News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

709

Date Released

7 Jan 1918

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Food for All. Will the Communal Kitchen Solve the Problem. Lord Rhondda Opens Silvertown’s New Kitchen
• 2. Never Downhearted. Wounded Entertained at the Guildhall by Pastor Stanley and Lord Mayor
• 3. A Tank Hero. Sir George Lunn (Newcastle’s Lord Mayor) Presents the Military Medal to Lance-Corporal John Wells, Received for Meritorious Services in the Field
• 4. Guests of France. Men of the Guards’ Bands Entertained at a French Munition Factory
• 5. Timber for the Army. Huge Suppliers Are Being Brought Down the American Rivers for Shipment to Europe

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

Wounded soldiers file past. Soldiers dance and hug each other. Military band. Pastor Stanley, Lord Mayor and Mayoress.

Keywords

Music and dance; Local government; Casualties; War and conflict; Military; Religion and belief

Written sources

Visnews Collection [BFI National Archive]   Video roll 6
Gaumont Graphic Documentation [BUFVC]

Library number GR

2007

Length of story (in feet)

57

Story extras:

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Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Phone

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Address

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Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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