WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 357-2 (French version, fragment) [Main]


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  • Other title(s): PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 357-2 (French version, fragment) [alternative]
  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 4 mins
  • Description: The children have had their school desks set out in the playground. A teacher chalks on a blackboard a "letter" for them to copy out to Mr Hoover, while he watches. The children cheer the US flag and the Union Jack.Kerensky, in civilian clothes, poses for the cameras outside a house. According to the captions he declares that "the Russian people will never recognise the treaty of Brest-Litovsk".An out-of-doors crêche at a maternity hospital in London, showing mothers and babies. Indoors a baby is weighed by a nurse. Mothers hold twin babies. A regimental sergeant-major in the Scots Guards visits his wife lying in bed with their new-born baby.Queen Mary is with the King, escorted by the headmaster. The cadets march past the royal party, after which the staff is introduced to the King.
    I. French language version of a newsreel item on Herbert Hoover, US Food Controller, meeting British children in London, June 1918.II. French language version of a newsreel item on A F Kerensky in London, June 1918.III. French language version of a newsreel item on Baby Welfare Week in London, June 1918.IV. French language version of a newsreel item on a review of officer cadets at Bedford School by King George V, June 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Hoover, Herbert C / Kerensky, Alexander Fyodorovich / George V, King / Mary, Queen / British Army, Scots Guards / British Army, cadets / Bedford School / delegations, United States international - goodwill / society, British - friendship / society, United States - friendship / medical, British civilian - institutional / society, British - hygiene / delegations, British national - state / buildings, British - institutional: school / 31/3(41) / 31/3(41) / 31/3(41) / 31/3(41) / London, England, UK / GB, England / London, England, UK / GB, England & Bedford, Beds / Children / Children and war / children & [+] / Children / Children and war
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Language: fr

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