WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 357-2 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 357-2 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 668b
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 357-2 (French version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. French language version of a newsreel item on Herbert Hoover, US Food Controller, meeting British children in London, June 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel item on A F Kerensky in London, June 1918. III. French language version of a newsreel item on Baby Welfare Week in London, June 1918. IV. French language version of a newsreel item on a review of officer cadets at Bedford School by King George V, June 1918.
  • Description: The children have had their school desks set out in the playground. A teacher chalks on a blackboard a "letter" for them to copy out to Mr Hoover, while he watches. The children cheer the US flag and the Union Jack. Kerensky, in civilian clothes, poses for the cameras outside a house. According to the captions he declares that "the Russian people will never recognise the treaty of Brest-Litovsk". An out-of-doors crêche at a maternity hospital in London, showing mothers and babies. Indoors a baby is weighed by a nurse. Mothers hold twin babies. A regimental sergeant-major in the Scots Guards visits his wife lying in bed with their new-born baby. Queen Mary is with the King, escorted by the headmaster. The cadets march past the royal party, after which the staff is introduced to the King.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-06-27
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Hoover, Herbert C (person) Kerensky, Alexander Fyodorovich (person) George V, King (person) Mary, Queen (person) British Army, Scots Guards (regiment/service) British Army, cadets (regiment/service) Bedford School (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, United States international - goodwill (object name) society, British - friendship (object name) society, United States - friendship (object name) medical, British civilian - institutional (object name) society, British - hygiene (object name) delegations, British national - state (object name) buildings, British - institutional: school (object name) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) London, England, UK (geography) GB, England (geography) London, England, UK (geography) GB, England & Bedford, Beds <Bedford School> (geography) Children (concept) children & [+] (concept) Children (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: 205 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 668a, IWM 668c and IWM 668d, the can is marked as IWM 668
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 668b

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