WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 359-1 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]
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- Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 359-1 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]
- Film Number: IWM 666a
- Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 359-1 (French version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
- Summary: I. French language version of a newsreel item on Sinn Fein members marching through a town in Ireland, June 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel item on a meeting of the Anglo-Saxon Fellowship in London, July 1918. III. French language version of a newsreel item on King George V and King Albert of Belgium reviewing the guard at Buckingham Palace, 2pm, 6th July 1918. IV. French language version of a newsreel item on a light railway transporting shells, Western Front, May 1918.
- Description: The men are in civilian clothes but march in formation and carry staves or other weapons. The captions say that these "misguided" men should be fighting for the British in the war for civilisation, and that Sinn Fein should be suppressed. Members of the Fellowship march to their meeting hall. Some US Army officers arrive at the meeting. Also seen arriving is Winston Churchill. According to the captions Churchill's motion that "Germany must be defeated" was passed unanimously. The two kings watch as a reserve battalion of the Scots Guards parades. The King of Belgium wears his uniform as Colonel of the British 5th Dragoon Guards. Also present are Queen Mary, Princess Mary, Prince Henry, Prince George, and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium with her son the Count of Flanders. A light train carrying shells, with troops riding on top, moves forward. A shell dump of 9.2-inch shells is shown; a soldier holds up a notice for the camera, "one day's rations for one gun".
- Alternative Title: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 359-1 (French version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
- Colour: B&W
- Digitised: Yes
- Object_Number: IWM 666a
- Sound: Silent
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
- Featured Period: 1914-1918
- Production Date: 1918-07-08
- Production Country: GB
- Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person) George V, King (person) Albert I, King of Belgium (person) Mary, Queen (person) Henry, Prince (Duke of Gloucester) (person) George VI, King (person) Mary, Princess (Princess Royal) (person) Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium (person) Charles, Prince of Belgium (person) Irish Republican Army (regiment/service) Sinn Fein (regiment/service) Anglo-Saxon Fellowship (regiment/service) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) British Army, Scots Guards (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery (regiment/service)
- Keywords: politics, Irish - alternative (object name) propaganda, British - inflammatory (object name) society, British - friendship (object name) society, United States - friendship (object name) society, United States military - friendship (object name) internationalism, private, British (object name) propaganda, British - inspirational (object name) delegations, Belgian international - state (object name) ceremonies, British - state (object name) buildings, British - institutional: Buckingham Palace (object name) transport, British military - rail: narrow gauge train (object name) supplies, British, storage [FA] - munitions: [+] (object name) 31/3(415) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 01/3(4-15).8 (event) GB, Ireland (geography) London, England, UK (geography) GB, England & London, SW <Buckingham Palace> (geography) France (geography) Belgium (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: 201 ft; Running time: 4 mins
- HD Media:Yes
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