WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 329-1 [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 329-1 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: NTB 329-1
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  • Summary: I. General Allenby and General Bailloud in Egypt. II. The King's car is mobbed by enthusiastic crowds when he visits a factory making military equipment. III. French troops arrive to support the Italians after the disaster at Caporetto.
  • Description: I. 'THE VICTOR OF JERUSALEM. General Sir Edmund Allenby who has rescued the Holy City from Turkish domination, reviews one of our mounted brigades.' Aids hold General Bailloud's horse as he mounts. MS of Allenby on his horse. The two men ride off followed by their escort. LS of 7th Mounted Brigade, Desert Mounted Corps, drawn up for inspection - one officer's horse is rather frisky. II. 'ENTHUSIASTIC MUNITIONETTES. His Majesty receives a rousing welcome when he visits the Munition Works of Waring & Gillow.' A dense crowd of workers, many of them waving handkerchiefs, lines the route of the royal car. The crowd closes in after the car has passed and some difficulty arises when at one point the vehicle needs to reverse. III. 'MONSIEUR PAINLEVE AT BRESCIA. French and Italian troops fraternising at the station en route for the Front.' MCU of the French Prime Minister in conversation with an Italian officer, whose back is to the camera - the Italian gestures excitedly. A woman gives fruit (?) to two French soldiers sitting in the open door of a railcar - she also gives one of them a pamphlet (perhaps an improving tract). A woman and a boy distribute comforts to the troops. Train passes camera in a cloud of steam - Italians look on and wave at the soldiers in the boxcars. Flatbed wagons carry vehicles and canvas-covered guns - a surprisingly 'modern' scene. 'THE RUSH TO THE ITALIAN FRONT. A regiment of French Dragoons passing through the picturesque old City of Verona.' French cavalry pass through the city, watched by crowds of waving Italians - they pass through the Piazza Bra, the wall of the amphitheatre visible in the background. 'FRENCH HURRY TO THE PIAVE. Huge demonstrations in honour of the French battalions, who, along with British forces, are rushing to help Italy hold her frontier.' MS crowd scene - French and Italian soldiers shake hands. A lorry passes through the dense crowd. Enthusiastic Italians gather in front of Verona's town hall, and around an equestrian statue in the gardens in the centre of the piazza.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: NTB 329-1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (NTB 329-1)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-12-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman (person) Bailloud, Maurice Camille (person) Painlevé, Paul (person) British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Desert Mounted Corps, Mounted Bde 7 (regiment/service) Waring and Gillow (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - display: review of troops (object name) delegations, British national - state: George V visits factory (object name) industry, British - general (object name) operations, French military - movement (object name) society, French military - friendship: fraternisation with Italians (object name) society, Italian - friendship: fraternisation with French (object name) transport, French military - rail (object name) Egypt & Ismailia (geography) London, England, UK (geography) Italy & Brescia, Lombardy (geography) Italy & Verona, Veneto (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 316 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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