THE MESSAGE [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE MESSAGE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3579
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  • Summary: Short drama encouraging the purchase of War Bonds.
  • Description: The story features a supposed love triangle. A woman is confronted by her husband over a letter which she has received; he believes it is a love letter. He tries to shoot her, but she manages to club him into unconsciousness. She then sends the message to her alleged suitor, using his dog as a go between. The suitor, in his house with another man (his father ?) receives the message and opens it: it reads "At once - At Once! From the nearest Post Office, buy National War Bonds now!" The couple, and the dog, are united.
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Hepworth Manufacturing Company (Production company) Edwards, Henry1882-09-181952-11-02 (Production individual) Edwards, Henry1882-09-181952-11-02 (Production individual) White, Chrissie (Production individual) Bramble, Albert Victor18801963 (Production individual) MacAndrews, John (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 150 ft (ca); Running time: 2 mins (ca)
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: sponsored by the original Ministry of Information, a short lived body founded towards the end of the First World War (initially as the Department of Information). Remarks: packs a lot of plot into its 75-second running time, including an unexpected scene of (presumably fatal) violence.
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