WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 349-1 (Spanish version, fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 349-1 (Spanish version, fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 700d
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 349-1 (Spanish version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on General Sir William Robertson inspecting Australian and New Zealand officer trainees in Cambridge, April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the Earl of Scarborough inspecting the reserve battalion of the London Scottish on parade in London, April 1918. III. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on a munition workers' fête at Saint Helens, April 1918. IV. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on Lord Crewe, in Army uniform, presenting OBEs to civilians in Green Park, London, April 1918. V. Spanish language version on "Ypres today" showing the ruins of the Cloth Hall and the water tower, with British troops holding a scrape trench nearby, Western Front, March-April 1918.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-04-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: Spanish
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 215 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a for production details. In this version of the issue, in the item on Robertson, the caption states that ANZAC stands for "Australian, New Zealand and Canadian forces". This mistake suggests strongly that captions were being composed, or elaborated upon, at the country of delivery and not in Britain Summary: note that an English language version of this issue is IWM 661a, and French language items are held as IWM 673d and IWM 684a Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 700a, IWM 700b, IWM 700c and IWM 700e, the can is marked as IWM 700
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    IWM 700d

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