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Topical Budget 260-2.

Published
[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1916.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (3 minutes, 48 seconds)) : silent, black and white
Additional Creators
AM (Publisher) and Topical Film Co.
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I. '1ST LONDON DIVISION SPORTS. Bomb throwing competition and Military Obstacle Race.' Men stand in a short length of mock trench and throw 'bombs' - officers and others look on. Camera in front of trench records men running in, throwing their grenades and then going over the top - the trench is sufficiently deep that the men first lay their rifles on the lip of the trench, climb out, then retrieve their weapons. The men advance through (unbarbed) wire entanglements. Camera to the rear as men fire from their trench before advancing - some have difficulty climbing out. II. 'BIVOUAC ALARM. The London Division Cyclists turn out in 1 min 58 secs.' Men emerge from bivouacs and fall in. They stand in position and march off. III. 'CANADIAN COLOURS. The colours of the 99th. Canadian Battalion (Windsor Ontario) are deposited in Windsor Parish Church for safe keeping during the war.' The parade is fimed from a high angle; a marching band come in view, followed by soldiers carrying flags and rifles, spectators arewatching from both sides of the street. The soldiers enter the church gates and make their way inside the church. IV. 'KEMPTON PARK JUBILEE. The Jubilee Stakes meeting held by the Machanical (sic) Transport Section of the A.S.C. Each mount carried top-weight.' MS of two soldiers at score board. Soldiers place bets. Men of police and forces race donkeys past camera - a man dressed as a huntsman is first home. V. 'AMERICAN MUNITION FACTORY DISASTER. A terrific explosion causes enormous damage at a New York munition works, setting fire to many ships in the harbour.' LS of fire in waterfront building - firemen with hoses in foreground. Pan right to left over fire-fighting vessels - in the foreground are the Slatington, then a vessel from New York Central Lines - hoses spray water onto still smouldering barges.
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Issue number: 260-2.
Series: Topical Budget.
With intertitles.
Reproduction Note
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2023. Digitized from a copy held by the Imperial War Museums.
Original Version
Original physical format: 35mm.
Location of Originals
Imperial War Museums
Copyright Note
© Imperial War Museums
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