News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

259-2

Date Released

12 Aug 1916

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Serbian Boys Working on the Land
• 2. Scots Guards at Physical Drill
• 3. King Nicholas in Paris
• 4. Tope Fishing
• 5. King Carnival

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Citizens of the United States take advantage of their country’s freedom from war and organise a gigantic carnival." Various floats pass down street including ones with flowers and a king on a throne, with the Stars and Stripes, with historical figures, and a large beast which opens and closes its jaws.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Length of story (in feet)

63

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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