Title:WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 335-2 (fragment 1) [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1061-09a
Other titles:
Summary: Newsreel item showing a coalmine in Alsace being worked by French soldiers, January 1918.
Description: The item starts with a notice saying that profits from the newsreel all go to service charities. Then the soldiers are shown bringing the full coaltrucks out onto the surface of the mine. The coal is dumped from the trucks and horse-wagons are loaded from the dump. A traction engine runs a coal-crusher. A few soldiers lead a heavy ox-wagon along the roads. The captions describe the scene, incorrectly, as road building by the troops.
Production Details: Department of Information (Production sponsor)
War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: French Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: industry, French - primary (object name)
society, British military - charity (object name)
31/3(44) (event)
Alsace, France (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: 61 ft; Running time: 1 min
