WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 334-1 (long fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 334-1 (long fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 662b
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: I. Newsreel item on a procession of the Knights of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem through the streets of London (?), January 1918. II. Newsreel item on horsebreaking in Palestine, December 1917.
  • Description: The procession includes acolytes, banners, and the knights themselves wearing cloaks marked with the cross of their order. A difficult horse has been fitted with a complicated harness attached to a post, which makes it difficult for him to buck or roll, or do much else but go in circles. The horsebreakers appear to be British or possibly Australian troops.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-01-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Department of Information (Production sponsor) War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (regiment/service) British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) British Army, Australian Imperial Force, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - display (object name) training, British military - specialist: equestrian (object name) animals, mammals: horse (object name) 31/3(41) (event) 01/3(569).6 (event) GB, England & London (?) (geography) Palestine (geography)
  • 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: 107 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a for production details Summary: note that another copy of the second story only is held as IWM 658b, and that a version of both stories with Spanish titles is IWM 697c Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 662a, the can is marked as IWM 662
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    IWM 662b

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