Summary: I. Lord Kitchener with King George V and troops.
II. Visitors at a War Trade Fair in London.
III. Wounded soldiers on a horse and coach.
IV. The lying in state and funeral of General Gallieni.
Description: I. 'DEATH OF LORD KITCHENER. A recent scene in which Lord Kitchener wishes God Speed to the troops upon their departure to the front.'
II. 'WAR TRADE FAIR. Mammoth War Fair organised by the Wounded Allies Relief Committee opened by the Lord Mayor at Caledonian Market.' The Lord Mayor and crowds of people walk past soldiers. The Lord Mayor speaking on the platform. Crowds at the fair, including women selling refreshments from trays. Boys with donkeys. Women carrying baskets and bouquets of flowers. Banners reading Markham [Final?] Sale borne by horses. A man holding flowers performs a dance for the camera as people pass by.
III. 'TOMMIES COACH. A 'Tommies Coach' which is run on alternate days from St Thomas's Hospital to Laleham, having been organised through the generosity of Mr T W Simpson.' Soldiers on a carriage outside a house. The horse and coach drives off down a leafy street. Soldiers getting off the coach, helped by a group of men and women (doctors and nurses?).
IV. 'THE MAN WHO SAVED PARIS. The lying in state and funeral of the [?] General Gallieni who re-organised the defences when the Germans were at the gates of Paris.' Crowds file past the guarded coffin. Scenes of the funeral provession in Paris, with large crowds.
Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: George V, King (person)
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert (person)
Gallieni, Joseph-Simon (person)
British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: operations, British military - routine (object name)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 281 ft; Running time: 3 mins
