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Volume 70

Item number (ISN):

43636

Series title:

British Government Official News = [British War Office Official News Film]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1919

Item number (ISN):

43636

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:

1919-03-16

Production company:

Foreign release version 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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Demobilisation Speed-Up. A troop ship is seen plowing through the water with soldiers crowding the decks. The men disembark and walk along a railway station platform.~The Great Oil-Fields of Baku. Hundreds of oil rigs, long held by Germany and Turkey, but now in possession of the British.~The Peacemakers. David Lloyd George, A.J. Balfour with Sir Douglas Haig, G.N. Barnes, and A. Bonar Law are shown in various locations. Embarking at Folkstone are British Empire peace delegates: the Maharajah of Bikaner, India, General Botha of South Africa, Sir Robert Borden of Canada, E.S. Montagu from India, W.M. Hughes of Australia, and Lloyd George. The caption reads: "The Greatest Peace Council of History has begun its tasks. Civilisation and the happiness of mankind depend on the delegates' achievements. The whole world will pray that their efforts to devise means whereby international disputes can be settled otherwise than by warfare will meet with success".~More U-Boats Surrender. A U-Boat is seen partially submerged at sea, docking at an English port, and travelling at speed on the surface.~Italian Warship at Harwich. The Italian warship Libia is in Harwich to take over two pirate boats. Shots of the ship with sailors moving around on deck.~The U-Boat Fleet Off Harwich. Rows of U-Boats.~Britain's K-Boats. An airship is seen in flight. It hovers over a surfaced submarine to exchange communications before flying off. The submarine, the largest in the world, according to the caption, submerges.~Canadians Going Home. Canadian troops board The Olympic, the ship that will bring them home. Seen are crowded docks and the ship's decks before departure from Southampton.~To Resist Bolsheviks. Assyrian and Armenian volunteers who have joined up at Hamadan, Persia to fight the Bolsheviks, undergo a medical examination. Men are seen lined up as an officer inspects the insides of their mouths. <5mn 43s>

Subjects:

AIRSHIPS~BAKU ~CONGRESSES & CONVENTIONS~MILITARY TRANSPORTATION~OIL FIELDS~PEACE~WARSHIPS~CANADA. CANADIAN ARMY~GREAT BRITAIN. ARMY~GREAT BRITAIN. NAVY~OLYMPIC ~BALFOUR, ARTHUR J.~BARNES, G.N.~BORDEN, ROBERT~BOTHA, LOUIS~GANGA SINGH, MAHARAJA OF BIKANER~HAIG, DOUGLAS~HUGHES, WILLIAM M.~LAW, BONAR~LLOYD GEORGE, DAVID~MONTAGU, EDWIN S.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

D-403

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. Distributed by Specialty Film Import Ltd. in Canada.~5. Released 23 January 1919 and again 30 January 1919 in the UK.~6. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

207596

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-7100

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

2.2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

241066

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7910-0052

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-7100

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

241067

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7910-0054

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7910-0052

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

241068

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8103-0106

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7910-0052

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

312030

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9806-0028

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

433988

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2006-12-0009

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

757475

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

43636-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

8:01

Made from:

7910-0052

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

757476

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

43636.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

8:01

Made from:

7910-0052

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

757477

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

43636.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

8:01

Made from:

7910-0052

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

997050

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9806-0071

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

8903-5839
8903-5840
7611-0385
7910-0054
9106-0072
8706-0043

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9806-0028
V1 2006-12-0009

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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