Title:WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 359-2 (French version, fragment 1) [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 666b
Other titles:PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 359-2 (French version, fragment 1) [Alternative Title]
Summary: I. French language version of a newsreel item on the funeral of Lord Rhondda at Llanwern in Wales, July 1918.
II. French language version of a newsreel item on George Robey raising money for the Red Cross in Liverpool, July 1918.
III. French language version of a newsreel item on King George V investing Lance-Corporal Harold Mugford with the VC at Buckingham Palace, July 1918.
IV. French language version of a newsreel item on a visit by a French Zouave band to London, July 1918.
Description: The horse-drawn hearse leads a crowd of mourners, mostly civilian. The coffin is taken into the church grounds for burial.
Robey, wearing the uniform of an Army lieutenant, acts as auctioneer for a shipment of US cotton, the proceeds going to Red Cross work in France.
The ceremony takes place in the rear courtyard of the palace. Mugford, of the Machine Gun Corps, is in civilian clothes and in a wheelchair, having had both legs broken while winning his VC. He is shown in close-up.
The Zouaves, led by a British Army band, march through the streets. The Zouave band plays outside Buckingham Palace and mounts guard. They continue their march through the streets as the crowd watches.
Alternative Title:PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 359-2 (French version, fragment 1) [Alternative Title]
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Compagnie Generale de Cinematographie de Geneve (Distributor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Rhondda (Lord) (person)
Robey, George (person)
George V, King (person)
Mugford, Harold Sandford (person)
British Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Machine Gun Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, band (regiment/service)
French Army, [zouaves] & [band] (regiment/service)
Keywords: casualties, British graves - formal (object name)
ceremonies, British - event-related: funeral (Lord Rhondda) (object name)
transport, British civilian - animal special: hearse (object name)
society, British - charity (object name)
supplies, United States, storage [RA] - misc (object name)
ceremonies, British - state: investiture (object name)
buildings, British - institutional: Buckingham Palace (object name)
delegations, French international - goodwill (object name)
recreation, French military - music (object name)
society, French military - friendship (object name)
society, British military - friendship (object name)
buildings, British - institutional: Buckingham Palace (object name)
31/3(41) (event)
31/3(41) (event)
31/3(41) (event)
31/3(41) (event)
GB, Wales & Llanwern, Mon (geography)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK (geography)
GB, England & London, SW <Buckingham Palace> (geography)
GB, England & London, SW <Buckingham Palace> (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: 232 ft; Running time: 4 mins