WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 370-1 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 370-1 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 652a
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 370-1 (French version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. French language version of a newsreel item on a "Win The War Day" parade in central Birmingham, 21st September 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel item on British forces in Palestine, March-May 1918. III. French language version of a newsreel item on a band of the Italian Carabinieri visiting London, September 1918.
  • Description: The parade waits to move off from Chamberlain Square. It includes a US Army colour party with one man dressed as 'Uncle Sam'. A banner proclaiming "Win The War Day" is draped over the Town Hall. The parade as it starts includes sailors, a single Boy Scout, a Mark V Male Tank, an Army contingent, a French Army contingent, and four "Old Contemptibles" from the BEF of 1914. These are followed by more sailors and by munitions workers of the area, including women. Tractors carry the guns made in the area (an Australian soldier watching blocks the camera for a moment), a 9.2-inch howitzer is pulled by a traction engine and a 6-inch 26cwt howitzer of Coventry Ordnance Ltd is carried by a Maudslay lorry. The captions suggest that the film shows the destruction of the Turkish forces in September. The first scene is of British soldiers detraining from cattle trucks at Ludd station on 5th May. 2nd Battalion, the London Scottish enters Es Salt in April. Another British battalion on its way to Es Salt. British troops escort Turkish prisoners of war out of Es Salt. A portrait shot of General Sir Edmund Allenby, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. A British Army band leads the Italians, who are not playing their instruments, through the streets crowded with cheering civilians.
  • Alternative Title: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 370-1 (French version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 652a
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-09-21
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Birmingham, Mayor of (person) Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman (person) Coventry Ordnance (regiment/service) British Army (regiment/service) Royal Navy (regiment/service) Boy Scouts (regiment/service) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Div 60, Bde 179 (regiment/service) British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, London Regiment, Bn 2/14 (regiment/service) British Army, band (regiment/service) Royal Italian Army & Carabinieri & [band] (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - display: parade (object name) equipment, British - personal: bagpipes (object name) buildings, British - institutional: town hall (object name) armour, British - tank: Tank Mark V Male (object name) weapons, British - gun: 9.2-inch howitzer (object name) weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer (object name) transport, British civilian - prime mover (object name) transport, British civilian - truck: Maudslay 3-ton lorry (object name) transport, British military - rail (object name) operations, British military - movement: march (object name) prisoners of war, Turkish - movement (object name) delegations, Italian international - goodwill (object name) society, British - friendship (object name) society, Italian military - friendship (object name) 31/3(41) (event) 01/3(569).6 (event) 31/3(41) (event) GB, England & Birmingham, Warks <Chamberlain Square & Town Hall> (geography) Palestine & Ludd (geography) Palestine & Es Salt (geography) London, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: French
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 299 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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