WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 349-1 (fragment) [Main]


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  • Other title(s): PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 349-1 (fragment) [alternative]
  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 5 mins
  • Description: A congregation including Robertson and the trainees comes out of King's College Chapel after a service. Robertson watches a drill demonstration on the backs at King's by the trainees, and presents decorations to some of the New Zealand trainees.The floats of the procession pass through the watching crowds of the town centre. One float is a tableau of "Peace" and one is a "Tank Bank" for the purchase of War Savings Certificates.
    I. Newsreel item on General Sir William Robertson inspecting Australian and New Zealand officer trainees in Cambridge, April 1918.II. Newsreel item on the Earl of Scarborough inspecting the reserve battalion of the London Scottish on parade in London, April 1918.III. Newsreel item on a munitions workers' fête at Saint Helens, April 1918.IV. Newsreel item on Lord Crewe, in Army uniform, presenting OBEs to civilians in Green Park, London, April 1918.V. Newsreel item on "Ypres today" showing the remains of the Cloth Hall and the water tower, with British troops holding a scrape trench nearby, Western Front, March-April 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Robertson, William Robert / Scarborough, Aldred (?th Earl) / Crewe, Robert (Marquess) / British Army, Australian Imperial Force, cadets / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, cadets / British Army, New Zealand Division, cadets / New Zealand Military Forces, New Zealand Div & [cadets] / Cambridge University / British Army, London Regiment, Bn 14 / British Army / delegations, British imperial - military / buildings, British - historic / buildings, British - religious: chapel / training, Australian military / training, New Zealand military / ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture / ceremonies, New Zealand - event-related: investiture / delegations, British national - military / celebrations, British - popular: fete / ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture (OBE) / destruction, Belgian military - area: artillery bombardment / buildings, Belgian - historic: Cloth Hall, Ypres & [wrecked] / 31/3(41) / 31/3(41) / 31/3(41) / 31/3(41) / 01/3(4-15).8 / GB, England & Cambridge, Cambs / London, England, UK / Saint Helens, Lancashire, England, UK / GB, England & London, SW / Cloth Hall, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
  • 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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