Title:PATHE'S ANIMATED GAZETTE NO 282B [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1082-1
Other titles:
Summary: I. Newsreel item on French reaction to the outbreak of war, July 1914.
II. Very brief newsreel item showing a Farman Longhorn biplane in flight, probably Britain, July or August 1914.
III. Newsreel item on a recruiting march through the streets of London, probably August 1914.
IV. Newsreel item on Royal Navy ratings practising for a field gun race, probably summer 1914.
Description: Crowds of people are shown queuing outside the banks in the streets of Paris, as the immediate financial crisis before the outbreak of war threatens the French currency.
The Grenadier Guards, in parade dress, lead the recruiting march through the streets, followed by sailors and marines (some of whom are pulling Maxim guns on wheels). Civilians fall in behind the march.
The sailors are practising for a tournament in an enclosure. Teams practise disassembling and reassembling their muzzle-loading light guns in order to race with them over obstacles. Each team fires its gun.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Grenadier Guards (regiment/service)
Royal Navy (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Royal Marines (regiment/service)
Royal Navy (regiment/service)
Keywords: economics, French national - currency (object name)
aircraft, French - early: Farman Longhorn (object name)
recruitment, British military: recruiting march (object name)
weapons, British - smallarm (mounted): Maxim machine gun (object name)
recruitment, British naval (object name)
training, British naval (object name)
operations, British naval - routine: practice for naval field gun race (object name)
weapons, British naval - gun: 6-pounder field gun (object name)
31/3(44) (event)
31/3(41) (event)
Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
GB, England (?) (geography)
London, England, UK (geography)
GB, England (?) (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 294 ft; Running time: 5 mins
