WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 341-1 (Spanish version, fragment) [Main Title]

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I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the opening of the "Tank Bank" for war savings in Trafalgar Square, London, March 1918.

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II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on King George V visiting an exhibition of British official war photographs at the Grafton Galleries, London, 3rd March 1918.

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III. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss decorating sailors of the Dover Patrol, at Dover, March 1918.

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IV. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on Mrs Margaret Lloyd George helping with Saint David's Day collections for Welsh charities, London, 1st March 1918.

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V. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the extension of the British line southward on the Western Front, February 1918.

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The Lord Mayor opens the "Bank", which consists of the shell of a Mark IV Tank turned into a bank to sell War Bonds (no good shot of the tank). Sir Eric Geddes, the First Lord of the Admiralty, queues with some naval officers to buy his own bonds, as part of the crowd.

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The various carriages and cars are shown arriving outside the galleries, but the exhibition itself is never shown. The King leaves his carriage followed by Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary. Queen Alexandra arrives by a second carriage with Princess Victoria.

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The sailors march along the waterfront into position on a wet and rainy day. Wemyss arrives with his staff officers, but neither he nor the investiture is clearly seen as he passes rapidly down the ranks.

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Mrs Lloyd George stands between two women in Welsh national costume, one holding a Welsh Dragon flag, the other a poster for the "Saint Nicholas Home For Raid-Shock Children". The rest of the group includes some children in Welsh costume. Mrs Lloyd George drives off in a car covered with daffodils. She arrives to join another group collecting for the "London Welsh Flag Day". The collectors, in Welsh national costume, are shown grouped together.

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Men of French First Army march with their wagons down a road in the wet. British soldiers of Fifth Army come down the other way with their field cookers. The soldiers of the two armies halt and fraternise, exchanging cigarettes and talking.

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Category: Film
Related period: First World War (production), First World War (content)
Creator: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Production date: 1918-03-06
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 1
Catalogue number: IWM 681c

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