Title:WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 336-2 (fragment) [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 651b
Other titles:
Summary: I. Newsreel item on a march of the Women's Land Army through the centre of Winchester and past the watching mayor, January 1918.
II. Newsreel item on Arab workers in Palestine loading horse fodder into cars and motor cars for a British supply column, late 1917.
III. Newsreel item on Ford motor cars carrying water, travelling in convoy through the desert, Palestine, late 1917.
IV. Newsreel item on British soldiers chasing and catching turkeys for Christmas at a French farm while the farmer's wife watches, December 1917.
Production Details: Department of Information (Production sponsor)
War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Winchester, Mayor of (person)
Women's Land Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)
British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: recruitment, British civilian: Women's Land Army (object name)
supplies, British, movement [RA] - food (object name)
supplies, British, movement [RA] - food (object name)
transport, United States military - car: Ford & [British] (object name)
agriculture, French - animal (object name)
society, British military - friendship (object name)
society, French - friendship (object name)
animals, birds: turkey (object name)
celebrations, British - popular: Christmas (object name)
31/3(41) (event)
01/3(569) (event)
01/3(569).6 (event)
31/3(44) (event)
Winchester,Hants,UK (geography)
Palestine (geography)
Palestine (geography)
France (geography)
desert (concept)
desert (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: None
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 217 ft; Running time: 4 mins
