PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 345-2 [Main]


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  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 3 mins
  • Description: I. 'GOVERNMENT'S ITINERANT WAR CINEMA. Lord Beaverbrook inspects fleet of Cine-Motors which will depict war truths in the villages.' MS over the lowered side of a truck to the rear compartment where a corporal prepares one of two projectors - pan left to show more lorries parked in the background. MS of Beaverbrook as he inspects the rank of 'Cine-Motors'. The lorries drive off - they are numbered 1-10 and each bears the legend 'Ministry of Information Cine-Motor' - a small crowd looks on.II. 'AMERICAN TROOPS AND FRENCH CONSCRIPTS. Touching tribute to heroic slain near the front.' A column of US troops precedes a group of Frenchmen through a village. More Americans follow behind.III. '"PLAYING FIELDS OF ENGLAND." Princess Alice sees strenuous sports tests at Bradfield College.' Chauffeur-driven car enters the school gates. Princess Alice talks with a companion. Sequence showing the steeplechase - jumping obstacles, fording the River Pang and climbing the weir. An audience of college and local children look on.IV. 'NO RESPITE FOR THE HUNS. British artillery moving off to action.' A limbered battery of 18-pounder guns stands bunched up in a field waiting to move out across bridge over drainage ditch. 'Firing from a village.' A 6-inch howitzer standing in a farmyard is reloaded after firing - an 18-pounder battery passes by. The howitzer fires - a party of waiting soldiers run across the line of fire as the gun is reloaded.
    I. Lord Beaverbrook inspects ten 'Cine Motor-Cars'.II. American troops and French conscripts march through a French village.III. Princess Alice attends Bradfield College sports, the main feature of which is a steeplechase.IV. Stock shots of British artillery on the move and in action.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Aitken, William Maxwell, 1st Baron Beaverbrook / Alice, Princess (Countess of Athlone) / Ministry of Information / French Army, [conscripts] / United States Army / World War, 1914-1918 -- United States / Bradfield College / British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Field Artillery / propaganda, British - inspirational / recreation, British civilian - cinema / transport, British - truck, special: Cine-Motor projection lorry / operations, French military - movement: march / operations, United States military - movement: march / recruitment, French military / recreation, British civilian - sport: sports day, Bradfield College / recreation, British civilian - sport: steeplechase / combat, British - artillery bombardment / weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun / weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer / GB, England & London, SW / Bradfield, Barkshire, England, UK
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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