TOPICAL BUDGET 262-1 [Main]


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  • Jahr: 1916
  • Dauer: 3 mins
  • Beschreibung: I. 'FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS. The Football match at the Naval and Military Carnival, promoted by the 1st. Batt. City of London Regiment'. A game of football before a stadium crowd. The goal - near which the camera is situated - is merely a frame, without the conventional netting.II. 'WAR ON FOOD PIRATES. A huge demonstration marching through Trafalgar Square. "The Government must confiscate the food supplies" - Mr Ben Tillett'. HA onto procession of marchers - a banner reads 'NATIONAL UNION OF RAILWAYMEN. - HANDS OFF THE PEOPLES' FOOD - DOWN WITH THE EXPLOITERS OR UP WITH WAGES'. Another less forthrightly Socialist slogan is 'FEED THY LAMBS', and there are a series of banners representing trade union branches - Somers Town, Saint Pancras, etc.III. 'RUMANIA DECLARES WAR. Rumania declares herself on the side of Civilisation and the Entente Powers. Men and Artillery of the Rumanian Army who have been in strict training since the outbreak of the European War'. LS as teams of six horses drawing Maxim machine guns gallop left to right across open ground. MS as the machine gun chariot is separated from its ammunition limber and deployed. In a town square a detachment of troops stack arms and remove their kit after a march. Despite much enthusiasm some of the drill seems rather odd - having stacked their kit in front of them one rank of soldiers steps back, whereupon the second rank turns and jumps over the kit to join their comrades.IV. 'BRIGADE SPORTS. A novel competition - the Crawling Race, which created great amusement. Maj-General Miles, presenting the prizes'. Two men sit astride a horizontal beam battering each other with pillows - no result is immediately apparent. Men crawl on all-fours, weaving in and out of lines of flags to return to their start line - even allowing for unnatural camera speeds, some of the participants are clearly accomplished crawlers. Major-General Miles presents prizes.
    I. A game of football.II. Trade Union demonstration against high food prices.III. Rumania declares war.IV. Brigade sports.
  • Schlüsselwörter: EFG1914 / World War I / Tillett, Benjamin / Miles (Major-General) / British Army, London Regiment, 1st Battalion / National Union of Railwaymen / Dockers' Union / Romanian Army / recreation, British military - sport: football / politics, British - alternative: demonstration over food prices / operations, Rumanian military - routine / recreation, British military - sport: crawling race / recreation, British military - sport: football / recreation, British military - sport: sports day / London, England, UK / Rumania (?)
  • Anbieter: Imperial War Museums
  • Rechte: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Produktionsfirma: Topical Film Company
  • Farbe: Black & White
  • Ton: Without sound

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