WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 356-1 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 356-1 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 660a
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 356-1 (French version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. French language version of a newsreel item on Bristol Fighter aircraft in France being bombed up before take-off, May 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel item on Queen Alexandra decorating soldiers on the steps of Dollis Hill Hospital, London, June 1918. III. French language version of a newsreel item of Imperial and Japanese delegates to the Imperial Conference posed in a massed group outside the Palace of Westminster, London, June 1918. IV. French language version of a newsreel item on the arrival of W T Hughes, the Australian Prime Minister, in London, June 1918.
  • Description: Mr Hughes's train arrives at Paddington Station and he gets out, shaking hands with an honour guard of Australian troops. He meets and poses with Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-06-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Alexandra, Queen (person) Hughes, William T (person) Pankhurst, Emmeline (person) Pankhurst, Christabel (person) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British air - preparation (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Bristol F2B Fighter (object name) weapons, British air - bomb (object name) ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture (object name) medical, British military - hospital (object name) buildings, British - institutional: hospital (object name) politics, British - institutional: Imperial War Cabinet (object name) delegations, British Imperial - political (object name) delegations, Japanese international - political (object name) transport, British civilian - rail (object name) buildings, British - commercial: railway station (object name) 01/3(4-15).8 (event) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) France (geography) GB, England & London, NW <Dollis Hill Hospital> (geography) GB, England & London, SW <Houses of Parliament> (geography) GB, England & London, W <Paddington Station> (geography) camera (concept)
  • 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: 199 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a for production details Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 660b, the can is marked as IWM 660
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 660a

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