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Volume 53

Item number (ISN):

43630

Series title:

British War Office Official News Film

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1918

Item number (ISN):

43630

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Accession:

1979-0191

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1918

Release date:

1918-08-22

Production company:

Re-edited version for release outside Britain of items from the series PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL)
Topical Film Company Ltd.

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

British Ministry of Information

Distributor name:

Specialty Film Import Ltd.

Description:

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With Pershing in France. Shot of Viscount French, Commander of Britain's home force, and Major General Sir Francis Lloyd. Pershing's boat docks at Boulogne, officers are shown on the deck. Pershing with his staff. He reviews the Honour Guard of French veterans before boarding the train to Paris. His car drives through Paris to cheering crowds. Close-up of Pershing alone.~Symbol of Australia's Greatness. A high angle view of a military parade. Dignitaries are shown getting out of a carriage in front of a building. The front of a large building is shown. Shots of people standing on a balcony. Australian troops are reviewed by King George V.~Quiet on the Piave. Panning shots of an Italian Red Cross station on a former Austrian position and of Italian soldiers at the station.~The King's Visit to the US Fleet. The King, in naval uniform, comes up on deck, as sailors stand at attention, and shakes hands with officers. Freeze frame of Admiral Rodman whose flagship the King is visiting.~Remembrance Day 1918. The King and Queen arrive by carriage at St. Margaret's, Westminster, and are greeted by the minister and other dignitaries. They walk up the aisle towards the camera. Members of the House of Commons and of the House of Lords walk past. St. Martin-in-the-Fields a long line of uniformed members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) move towards the church. In Hyde Park the Bishop of London stands by a shrine covered with flowers and wreaths as a large crowd looks on.~Children of Our Fallen Heroes. Street party for the children of dead soldiers and sailers in Southwark, London, August 1918. Male and female helpers gifts and cards to the children. Female members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) can be seen in the background.~Perilous Climbing Feat. Italian Alpine soldiers climbing a rope hanging from a tall tower.~For Their Courageous Conduct. General Sir Herbert Plumer, GOC Second Army, decorating British nurses in a field near Blendecques, Western Front, 26 June 1918. Plumer pins the medals on the line of four nurses. They receive the Medaille Militaire for courage when Germans bombed their hospitals.~Paris Carrying On. Several shots of crowded Paris streets. A newspaper stand and fruit and vegetable stores can be seen in some shots.~Keep Steady, Aye, Keep Steady, and All Will be Well. David Lloyd George's message at the National Eisteddfod at Neath, Wales, August 1918. Lloyd George speaks with the mayor and officers. He then reviews the troops and women war workers. Welsh women and girls parade in Welsh national costume.

Subjects:

ARMED FORCES~AUSTRALIA~ENGLAND~FESTIVALS~LONDON ~MILITARY & NAVAL MEDALS~MILITARY PARADES~NURSES~PARIS ~RELIGIOUS SERVICES~REMEMBRANCE DAY~SOLDIERS~WALES~CROCE ROSSA ITALIANA~UNITED STATES. NAVY~GEORGE V, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN~LLOYD GEORGE, DAVID~PLUMER, HERBERT C.~RODMAN, HUGH

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

D-147

Notes:

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1. Description for items 6, 8, 10 from Imperial War Museum Catalogue, Volume 1, IWM 679b.~2. Item titles derived from captions.~3. Released 22 August 1918 in the UK.~4. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

207643

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-7102

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

241058

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8010-0111

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-7102

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

241059

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8010-0113

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8010-0111

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

241060

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8110-0170

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8010-0111

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

241061

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8004-0035

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

RED PRT

Made from:

8010-0111

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

308221

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9802-0031

Number of items:

1

Duration:

90:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

499737

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2009-06-0001

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

557720

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2011-09-0005

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

120:00

Made from:

V4 9802-0051

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

920952

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

43630-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

6:34

Made from:

N-7102

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

920953

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

43630.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

6:34

Made from:

N-7102

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

920954

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

43630.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

6:34

Made from:

N-7102

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

982681

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2009-06-0002

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

8107-1232
8107-1233
8107-1234
8107-1235
8107-1256
8107-1257
8107-1258
8107-1259
8505-0709
8010-0113

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

996684

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9802-0051

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

8615-0106
9106-0059
8101-0073
9104-0041
8210-0733
8104-0263
8010-0113
7712-0237

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9802-0031
V1 2009-06-0001
V1 2011-09-0005

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

Use requires credit be given to the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society Collection, National Archives of Canada.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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