WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 341-1 (Spanish version, fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 341-1 (Spanish version, fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 681c
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 341-1 (Spanish version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the opening of the "Tank Bank" for war savings in Trafalgar Square, London, March 1918. II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on King George V visiting an exhibition of British official war photographs at the Grafton Galleries, London, 3rd March 1918. III. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss decorating sailors of the Dover Patrol, at Dover, March 1918. IV. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on Mrs Margaret Lloyd George helping with Saint David's Day collections for Welsh charities, London, 1st March 1918. V. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the extension of the British line southward on the Western Front, February 1918.
  • Description: The Lord Mayor opens the "Bank", which consists of the shell of a Mark IV Tank turned into a bank to sell War Bonds (no good shot of the tank). Sir Eric Geddes, the First Lord of the Admiralty, queues with some naval officers to buy his own bonds, as part of the crowd. The various carriages and cars are shown arriving outside the galleries, but the exhibition itself is never shown. The King leaves his carriage followed by Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary. Queen Alexandra arrives by a second carriage with Princess Victoria. The sailors march along the waterfront into position on a wet and rainy day. Wemyss arrives with his staff officers, but neither he nor the investiture is clearly seen as he passes rapidly down the ranks. Mrs Lloyd George stands between two women in Welsh national costume, one holding a Welsh Dragon flag, the other a poster for the "Saint Nicholas Home For Raid-Shock Children". The rest of the group includes some children in Welsh costume. Mrs Lloyd George drives off in a car covered with daffodils. She arrives to join another group collecting for the "London Welsh Flag Day". The collectors, in Welsh national costume, are shown grouped together. Men of French First Army march with their wagons down a road in the wet. British soldiers of Fifth Army come down the other way with their field cookers. The soldiers of the two armies halt and fraternise, exchanging cigarettes and talking.
  • Alternative Title: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 341-1 (Spanish version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 681c
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-03-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Geddes, Eric Campbell (person) Marshall, Horace (person) London, Lord Mayor of (person) George V, King (person) Mary, Queen (person) Mary, Princess (Princess Royal) (person) Edward, Prince (Duke of Windsor) (person) Alexandra, Queen (person) Victoria, Princess (person) Wemyss, Rosslyn Erskine (person) Lloyd George, Margaret (person) Royal Navy, Admiralty (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Dover Patrol (regiment/service) Saint Nicholas Home For Raid Shock Children (regiment/service) British Army, Army 5 (regiment/service) French Army, Army 1 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - practical (object name) delegations, British national - state (object name) arts, British - fine arts: photography (object name) propaganda, British - inspirational (object name) journalism and record, British - photographer (object name) society, British - ethnic: Wales (object name) society, British - charity (object name) celebrations, British - event-related: Saint David's Day (object name) operations, British military - movement: march (object name) operations, French military - movement: march (object name) transport, British military - animal special: field kitchen (object name) society, British military - friendship (object name) society, French military - friendship (object name) society, British military - sustenance (object name) society, French military - sustenance (object name) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 31/3(41) (event) 01/3(4-15).8 (event) GB, England & London, WC <Trafalgar Square> (geography) GB, England & London, WC (?) <Grafton Galleries> (geography) GB, England & Dover, Kent <harbour> (geography) London, England, UK (geography) Somme, France (geography) rain (concept) (concept) rain (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: Spanish
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 350 ft; Running time: 6 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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