WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 368-1 (fragment, version 2) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 368-1 (fragment, version 2) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 308d
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 368-1 (fragment, version 2) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Newsreel item on a visit by US airmen to Birmingham, September 1918.
  • Description: The airmen are shown seated with civilians, possibly in the hall of Queen's College, Birmingham, and then formed up to enter the building. A pan over a group of civilians, probably the organisers of the Americans' trip, from the Birmingham and District Professions and General Trades Fund.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-09-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) United States Army & Army Air Corps (regiment/service) Birmingham and District Professions and General Trades Fund (regiment/service) Queen's College Birmingham (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, United States international - goodwill (object name) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK (geography)
  • 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: 44 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a for production details Summary: note that another version of this item is IWM 308a; see also IWM 304 Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 308a, IWM 308b and IWM 308c, the can is marked as IWM 308
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    IWM 308d

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