Suffragette suffragettes chaining themselves to railings, setting fire to post box contents, smashing windows and eventually detonating bombs. Some radical techniques used by the suffragettes were learned from Russian exiles from tsarism who had escaped to England. In 1914, at least seven churches were bombed or set on fire across the United Kingdom, including Westminster Abbey, where an explosion aimed at destroying the 700-year-old Coronation Chair, only caused minor damage. One suffragette, Emily Davison, died under the King's horse, Anmer, at The Derby on 4 June 1913. It is debated whether she was trying to pull down the horse, attach a
The Pickwick Papers (1913 film) the Vitagraph party shot several one-reel films while abroad, including "Bunny at Sea", filmed on board ship to England; "Bunny at the Derby", filmed at Epsom Downs; "Cork and Vicinity", filmed in Cork, Ireland; and "The Blarney Stone", filmed at Blarney Castle. The group returned to the United States after three months abroad and incidental stops in Paris and Berlin. "The Honourable Event" and "The Adventure of Westgate Seminary" were released in the United States on February 28, 1913, and "The Adventure of the Shooting Party" was released on September 5, 1913. Despite the effort Bunny and his associates invested