The artist's hand draws the London skyline and lookouts perched on the housetops. The night sky rapidly fills with Zeppelins.
Fragment of an animated cartoon on Zeppelins over London, about 1916.
The film starts with a Belgian town in flames, and civilians lying dead in the streets. A terrified young mother with her baby is encountered by two drunken German soldiers, one carrying a smouldering...
Panorama taken from high ground over the town of Epernay in France, 7 June 1918.
The film uses wire-controlled cutout shapes, white on a black background, to demonstrate in plan view a column of three lorries driving too close together down a road and colliding in a shunting accid...
The cartoonist draws the figures of the Kaiser "Bill" and the Crown Prince "Billie". They play with a U-boat in a water bowl until a cargo ship marked "NOOTRAL" ('neutral' in US pronunciation) blocks ...
The 'heroes' are drawn up on the quarterdeck of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Admiral Beatty, his back to the camera, congratulates them, and talks with the young officers.
The R101 has had an extra section added to make it the world's largest airship. It takes off lightly from its launch ground, and docks onto a mooring mast.
Newsreel item on the airship R101 after...