WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 363-1 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 363-1 (French version, fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 679a
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 363-1 (French version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. French language version of a newsreel item on King George V opening Australia House, London, 3rd August 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel item on King George V visiting USS New York in the Firth of Forth, July 1918. III. French language version of a newsreel item on religious services in London on the "Day of Remembrance", the fourth anniversary of Britain's entry into the First World War, 4th August 1918.
  • Description: Australia House is at the east end of the Strand. Australian soldiers march to the building. King George arrives in his carriage with Queen Mary. A view of the facade of the building with the King and Queen looking out from a balcony. The King inspects the guard of Australians. The King and Admiral Sir David Beatty come up the gangplank onto the New York and salute. Rear-Admiral Rodman greets them. The ship's marines come to the salute. A portrait shot of Rodman. The service at Saint Margaret's, Westminster. King George V and Queen Mary arrive in an open landau. The church has an awning and red carpet outside. They are greeted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and enter the church. With them are the Duke of Connaught, Princess Maud and Princess Victoria. A crowd watches from behind barriers, with newsreel cameramen among them. The members of the Lords and Commons also parade into the church, led by the parliamentary officials in full robes. Lloyd George leads in the cabinet with Balfour next to him. On the same day members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps are seen filing up the steps of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields for a similar service. Also on the same day, the Bishop of London leads an assembly of clergy in the dedication of a memorial to the war dead in Hyde Park.
  • Alternative Title: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 363-1 (French version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 679a
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-08-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: George V, King (person) Mary, Queen (person) George V, King (person) Beatty, David Richard (person) Rodman, H (person) George V, King (person) Mary, Queen (person) Connaught [George] (HRH Duke of) (person) Davidson, Randall Thomas (person) Canterbury, Archbishop of (person) Maud, Princess (Countess of Southesk) (person) Victoria, Princess (person) Winnington-Ingram, A (person) London, Bishop of (person) Lloyd George, David (person) Balfour, Arthur James (person) Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, infantry (regiment/service) British Army, Australian Imperial Force, infantry (regiment/service) United States Navy, NEW YORK (USS), battleship (1912) (regiment/service) British Army, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (regiment/service) Church of England (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, British Imperial - state (object name) ceremonies, British - state: opening (Australia House) (object name) buildings, Australian - institutional (object name) ships, United States naval - battleship: New York (object name) delegations, British international - state (object name) ceremonies, British - state: Remembrance Day Service (1918) (object name) religion, Christianity - ceremonial, British (object name) buildings, British - religious: church (object name) journalism and record, British - cameraman (object name) 31/3(41) (event) 12/3(261.2).8 (event) 31/3(41) (event) GB, England & London, WC <Australia House & Strand> (geography) GB, Scotland & Firth of Forth (geography) GB, England & London, SW <Saint Margaret's Church> (geography) GB, England & London, W <Hyde Park> (geography) GB, England & London, WC <Saint Martin-in-the-Fields Church> (geography) GB, England & London, WC <Trafalgar Square> (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: 266 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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