No du document (ISN):
43769
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
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:
- More English Bacon. H.S. Cautley, MP, opens the municipal piggeries in London. As a crowd watches, Cautley lights a fire under a bin in order to cook pigswill. He ladles out the swill and feeds it to the pigs, which eat contentedly.
- Great Police Join-Up. London policemen, in civilian clothes, march as a body through the streets on their way to volunteer for the army.
- On the Italian Front. Army engineers labour to create defences against avalanches in the Italian Alps. Tracks have been laid inside a tunnel to facilitate removal of fill by means of a horse-drawn cart.
- Tribute to Scottish Overseas Heroes. A commemoration service for dominion troops of Scottish origin in London. Sir Robert Borden, Canadian Prime Minister, is guest of honour at the service, which is held at St. Columba's church. Various Dominion troops enter the church, including a Canadian battalion in kilts and New Zealand wounded in hospital blues. Borden arrives in his carriage.
- Shell-Torn Rheims. Footage of the destruction at Rheims, some from inside the Cathedral showing a large hole in the roof. Soldiers are seen walking by, looking at the damaged Cathedral and other buildings.
- Fate of German Colonies. Members of the Imperial War Cabinet arrive at 10 Downing Street. A police officer helps the dignitaries from their cars. Most go directly into the house. W.F. Massey, Sir Joseph Ward of New Zealand, and Arthur Balfour stop for the camera. They are meeting to discuss Germany's overseas claims.
- Allies in Italy. The change of guards at the British and Italian fronts. Soldiers are seen in a trench, arriving, milling about, and finally leaving after stationing one man who stands at attention.
- Glorious Soldiers of France. French soldiers, in greatcoats carrying their equipment and rifles, walk past the camera. Several French officers are shown shaking hands with the soldiers.
- Latest Crime of the Sinister Hun. The burial of the dead at a Canadian hospital in France after a German air raid, May 1918. Canadian soldiers pick their way through the rubble of the hospital. The coffins of those who died are taken out for burial. The captions draw attention to the large Red Cross laid out in pebbles beside the hospital. The coffins are draped with Union Flags. A clergyman in vestments gives the address and buglers sound the last post. <6mn>
Langue:
- Silent with English intertitles
Vedettes-matière:
- ARMED FORCES
- ATROCITIES
- ENGLAND
- FOOD SUPPLY
- FRANCE
- GREAT BRITAIN
- ITALY
- LONDON
- MILITARY FUNERALS
- POLICE
- RECRUITING & ENLISTMENT
- RELIGIOUS SERVICES
- RHEIMS
- WORLD WAR, 1914-1918
- FRANCE. ARMÉE
- GREAT BRITAIN. ARMY
- NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET
- BORDEN, ROBERT
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 item 9 from the Imperial War Museum Catalogue, Volume 1, IWM 659.
- 2. Durations are approximate.
- 3. Item titles are derived from the captions.
- 4. Actuality footage over 50 years - copyright expired.
- 5. This title is the second item on the safety. See IDC 43768 for the first item on the roll
