No du document (ISN):
43632
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 production:
1918-07
Date de diffusion:
1918-10-05/1918-10-11
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:
- 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>
Langue:
- Silent with English intertitles
Vedettes-matière:
- 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.
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. 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.
Copie de consultation:
- V1 2002-01-0022
- 8204-0139
- 8010-0213
