Britain’s Four Years of War

Series

Series Name
Pictorial News (Official) / War Office Official Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
362-2
Date Released
5 Aug 1918
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "At peace with the world, unprepared for war, and unsuspicious of Germany’s sinister designs, Great Britain in August 1914, was suddenly called upon to uphold her guarantee. "The first act of war". "Germany’s word of honour". "A scrap of paper". "General French takes charge of the ‘Contemptible little Army’ which covered itself with undying glory". "In the face of the growing peril, Britons flocked to Kitchener’s Army and showed the enemy of what stuff our boys are made". "At the call of the Motherland came her Empire’s loyal sons". "Lloyd George bids God-speed to a famous Canadian division". "It is a far cry from the original Expeditionary Force to the enormous citizen army commanded by Field-Marshal Haig today". "Meanwhile and all the while"."
Keywords
Propaganda; Military
Credits:
Camera
Edward George Tong
Camera
Frederick Walderman Engholm
Camera
Geoffrey Malins

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Email
film@iwm.org.uk
Web
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone
020 7416 5291
Fax
020 7416 5379
Address
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes
The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
Series held
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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).
Series held
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How to cite this record

'Britain’s Four Years of War', Pictorial News (Official) / War Office Official Topical Budget Issue No. 362-2, 5 Aug 1918. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/126694 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)