WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 356-2 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 356-2 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 660b
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 356-2 (French version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. French language version of a newsreel item on the Duke of Connaught reviewing US troops, probably in Hampshire, June 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel item on a "Festival of Flowers" in London, June 1918. III. French language version of a newsreel item on a Red Cross sports meeting not far from London, June 1918.
  • Description: I. The soldiers are drawn up on parade. Connaught walks past them, talking to some of them. Of the British officers (presumably training staff) escorting him round, one has lost an arm and another walks on crutches. The US contingent marches past. II. The Duke and Duchess of Portland talk together at the festival, which is a form of garden party. Lord Charles Beresford is also present. The occasion is clearly dignified and civilised. III. Some of the nurses take part in a race. Convalescent soldiers join in a potato race. There is also a water-joust, a pillow fight over water, and a sprint.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-06-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Connaught [George] (HRH Duke of) (person) Portland, 6th Duke of (person) Portland (Duchess) (person) Beresford, Charles William de la Poer (person) British Army (regiment/service) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) British Army (regiment/service) British Red Cross (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, British international - military (object name) recreation, British civilian - sport: athletics (object name) recreation, British military - sport: athletics (object name) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK (geography) London, England, UK (geography) London, England, UK (geography) Class (concept) half-light (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: 103 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a for production details Summary: note that English language versions of two further stories from this issue are held as IWM 1061-05f and 05i Summary: original tentative identification of location in Item I as Salisbury Plain replaced by Hampshire, where there were American depots (none in Wiltshire). (Information in letter from Terry S Crawford, 7/6/2001.) Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 660a, the can is marked as IWM 660 Remarks (item II): given that this was the fourth year of the war, the setting and opulence of the "Festival of Flowers" seem rather distasteful
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