WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 320-2 (fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 320-2 (fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 655b
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  • Summary: Newsreel item on the use of coal gas instead of petrol for vehicles in London. A motorcycle combination, a limousine, a bus and a Royal Navy charabanc have all been fitted with gas bladders. October 1917.
  • Description:
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 655b
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-10-13
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Department of Information (Production sponsor) War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: transport, British civilian - 2/3 wheel: motorcycle combination (gas powered) (object name) transport, British civilian - bus: (gas powered) (object name) transport, British civilian - car: limousine (gas powered) (object name) transport, British naval - bus: charabanc (gas powered) (object name) propaganda, British - practical (object name) 31/3(41) (event) London, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 56 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 655b

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