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Volume 77

Item number (ISN):

43637

Series title:

British War Office Official News Film

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1919

Item number (ISN):

43637

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:

1919

Release date:

1919-05-02

Production company:

Foreign release version from the series PICTORAL 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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Great London Fire. A million-pound fire destroys furniture and other valuables at Hudson's Repository. Sequences show firemen fighting the fire; the building burning; spectators, including nurses, watching from the street below.~The Return of the Scots Guards. Soldiers march past the camera on their arrival at Wellington Barracks and stand on parade as they await orders from their officers. The Duke of Connaught is one of the welcoming committee.~Rowing at Cambridge. Sculling activity as Trial Eights continue their testing under the American Tournament System. School boys in uniform are much in evidence as spectators run along the banks.~Good Bye to the Brave. Men and women with Red Cross baskets hand things to Canadian soldiers as they march towards their troopship. The men are seen forming up on the dock and boarding the ship. The Canadian's send off was sponsored by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool.~Britain's Watch on the Rhine. High ranking officers review soldiers who will be part of the occupation forces in Germany. King George V is present. The soldiers are seen marching past.~Scottish Cadets Shield Winners. Kilted cadets are reviewed by an officer and are awarded the Rifle Shooting Championship plaque by Lieutenant General Sir F.W.N. M'Cracken on the grounds of Edinburgh Castle. Seen are parts of the ceremony, the cadets, the plaque, and the march past.~New Chief Secretary for Ireland. The new Chief Secretary, Ian Macpherson, and a party consisting of Lord and Lady Decies and others, fish for salmon at Leixlip Castle.~The De Veulle Case. People are seen leaving the court on Bow Street following a session in the trial of the "Notorious Cocaine Case".~With Our Indian Forces in Syria. A pay parade in Syria. Indian soldiers receive small packets and acknowledge receipt by marking a document with their thumb prints.~World's Greatest Airship. Shots of the R.33 being floated out of its hangar by a group of men in preparation for its trial flight. Built by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., the R.33 is 670 feet long, 79 feet in diameter, and boasts four gondolas. The airship is seen in flight. <6mn 29s>

Subjects:

AIRSHIPS~ARMED FORCES~CADETS ~CAMBRIDGE ~EDINBURGH ~FIRES~GERMANY~IRELAND~LONDON ~MILITARY OCCUPATION~MILITARY TROPHIES~ROWING~SALMON FISHING~SCOTLAND~TRIALS ~CANADA. CANADIAN ARMY~GREAT BRITAIN. ARMY. SCOTS GUARDS~INDIA. ARMY~CONNAUGHT, DUKE OF~GEORGE V, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN~M'CRACKEN, F.W.~MACPHERSON, IAN

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

D-168

Notes:

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1. Source of description: Archivist's research notes; notes are available for consultation.~2. Durations are approximate.~3. Item titles are derived from the captions.~4. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

286169

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-7098

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

351645

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2000-11-0006

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-7098

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

352512

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2000-11-0087

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2000-11-0006

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

355360

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2001-02-0008

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2000-11-0006

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

411974

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2005-06-0008

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

645007

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7906-1281

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

D-0168

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

646497

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8103-0042

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7906-1281

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

979987

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2005-06-0044

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

8311-0494
8311-0495
8311-0496
9006-0198
9006-0199
9909-0159
9909-0164
9909-0165
7301-1358
2000-11-0087

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1009337

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7906-1283

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7906-1281

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2005-06-0008

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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