WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 368-2 (fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 368-2 (fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 308b
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 368-2 (fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. Newsreel item on an artificial hand for amputees developed in Britain, 1918. II. Newsreel item on Lloyd George arriving in Manchester by car, 12th September 1918.
  • Description: A British soldier demonstrates that with his artificial right hand he can rake a garden, pick up and open a bag, light a cigarette, drink a glass of water, use a knife and fork and throw and catch a ball. A procession, led by Lloyd George and the Lord Mayor, comes down the steps of the Council Chamber and Lloyd George gets into a car. It is raining hard. Lloyd George talks to a crowd of people, including women war workers, waiting for him. A pan over a group of convalescent soldiers in hospital blues. Then Lloyd George again on the steps of Manchester Town Hall delivering a speech, then inspecting a parade of soldiers in a wet, foggy street.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-09-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Lloyd George, David (person) Manchester (Lord Mayor of) (person)
  • Keywords: medical, British military - long term: artificial hand & [+] (object name) delegations, British national - state (object name) buildings, British - institutional: town hall (object name) medical, British military - long term (object name) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK (geography) rain (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 153 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a for production details Summary: note that a Spanish language version of the second item is IWM 682 Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 308a, IWM 308c and IWM 308d, the can is marked as IWM 308.
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    IWM 308b

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