WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 366-1 (French version, fragment) [Main]


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  • Altri titoli: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 366-1 (French version, fragment) [alternative]
  • Anno: 1918
  • Durata: 2 mins
  • Descrizione: Princess Patricia is presented with a bouquet by a small girl. With the princess is the Duke of Connaught, a clergyman, and various officials. She 'christens' the aircraft, a Sopwith Camel which has the name "The Osterley M.T.T.D. No. 1" written below the cockpit. The pilot gets in and the plane takes off.Currie, the Canadian Corps commander, leads the journalists, all wearing shrapnel helmets and carrying gasmasks, up to the ridge, where they sit while he tells them about the battle.The village shows some shell damage. The troops wander through in twos and threes looking for items of interest. Two men look at a dead cat. A dead horse is in the road.
    I. French language version of a newsreel item on the presentation of a gift aeroplane to the nation, Hyde Park, London, August 1918.II. French language version of a newsreel item on General Sir Arthur Currie showing Canadian journalists over the old Vimy Ridge battlefield, July 1918.III. French language version of a newsreel item on British soldiers in a recently captured French village, probably Somme area, Western Front, August 1918.
  • Parole chiave: EFG1914 / World War I / Ramsay, Patricia / Connaught [George] (HRH Duke of) / Currie, Arthur William / British Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force / Canadian Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force / British Army / ceremonies, British - display / aircraft, British - combat: Sopwith Camel / delegations, Canadian Imperial - goodwill / journalism and record, Canadian - press / destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment / animals, mammals: cat & [casualties] / animals, mammals: horse & [casualties] / 31/3(41) / 01/3(4-15).8 / 01/3(4-15).9 / GB, England & London, W / Vimy Ridge, Pas-de-Calais, France / Somme, France
  • Fonte esterna: Imperial War Museums
  • Diritti: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Casa di produzione: Topical Film Company
  • Colori: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Language: fr

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