WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 371-1 (fragment 2) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 371-1 (fragment 2) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 461c
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 371-1 (fragment 2) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Newsreel item on Private R E Cruickshank receiving a gold watch from Lieutenant-General R S S Baden-Powell, Tottenham, London, 28th September 1918.
  • Description: The ceremony takes place in a park. A crowd of Boy Scouts watches as Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, presents Cruickshank, a former scout and VC winner with the London Scottish, with a gold watch on behalf of Cruickshank's employers, Lipton's.
  • Alternative Title: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 371-1 (fragment 2) [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 461c
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-09-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth (person) Cruickshank, Robert Edward (person) British Army, London Regiment, Bn 14 (regiment/service) Boy Scouts (regiment/service) Liptons (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - event-related: presentation (gold watch) (object name) 31/3(41) (event) GB, England & London, N <Tottenham> (geography) Children (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 48 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 461c

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