Flooding caused by torrential rain claims up to 150 deaths in New England. Scenes of floods and storms.

Bayreuth: german soldiers marchpast; Adolf Hitler watching from window in 1923

England: Centenary of the " iron road". Thousands cheer the pagent of railway history at Stockton and Darlington. SHOWS Very young Queen Mother and husband attending the celebrations and being shown exhibits. Various shots of steam engines and floats. Selection of very old steam engines seen running. 1925

Civil War in Ireland (1922): Soldiers in streets; ambulance; injured man put on stretcher and into ambulance; artillery fired at Four Courts from road block; smoke over Four Courts; damaged building smouldering; wreckage and fire. Smoke billowing out of building roof. Tram passing some of the damaged buildings.

Irish Peace Treaty (1921): 'The Dawn of a Brighter Day in Irish History': HM The King (George V) holds a Privy Council - photographed at Buckingham Palace with his ministers on the occasion of the signing of the Irish Peace Treaty (including David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill).

Labour Party conference at Brighton in 1921 where the miners lay their case before Trade Union leaders: Shows crowds outside conference and MPs named as JR Clynes and Neil Maclean, Harry Gosling from the Transport Workers Federation. Labour member Arthur Greenwood, Sir Leo Chiozza Money from the coal commission with Herbert Smith from the Miners Federation, conference chairman AG Cameron walking with Ramsey Macdonald and Arthur Henderson MP.

Who is who in Labour: Shows Labour MPs who will figure prominently in Ramsey Macdonald's government - 21 Jan 1924. Shows photocall of Labour MPs and individual shots of Ramsey Macdonald, Margaret Bondfield, Mr Sexton and Harry Gosling, Mr Kirkwood, Will Thorne, Susan Lawrence, Jack Jones, Mr Hartshorn, Ben Tillet, Stephen Walsh and secretary of the ASLE Mr J Bromley.

'Labour's Crisis'. Cabinet ministers attend Labour party's annual conference at Queen's Hall - 9 Oct 1924: Shows minister for war Stephen Walsh, Lord Privy Seal J H Clynes and other members queuing up to enter. Man with poster saying '2000 waiting for Labour Party's promise'.

End of the General Strike. Members of the General Council of the TUC leave the Labour headquarters at Eccleston square for Downing St.

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon marries Duke of York in 1923