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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.
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)
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 44 ft; Running time: 1 min
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