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[World War I British Newsreel : excerpt]

Item number (ISN):

179528

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1914/1918

Item number (ISN):

179528

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Type of material:

Moving images

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.

Accession:

1972-0105

Media:

Film

Original title:

[News Shorts]

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1914/1918

Description:

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Investiture by King at Buckingham Palace. King George V pins decorations on military personnel and hands a decoration to a widow and child.~Remarkable Portuguese Cavalry. Cavalry riding up and down steep hills and into water. Some of the riders fall off their horses.~The French Ambassador to England Inspects Ambulance Convoy For France. Uniformed female ambulance drives show their vehicles.~Colours of the 207th Ottawa Carleton Infantry Battalion Deposited at Westminster Abbey. Battalion parade led by Lieutenant-Colonel C.W. McLean to lay up the colours at the Abbey in 1917.~Royal Tribute to the Shell Girls. The King, Queen and Princess attend a service at St. Paul's to honour women war workers. Shots of their arrival and departure only.~Heroines of Pervyse Learn Motoring Prior to Joining the Royal Air Force. The Baroness T'Serclaes and Marie Chisholm learn to drive a motorcycle with sidecar at the British School of Motoring.~London, Reception of Officers and Men of the American Air Squadron. Flyers march in London and are cheered by large crowds. Officers shake hands with the Lord Mayor.~The Sultan of Morocco Reviews the Garrison of Rabat. The Sultan, accompanied by the French Commander-in-Chief, reviews the garrison and takes the salute as Moroccan soldiers march past.~London, Scenes at Waterloo. French Zouave Regiment marches out of Waterloo station preceded by a British regiment. A huge crowd watches.~On the Italian Front. Alpinieri troops walk down a snowy hill on the Italian front. Cutting and chipping trenches and tunnels by Italian soldiers. Horse in the tunnel that conncets the trenches hauling away ice chippings.~British Admiral Bestows Honours on Italian Heroes. Men receive their decorations.~Reinforcements for the Carso Firstline Trenches. Large number of reinforcements arriving on the Italian front.~Our Volunteers in Camp. 6,000 men receive instruction at Tadworth, Surrey in 1914. Men are seen exercising, preparing food, and giving three cheers.~HRH Reviews Volunteers at Birmingham. The Duke of Connaught reviews new volunteers and regulars in 1914. March past with some men in uniforms and some in civvies.~Duke of Connaught at Bath. The Duke inspects the OTC Guard of Honour and the 2nd Battalion Somerset Volunteer Regiment.~Major General Fielding Reviews London Volunteers. March past and salute of men in and out of uniform.~London, England, Ready For Any Emergency. The Grenadier Guards are reviewed in 1914 by their Colonel the Duke of Connaught. The Duke decorates soldiers and then receives three cheers.~The New London Scottish. The regiment holds their first uniform parade in 1914.~Inspection of the National Guard Station Company. Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Lloyd reviews the troops.~London Scottish Cadets Training at Waterford. Pipe band marches by. Cadets conduct field exercises, put up bell tents and cook.~The King at Royal Military Academy. King George V reviews cadets, sees artillery practice and then receives three cheers. <13mn 20s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

A6-5-1

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1. Item titles based on captions.~2. Actuality over 50 years old - copyright expired.
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9802-0031
V1 2011-09-0005
V1 2015-01-0003

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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The permission of Library and Archives Canada is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

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with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Library and Archives Canada

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