TOPICAL BUDGET 194-1 (fragment) [Main]

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Year: 1915
Runtime: 2 mins
Description: The Cromwell, a boarding house in London Road, has been hit by a bomb. Firemen work to put out the various fires. The burnt-out firebombs are displayed in a heap by a policeman. A charred dead dog is held up for the camera. A man holds his (apparently unharmed) baby daughter up for the camera also.
Newsreel item on the damage done to Southend and Westcliff by the Zeppelin raid of May 10, 1915.
Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Fire Brigade / Police Force / buildings, British - commercial: hotel & [damaged] / destruction, British military - area: air raid / animals, mammals: dog & [casualties] / weapons, German air - bomb: incendiary / 31/3(41) / Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK / GB, England & Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex / Children / Children and war
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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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