Crown and glory (1936)

USA. December 1936. St.

James's Palace.

Cavalry and guards on the square in front of the palace.

A decree is read.

The young Prince of York in military uniform poses for the cameraman.

He is now King Henry VIII. Portraits of members of the royal family.

London at the end of the 19th century.

Streets.

Cabs with passengers.

Omnibuses.

A gentleman gets into a carriage, a coachman asks through a window above where to go.

Travel in a carriage of the elderly Queen Victoria.

King Edward VIII on a hunt.

The ceremonial ride of the King in a carriage.

Edward VIII on a horse.

The King gets into the carriage.

The royal family.

The King receives a parade.

Visit of Tsar Nicholas II and his family to London.

He is presented with bread and salt.

March of the guard of honor.

The King and the Russian Tsar on the steps of the palace.

Visit of Emperor Wilhelm II. Reception by Edward VIII French delegation..

Kaiser Wilhelm II pays visits to the Belgian king and the Turkish sultan.

Italian king Victor Emmanuel. 1910. Funeral of Edward V.P. In the funeral procession - Edward's grandson, the future king George V! Documentary footage of the early twentieth century.

Bathing in Breton.

A group of girls in bathing suits run to the sea.

Visit of George V to India.

Indian elephants.

Solemn ceremony

The funeral of Edward VII. The English nation is in mourning.

All the kings of Europe follow the coffin: among them the future kings George V and George VI. Peaceful life in England: the sea, the village, children playing, women in bathing suits.

George V in India.

A solemn procession on elephants.

Receiving the imperial Indian crown in Delhi.

With oriental pomp, the Indian ruler swears allegiance to the new monarch.

London.

Politicians: Lloyd George, Esquire, Edward Grey, Winston Churchill speaks of the German threat, a crowd of people welcomes Lloyd George back home.

Liverpool: a proud crowd of people welcomes the king and queen.

The queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, visits the ship "Mauritania".

The situation before the war: the Emperor of Austria is met at the train.

Visit of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand to Sarajevo.

A few minutes before the bomb exploded.

Terrorist act.

Destruction after the terrorist act.

The death of the Archduke gave impetus to the beginning of the war of 1914-1918. The beginning of the war.

Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia.

Mobilization in Russia, Germany, France.

Enrollment of volunteers in England.

Generalissimo Douglas Eyck declares martial law in the country.

Women in factories make weapons for the front.

Women's battalions.

King George V with the military, they are greeted by the crowd.

Lord Kitchener - Minister of War.

France with President Poincaré.

Military actions on land and at sea.

Fleet, warships.

The Battle of Jutland between the English and German squadrons.

A sinking ship.

Rescue of drowning people

USA. King George V among sailors.

Submarine periscope.

Surfaced submarine.

Sinking sailboat.

Preparing a torpedo for launch.

Releasing a torpedo.

Sinking bulk carrier.

Sinking ships.

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Monument to those killed in the war.

The young crown prince / future George V1 / greets the war heroes.

The prince lays a wreath at the pedestal.

The prince on the tribune.

The prince presents awards.

The building of the palace in which the future king lives.

The Tower of London.

Wedding cortege / marriage of Prince George /.

The future king on the balcony with the future queen.

George V1 receives a foreign delegation.

A nanny with the heir to the throne / the future Elizabeth II. Chronicle: Mussolini's visit to London. V.I. Lenin speaks at the congress.

Germany: Hitler greets Stormtroopers.

The future King George VI in Parliament.

He makes a speech.

Industrial enterprises.

Recruiting volunteers for the army.

A street apple seller.

Armored cars on the streets.

Loading meat carcasses.

An extra issue of the newspaper dedicated to the strikes.

Pickets outside an enterprise.

A crowd of striking workers.

Stopped enterprises.

Laid-up ships.

A veteran pawning his awards with a junk dealer.

Hungry children.

A new battleship.

The king among sailors.

Ladies from the Salvation Army.

The king and officers on horseback.

Troops march past.

The League of Nations.

Delegates from different countries enter the meeting room.

English soldiers on the streets of London.

The meeting room of the League of Nations.

Delegates speak.

Footage from the newsreel of Japan's attack on Manchuria.

A Japanese delegate speaks at the League of Nations.

The German navy: submarines, ships, periscope.

A sinking ship.

Bombs, torpedoes, explosions.

Versailles Castle - where the peace treaty was signed.

Monument to the British fallen in the war.

Laying of wreaths.

London.

Wedding of the Prince of York, the future King George VI. The people welcome the newlyweds.

In 1926, Princess Elizabeth was born.

The princess with her little daughter in her arms greets the crowd from the balcony.

The birth of fascism in Italy.

Benito Mussolini.

Moscow, the Kremlin.

Lenin at the podium.

Germany, Hitler, troops under the Nazi banners.

The Prince and Princess of York.

The general strike of 1926. Production and trade, factories and plants - everything has stopped.

People are walking.

Legs.

Potatoes are thrown at a policeman.

A double-decker tram.

The Duke and Duchess of York on a ship.

King George on a horse.

League of Nations, meeting of delegates - Briand, Herriot, Laval, MacDonald.

League of Nations sanctions

USA. Delegates from different countries on the rostrum of the League of Nations.

Hitler takes the parade.

English troops go to the steamship.

Delegates make speeches at the League of Nations.

In Italy, Mussolini takes the parade of blackshirts.

The Emperor of Ethiopia speaks.

Launch of the new ship "Queen Mary".

Prince George receives war veterans.

Prince George and his wife visit an exhibition.

George with his wife and heiress in the bosom of nature.

Visit to Scotland.

National performances, pole vaulting, and dancing are held in front of Prince George.

The prince with his youngest daughter in the stands.

George gives a speech.

The prince takes the parade.

Physical education festival.

George "roots" for the athletes in the stands.

Departure of the royal family.

Prince George before the people.

Funeral of George W. The prince follows the coffin.

Posters, newspapers about the new king.

Palace.

Big Ben.

Night, Thames.

King George V! signs a decree.

Military equipment of the British.

Airplanes, tanks, ships.

Portraits of Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini appear on the map of Europe.

Hitler threatens Poland.

England, its shores.

Landscape, forests, plowing.

The English fleet.

Portrait of King George V1, posing for the cameraman.

The conquest of Manchuria by Japan.

Military operations.

Germany, Hitler, Nazi flags, the march of troops.

Italy: warships.

King George on the ship "Queen Mary", built by order of the League of Nations. 1931. Wedding: the bride is Queen Mary's niece, Lady Cambridge.

Her witness is 5-year-old Princess Elizabeth.

The Duke of Kent, the king's 4th son, with his wife and child.

The Duke of York gives a speech at the opening of the exhibition.

Food tasting.

The Duke and Duchess travel to Brussels to represent Britain.

The Duchess of York delivers a speech.

A parade of troops.

The Duke among young workers singing a song.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the reign of George V. The King and Queen.

The honorary cortege.

A crowd of thousands.

The King and Queen on the balcony with their granddaughter.

The funeral of the King 3 months later.

Another 11 months later, King Edward VIII abdicates.

Views of London.

The throne passes to George VI. Decrees on the fleet, aviation.

Views of England.

George VI