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Volume 48

Item number (ISN):

43632

Series title:

British War Office Official News Film

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1918-07

Item number (ISN):

43632

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:

1918-07

Release date:

1918-10-05/1918-10-11

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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Sinn Fein to be Suppressed. Sequence on "misguided Irish manhood which Allies need in the fight for freedom..." marching down a city street as children trail along behind. The men are wearing arm-bands. A large crowd is gathered in front of a store advertising "Sellers & Stationary : J. Warnock & Co." Other men, carrying clubs, march on while young men line up.~New Food Controller. J.R. Clynes, MP, poses for the camera. Clynes was a former aid to the late Lord Rhondda.~Germany Must be Beaten. Troops march down a street as crowds watch. Top-hatted men and military officers arrive by car. The caption mentions Winston Churchill in connection with the great London Anglo-Saxon Fellowship meeting.~Victorious Italians. Panning shot of soldiers with rifles lined up against a rock face. View of a large mountain with an observation post in evidence.~King and Queen of the Belgians in London.. His Majesty reviews an honour guard of the Scots Guards at Buckingham Palace. The Queen is presented with flowers.~"Rations" for Fritz. Rail cars loaded with shells. Soldiers move the shells and pile them in an ammunition dump. A sign reads "One Day's Rations for One Gun".~Burial of Lord Rhondda. The funeral procession at Llanwern, Wales.~Bombarding Hun Trenches. Views of a battlefield with smoke visible in the distance. A soldier moves about in a field and another man surveys the battlefield with binoculars. A group of soldiers are shown moving about.~Imperial Cricket at Lords. A team moves onto the field. They pose for the camera during a lull. The King is shown speaking with one of the players.~George Robey Sells Cotton. A man stands on a chair and yells at an amused crowd while peering into the camera. A sign reads "French Red Cross Fund/Geo. Robey, Esq./American Cotton". The caption indicates that Robey is selling cotton for the Lord Mayor of Liverpool's French Red Cross Shilling Fund.~The Disabled VC. Corporal Mugford, wounded three times while sticking to his gun, is decorated by the King. He poses for the camera.~London's Welcome to Zouaves. Parading Zouave military band in London for a visit to Buckingham Palace.~The Piave. Travelling shot from a boat along the banks of the Piave River with artillery positioned on barges in evidence. <7mn>

Subjects:

ARMED FORCES~BATTLEFIELDS~CRICKET ~ENGLAND~FOOD RELIEF~FRANCE~IRELAND~ITALY~LONDON ~MILITARY & NAVAL MEDALS~MILITARY CEREMONIES, HONOURS & SALUTES~WORLD WAR, 1914-1918~ZOUAVES ~ALBERT I, KING OF BELGIUM~CHURCHILL, WINSTON~CLYNES, J.R.~ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF BELGIUM~GEORGE V, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN~RHONDDA, DAVID A.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

D-270

Notes:

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1. Source of descriptions: archivist's research notes which are available for consultation.~2. The volume number and 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:

207641

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-7101

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

1.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

367626

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2002-01-0022

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

640896

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8204-0139

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8010-0212

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

641007

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8010-0212

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

D-0270

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

644987

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8010-0213

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8010-0212

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

645245

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8201-0207

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8010-0212

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

757694

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

43632-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

9:38

Made from:

8010-0212

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

757695

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

43632.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

9:38

Made from:

8010-0212

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

757696

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

43632.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

9:38

Made from:

8010-0212

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

977419

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2002-01-0039

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

8103-0786
8103-0787
8103-0788
8103-0751
8103-0780
N-7101
8203-0277
7910-0001

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2002-01-0022

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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