Fonds/collection:
DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
General access conditions for collection
Reproduction access:
- No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Remarks:
- 1. Material was received from Dawson City in 2 shipments - 506 reels in 1978 and 26 reels in 1980. Of these 389 reels, primarily of American fiction, were transferred to Library of Congress for conversion. Reference copies of some of these reels were returned to NFTSA.
Accession number:
1979-0191
Series title:
British War Office Official News Film
Production company:
- Foreign release version from the series PICTORAL NEWS (Official)
- Topical Film Company Ltd.
Sponsor:
- British Ministry of Information
Country of production:
cn
Name of distributor:
Specialty Film Import Ltd.
Description:
- 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>
Language:
- Silent with English intertitles
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
Copyright Status:
Copyright expired.
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.
Notes:
- 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.
