TOPICAL BUDGET 290-2 (fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: TOPICAL BUDGET 290-2 (fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1061-09g
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Newsreel item on a snow sculpture exhibition in Geneva, probably February 1917.
  • Description: The snow sculptures have been made in a park. Some are intentionally comic but a few are obviously intended as serious art. The various 'artists' retouch their creations. According to the caption one sculpture of a German soldier 'surrendering' (shown) was well-received.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-03-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: arts, Swiss - fine arts (object name) propaganda, British - inflammatory (object name) Switzerland & Geneva (geography) snow (concept) Winter (concept)
  • 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: 63 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a and IWM 1061-01 for production details. This was one of the last TOPICAL BUDGETs released before the British government took over the newsreel Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 1061-09a-o, the can is marked as IWM 1061-09
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1061-09g

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