No du document (ISN):
43630
Fonds/collection:
DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Conditions d'accès générales à la collection
Reproduction:
- No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Remarques:
- 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.
No d'acquisition:
1979-0191
Nom de la série:
British War Office Official News Film
Date de diffusion:
1918-08-22
Compagnie de production :
- Re-edited version for release outside Britain of items from the series PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL)
- Topical Film Company Ltd.
Commanditaire:
- British Ministry of Information
Nom du distributeur:
Specialty Film Import Ltd.
Description:
- 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.
Langue:
- Silent with English intertitles
Vedettes-matière:
- 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
État du droit d'auteur:
Copyright expired.
Restrictions à la consultation:
~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
Restrictions du donateur:
Use requires credit be given to the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society Collection, National Archives of Canada.
Notes:
- 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.
Copie de consultation:
- 8010-0113
- V1 9802-0031
- V1 2009-06-0001
- V1 2011-09-0005
