WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 359-2 (French version, fragment 1) [Main]


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  • Other title(s): PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 359-2 (French version, fragment 1) [alternative]
  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 4 mins
  • Description: The horse-drawn hearse leads a crowd of mourners, mostly civilian. The coffin is taken into the church grounds for burial.Robey, wearing the uniform of an Army lieutenant, acts as auctioneer for a shipment of US cotton, the proceeds going to Red Cross work in France.The ceremony takes place in the rear courtyard of the palace. Mugford, of the Machine Gun Corps, is in civilian clothes and in a wheelchair, having had both legs broken while winning his VC. He is shown in close-up.The Zouaves, led by a British Army band, march through the streets. The Zouave band plays outside Buckingham Palace and mounts guard. They continue their march through the streets as the crowd watches.
    I. French language version of a newsreel item on the funeral of Lord Rhondda at Llanwern in Wales, July 1918.II. French language version of a newsreel item on George Robey raising money for the Red Cross in Liverpool, July 1918.III. French language version of a newsreel item on King George V investing Lance-Corporal Harold Mugford with the VC at Buckingham Palace, July 1918.IV. French language version of a newsreel item on a visit by a French Zouave band to London, July 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Rhondda (Lord) / Robey, George / George V, King / Mugford, Harold Sandford / British Army / British Army, Machine Gun Corps / British Army, band / French Army, [zouaves] & [band] / casualties, British graves - formal / ceremonies, British - event-related: funeral (Lord Rhondda) / transport, British civilian - animal special: hearse / society, British - charity / supplies, United States, storage [RA] - misc / ceremonies, British - state: investiture / buildings, British - institutional: Buckingham Palace / delegations, French international - goodwill / recreation, French military - music / society, French military - friendship / society, British military - friendship / buildings, British - institutional: Buckingham Palace / 31/3(41) / 31/3(41) / 31/3(41) / 31/3(41) / GB, Wales & Llanwern, Mon / Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK / GB, England & London, SW / GB, England & London, SW
  • 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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