News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

258-2

Date Released

5 Aug 1916

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Soldiers V Nurses
• 2. School Children Fruit Picking
• 3. Queen Amelie Opens Fête
• 4. Two Years of War
• 5. Driven from Their Homes

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "HM Queen Amelie opens the East Surrey Regimental Fête at Richmond. The funds are in aid of the Prisoners of War and Old Comrades association." Close shot of Queen Amelie seated speaking to standing officer. She gets up and gives a short speech. She is introduced to seated wounded soldiers. Her seated at table. General shot of the fête.

Keywords

Royalty; Fundraising; Casualties

Length of story (in feet)

62

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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

Web

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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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