🎬British Pathé – Footage of British army on maneuvers in Hampshire. Item title reads - British Army Manoeuvres. 50,000 troops take part in "Great War of 1925" between Mercia-Force - v. Wessex-Mobility. Somewhere in Hampshire. Intertitle - 'the opening day.....mud and continuous rain made conditions that almost rivalled Flanders!' M/S as the soldiers walk through a town. M/S as they walk along on a muddy road. M/S as a rope is attached to a pole outside a shop next to a carriage. M/S of camouflaged tanks at the side of the road, other soldiers ride through on horses. Intertitle - '"We are staying on a farm."' M/S as the camera pans across the barn with thatch coming off, soldiers stand in front with mugs of tea. Intertitle - 'Signals ...... the army's "nerves."' M/S as a man rides along with a wire on a pole, men hammer and pull out a pole, they put a long stick in the ground. M/S as they attach something to a tree, wires run along the road to a cart in front. Intertitle - 'The ever welcome rum ration!' M/S of one soldier with a big bottle of rum, he pours it out into the glasses for the soldiers

🎬British Pathé – The RAF train pigeons to send messages from aircraft, Calshot, Hampshire. Pigeons being tested by the RAF in Calshot, Hampshire. Full titles read: "CALSHOT" L/S's of a basket with pigeons being loaded onto and RAF (Royal Airforce) flying boat. Good L/S's of the large aeroplane taking to the sky. M/S's of a man releasing a homing pigeon from the cockpit of the aircraft. L/S's and M/S's of an RAF man collecting the pigeon after it has returned home, he holds it upside down and then and takes the message attached to it's ring off

🎬British Pathé – Danny Kaye and other film stars in Bournemouth where CEA conference is taking place. Item title reads - Pathe News Special. CEA Members get together. Bournemouth, Dorset. M/S Bournemouth. L/S Westover Cinema with poster advertising film 'Happy Go Lovely'. M/S Westover Cinema. L/S conference headquarters at the Royal Bath Hotel. M/S flag on Hotel. M/S Town Hall. L/S exterior Town Hall. Various shots of delegates arriving for the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association conference. Exterior L/S Town Hall. M/S conference in session. C/U Mr Bill Speakman. M/S of the group. C/U Mr Fuller. C/U Mr Hinge. L/S conference. M/S Chairman Harry Mears speaking. C/U Mr Lewis looking on. C/U Mears speaking. L/S Parkstone golf course. M/S as Mrs Mears presents golf clubs to American film star Danny Kaye. M/S people looking on. M/S as Kaye jokes about the rubber golf clubs and clowns around. M/S married American film stars Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl at Meyrick Park Bowling Green. C/U Lex. M/S Arlene bowling. M/S Lex bowling, people stand behind and watch. Lex cheers and Arlene points and laughs. Various shots proper bowls match in progress. L/S notice over golf course. Various shots conference delegate driving off on course whilst people watch. C/U film star Ben Lyon with Danny Kaye. M/S as they joke around and conduct an interview

🎬British Movietone - The April sale of New Forest ponies at Brockenhurst. The half wild ponies are brought in for auction, six times a year, and if taken in hand young, they are docile and easy to break in. GV ponies grazing in New Forest. SV pan pony led out of horse-box. 3 SVs ponies led in from forest, pan ponies led out of horse-box into paddock. GV diesel train towards camera to GV paddock and auction ring. SV horses in paddock. CU sign "Value Added Tax". SCU horses in paddock. LV ponies in pens having numbers stuck on their backs. SV man sticks number on back of pony. SCU 2 ponies. CU number on back pan up to pony's head. SV ponies leaving paddock for auction ring. LV pony No 5 being auctioned in ring. SCU pony trotting round ring. SV auctioneer completes bid. SV girl in crowd. SV pan pony leaves ring, another pony enters. SV buyers watching. LV pony No 18 being auctioned. SCU auctioneer. SCU woman buyers. CU pony in ring. SV pony leaves auction ring. LV horses in paddock as one horse rears up & almost breaks loose. SV pan young boy owner trying horse over jump. CU people watching. SV pan owner riding away on pony.

British Movietone News ran in the United Kingdom from 1929 to 1986.

🎬British Pathé – The Mayor of Bournemouth cuts ribbon to inaugurate the extension of the town boundaries. Full title reads: "Hampshire. Bigger Bournemouth! Mayor and Corporation inaugurate extension of boundaries - nearly doubling size - of famous seaside resort." Bournemouth, Hampshire. The Mayor of Bournemouth and other local civic dignitaries walk along road in procession. They stop at a tape across the road which the Mayor, after making a speech (mute), cuts. They then proceed to walk into the newly extended part of Bournemouth. The Mayor, Percy May Bright, lays a ceremonial stone marking the extension of the boundary. The Mayor is welcomed to the new area.

🎬British Pathé – Mixed material about the winning of the 1931 Schneider Trophy seaplane race. Full title reads: "Calshot. Britain is Supreme in the Air. Schneider Trophy won by Flt. Lt. Boothman outright for Britain at an average of 340.6 mph." Calshot, Hampshire. A seaplane speeds across water. Unidentified man applauded on British Naval vessel. More shots of seaplane. Shots of speedboats racing. Shots of pilot drinking on board warship. CU of pilot with sailor. N.B. This item is completely mixed up and makes no sense. There is also a missing intertitle which should read: "then Flt. Lt. Stainforth went up and shattered the world's record averaging over 378 miles per hour." This and extra material are found at 859.21