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Combination reel of several First World War British Pathe Gazette newsreel stories.
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1. "Rugby Match". Awards ceremony wth silver cups on a Union Jack table. Military parade with Slouch hats. Australian rugby teams pose for photographs: one team has kangaroos on their shirts, the other has the continent of Australia. Rugby game is at Queen's Club in West London, and includes a coin toss. (0-114 ft)
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2. "The Watch in the Sky". Night Flight of Allies' Newest Airship over Paris 1916". (114-166 ft)
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3. "Sir C.C. Wakefield - the retiring Lord Mayor - closes a busy year of office in reviewing City of London V.T.C. - 1916". Military march outside of the Bank of England. Buses are visible, including #25. There is a nice view of streetlights. (166-214 ft)
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4. "London Irish at play - unique events at sports meeting centipede race". Also shows a potato-sack race. (214-291 ft)
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5. "Lord Mayor's show - wounded soldiers see it at invitation of the law courts - captured German guns & a Fokker - The Colonial Contingent - The new Lord Mayor arrives in state at law courts - 1916". (291-351 ft)
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6. "The Last Honours - firemen of the London Fire Brigade pay last respects to Supt. Mills - London's oldest fireman - 1916". Firemen in dress uniform standing at attention on the side of the road as a horse-drawn funeral procession passes by. (351-401 ft)
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7. "A lady teacher instructs convalescent Tommies the art of motor driving - 1916". Female instructor drives two convalescent Tommies. She later explains how an engine functions, and demonstrates how to operate the crank start. (401-459 ft) Scrambled Insert (459-520 ft) shows "Fire Women". Female firefighters in training. They push a ladder cart outside a shop (Chamberlins), unravel hoses, climb a ladder with a hose, and hold the hose while it is running.
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8. "Direct evidence of the enemy's broken morale - prisoners readily surrender on the Verdun front - 1916". German prisoners being marched through a trench and at rest. (520-567 ft)
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9. "Interned German liners - under strong US Navy escort are moved from Newport News to Philadelphia - 'Mutual Admiration' 1916". Sailors are standing around a pig. Shows shots of nine visible ocean liners.
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35mm