WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 317-2 [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 317-2 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: NTB 317-2
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  • Summary: I. Queen Mary visits a munitions factory in Coventry. II. Lieutenant Annandale marries the beautiful Miss Caldwell. III. The King bestows honours in an open air ceremony at Ibrox Park in Glasgow.
  • Description: I. 'QUEEN AND MUNITIONETTES. The girl War Workers of Coventry gave Her Majesty a rousing welcome. She was deeply interested in all phases of their life.' The Queen, accompanied by company dignitaries, the Mayor of Coventry, Alderman Alick Hill, and the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, Lord Leigh, walks between ranks of workers. She flips through a commemorative book which she has been given - she does not seem impressed. Factory managers are presented. Workers applaud as Queen passes. She talks with a factory nurse before getting into her car. '"KEPT HERE TO WORK." An old soldier who fought in Chitral and South Africa explains to the Queen why he can't get to France.' Man wearing workshop apron, his shirt sleeves rolled up, stands talking with Queen - a con-rod is artfully displayed in the bench vice he stands beside. II. 'ALL AIR WEDDING. At the wedding at Ascot of Lieut. Annandale, R.F.C. and Miss Theodora Caldwell, the best man, the chaplain, the organist and the choir were all airmen.' Guests - all airman - and their ladies arrive at South Ascot Parish Church. Miss Caldwell arrives by coach and is led inside by her father who wears a Colonel's uniform. Once at the entrance the bride's dress is fussed over preparatory to her going inside. Cut to the married couple emerging to be showered with rice. III. 'THE KING ON CLYDESIDE. His Majesty met with a great reception at Glasgow when he bestowed 143 honours including three V.Cs. before eighty thousand people at Ibrox Park.' HM wearing Army uniform arrives by car at the stadium - it is raining heavily. LA.MS of the King together with Lieutenant-General Ewart, C-in-C of the Scottish Command, on raised dais - HM is busy decorating. In one case a father accepts a posthumous award. 'HONOUR FOR MAIMED V.C. There was a tornado of cheering when Private H. Christian, Royal Lancaster Regiment was carried in to receive the V.C. he secured for extraordinary gallantry in a crater fight.' Draped in blankets against the inclement air, Private Christian is carried in on an invalid chair. After the award he is immediately re-wrapped and carried off. MS pan over newly honoured men sitting around the stage.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: NTB 317-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (NTB 317-2)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-09-22
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Mary, Queen (person) Leigh, Francis Dudley (person) Hill, Alick (person) Coventry, Mayor of (person) Annandale, Arthur J (person) Annandale, Theodora L (person) George V, King (person) Ewart, John Skirving (person) Christian, Harry (person) Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps (regiment/service) British Army, Lancaster Regiment, King's Own Royal (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, British national - state: Queen Mary visits munitions factory (object name) economics, British national - employment: munitionettes (object name) industry, British - munitions (object name) ceremonies, British - event-related: wedding of Lieutenant Annandale (object name) ceremonies, British - display: investiture (object name) delegations, British national - state: George V visits Glasgow (object name) Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK (geography) GB, England & Ascot, Berks <South Ascot Parish Church> (geography) GB, Scotland & Glasgow, Lanark <Ibrox Park> (geography) (concept)
  • 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: 330 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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