What Was Happening 100 Years Ago? | 1926 on Film

California - Stunt Gone Wrong (0:00 - 00:21) (Film ID 658.20) Peking - Men at Work (00:21 - 00:41) (Film ID 888.06) Italy - Public Fountains Run with Wine (00:41 - 00:58) (Film ID 650.09) Cornwall - Telegram Cable Comes Ashore (0:58 - 1:17) (Film ID 498.27) France - Launch of SS Île de France (1:17 - 1:41) (Film ID 484.03) Florida - John D. Rockefeller at Home (1:41 - 2:00) (Film ID 642.04) Egypt - Great Sphinx of Giza Restored (2:00 - 2:13) (Film ID 444.15) India - Pilgrims Bathe in Ganges (2:13 - 2:24) (Film ID 486.02) Italy - Vesuvius Grumbles (2:24 - 2:34) (Film ID 664.06) Paris - Children's Race (2:34 - 2:49) (Film ID 640.28) Mexico - Religious Crisis (2:49 - 3:02) (Film ID 544.12) Turkey - Ancient Ban on Statues Ended (3:02 - 3:14) (Film ID 648.14) Norway - Amundsen's Polar Airship (3:14 - 3:36) (Film ID 444.19) Britain - Striking Miners Find Coal (3:36 - 4:09) (Film ID 502.27) Sweden - Astrid of Sweden and Leopold III Engaged (4:09 - 4:30) (Film ID 638.03) USA - Romanian Queen in Rockies (4:30 - 4:51) (Film ID 656.20) Canada - Gold Rush Hopefuls (4:51 - 5:10) (Film ID 484.15) France - Suzanne Lenglen (5:10 - 5:25) (Film ID 502.04) San Francisco - Plane Catapult (5:25 - 5:42) (Film ID 450.23) Paris - 70 Year Old Tightrope Walker (5:42 - 5:56) (Film ID 542.24) Bahamas - Hurricane Devastation (5:56 - 6:11) (Film ID 544.07) Geneva - League of Nations Meeting (6:11 - 6:35) (Film ID 2384.20) Warsaw - Poland's Coup Victor (6:35 - 6:46) (Film ID 500.10) Miami - Hurricane Damage (6:46 - 7:16) (Film ID 638.18) Dresden - German Troops March (7:16 - 7:31) (Film ID 660.20) California - Huge Oil Fire (7:31 - 7:49) (Film ID 488.23) Corsica - Infamous Bandit Romanetti (7:49 - 8:01) (Film ID) Switzerland - Traditional Pageant (8:01 - 8:11) (Film ID 490.14) Indochina - Flood on the Tracks (8:11 - 8:34) (Film ID 664.02) Japan - Mount Tokachi Erupts (8:34 - 8:45) (Film ID 542.04) USA - Cavalry Training in Snow (8:45 - 9:00) (Film ID 484.02) Trinidad - Hindu Carnival (9:00 - 9:19) (Film ID 658.09) Indochina - French Colonial Arrives (9:19 - 9:35) (Film ID 456.21) Latvia - Horse Stunts for President (9:35 - 9:47) (Film ID 664.01) France - Prisoners Board Ship for Devil's Island (9:47 - 9:56) (Film ID 486.04) USA - Swedish Prince in Wild West (9:56 - 10:12) (Film ID 540.14) UK - Viceroy Returns from India (10:12 - 10:25) Film ID 488.22) UK - Gertrude Ederle Conquers Channel (10:25 - 10:43) (Film ID 542.18) Egypt - New Dam Opening (10:43 - 10:55) (Film ID 454.17) France - Cross Country Cycling (10:55 - 11:06) (Film ID 662.12) South Africa - Diamond Rush (11:06 - 11:19) (Film ID 636.11) UK - Women's Golf Championship (11:19 - 11:32) (Film ID 636.03) Greece - Dictatorship Overthrown (11:32 - 12:04) (Film ID 644.06) Morocco - Ceremonies for the Sultan (12:04 - 12:22) (Film ID 646.15) Illinois - Beardstown Underwater (12:22 - 12:43) (Film ID 646.09) California - Motorcycle Hill Climb (12:43 - 13:12) (Film ID 646.01) New York - Death of Rudolph Valentino (13:12 - 13:38) (Film ID 634.15) Dublin - Crowds on the Liffey (13:38 - 14:10) (Film ID 632.08) Los Angeles - Air Stunt (14:10 - 14:48) (Film ID 450.23) Cuba - Hurricane Disaster (14:48 - 15:05) (Film ID 650.12) USA - Army Demos Phosphorus (15:05 - 15:21) (Film ID 648.10) New York - NYPD Armoured Motorbikes (15:21 - 15:38) (Film ID 664.04) France - 'Crashless' Car (15:38 - 15:55) (Film ID 640.24) New York - Street Scenes in Winter (15:55 - 16:09) (Film ID 662.10) Italy - Mussolini Greets Crowd (16:09 - 16:24) (Film ID 648.13) UK - Ocean Liner Gym (16:24 - 16:33) (Film ID 484.03) Paris - Sultan of Morocco Opens Mosque (16:33 - 16:53) (Film ID 538.21) USA - Hair-Raising Stunt (16:53 - 17:34) (Film ID 834.20) UK - Charleston on Stilts (17:34 - 17:49) (Film ID 876.12) Unknown - Torpedo Tractor (17:49 - 18:16) (Film ID 884.17) Minnesota - Conveyor Belt Diner (18:16 - 18:45) (Film ID 1004.08) Paris - The Buffer Belt (18:45 - 19:02) (Film ID 1010.14) Paris - Lunar Park (19:02 - 19:25) (Film ID 2524.32) Available for licensing at our website: https://www.britishpathe.com/lightbox/?st=ddfb5e5d58c2c61ddbdad0397b71240af61ba6ba&target=same