text from youtube "Workers receive pay before leaving on their holidays, and one goes home to tell his wife the happy tidings. They pack, and leave for Blackpool. At Blackpool, the beaches are crowded, and donkey rides, sea trips, and shellfish are in great demand. Even the famous ballrooms and Amusement Parks are well patronised, and Dancers perform the Lambeth Walk and the Blackpool Walk, not, perhaps, as expertly as it is done in one of the shows. After the holiday, the workers return, broke but happy." via Blogger https://bit.ly/2DcXAMk

text from youtube "There are so many pay-and-ride disposable bikes in London these days. When I see them lying around I often think of Coin-Coin and his antics. In Kings Road, Chelsea, visiting Frenchman "Coin-Coin" stops the traffic with the craziest bit of cycling ever to bring swinging London to a halt! GV Coin-Coin riding his cycle in and out of the cars on the Kings Road, Chelsea. MS ditto (x2). MCU crowd looking on. GV Coin-Coin riding between two cars. MS ditto (x2). MCU crowd looking on. MS pan Coin-Coin rides up behind a bus and put one wheel on board. MCU crowd. MS Coin-Coin riding down centre of the road. MS policeman walking up to Coin-Coin. MS Coin-Coin riding amongst the cars. MCU ditto. MCU policeman walking up to Coin-Coin. MS Policeman talking to Coin-Coin. CU policeman. CU Coin-Coin pan to policeman. MCU policeman writing down particulars in his book. MS ditto. MS Coin-Coin offers the policeman a ride on the bicycle. CU crowd. MS pan Coin-Coin driving off in his car. MS ditto." via Blogger http://bit.ly/35QvVcT

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Text from youtube "CU knot in handkerchief tilt up to face of man with worried expression. MCU man looks at knotted handkerchief with cat. CU cat seated on man's lap with a knot in his tail. MCU man knots tie. MCU man in bed knots sheet. GV man suddenly remembers and jumps out of bed. GV he runs to desk and pulls our Christmas cards, begins to write. CU pen dipped into inkwell. CU cards, CU pen, CU cards. CU parcel as string knotted. CU parcel addressed then parcel and cards collected up. GV man, still in pyjamas, dashes from house then realises his mistake, he goes in and reemerges dressed. GV man rushing off. 'Post Early for Christmas'." via Blogger http://bit.ly/2E225WF

Text from youtube "On this day in 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy carried out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The world knows that the Japanese attacked the American Naval Base without warning, these pictures show something of how the civil population suffered. Japanese planes fly over and fires rage in Waikiki. Refugees run hither and thither. AA guns fire and the injured are cared for. The children play in a communal nursery. Afterwards, shots of wreckage and a damaged car. The story ends with pictures of a captured Jap. two man submarine which helped in the attack against the US Fleet in Pearl Harbour.  via Blogger http://bit.ly/2PkuUTz

text from youtube "On December 6, 1957, America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla." via Blogger http://bit.ly/36aE5g5

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Text from youtube "Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? I love this footage of shoppers on Oxford Street in 1931. I’m going to buy all my gifts locally this year, no Oxford Street for me – too crazy!  Londoners find full value for the pound in customary expedition in search of Christmas gifts. Cameraman on top of car taking shots of crowds walking along Oxford Street. Shots of same crowds walking along. Shop window display. Shoppers can same. Feet of people walking. Street vendors selling wares. Little boy stands and watches one mechanical toy. Good shot of top of Selfridges with Xmas decorations. Father Xmas in alcove bows. (This is not a close shot). Panning to street below. Group of girls with faces pressed hard against window, taken from inside same." via Blogger http://bit.ly/2P8lRVu