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Title:SCENES IN NEWCASTLE ON TYNE ON TYNESIDE SCOTTISH FLAG DAY : April 15th 1916 [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 488
Other titles:
Summary: Tyneside Scottish flag day in Newcastle (not showing the Tyneside Scottish) 15th April 1916.
Description: A Royal Field Artillery band marches through Newcastle to the main square. The Lord Mayor, Councillor George Lunn, arrives with his wife and poses with a group of councillors. Speeches are delivered and Lunn buys a flag. The band of 3rd Battalion, the North Staffordshire Regiment (their training battalion) marches past.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Lunn, George (person)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mayor of (person)
British Army, Staffordshire Regiment, North, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, RFA &, band (regiment/service)
Keywords: society, British - charity: flag day (Tyneside Scottish) (object name)
ceremonies, British - display: parade (object name)
31/3(41) (event)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK (geography)
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: 279 ft; Running time: 3 mins