News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

197-1

Date Released

2 Jun 1915

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Flag Day at Nice
• 2. Rumania’s Fine Army
• 3. More Men Wanted
• 4. War Scenes in Italy
• 5. Oak Apple Day

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "EG Hemmerde Esq. KC, MP appeals for recruits for Lord Kitchener’s new army of 300,000 men." Seated, applauding crowd. Mayor speaking from platform. Hemmerde speaking from same platform. Injured men seated in the crowd smile at the camera and wave their crutches.

Keywords

Politics and government; Casualties

Length of story (in feet)

58

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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