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Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

711

Date Released

14 Jan 1918

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Home Once More. Repatriated Men Landed at Boston (Lincs) after Years of Captivity in Germany
• 2. A Son of France. A 14 Year Old Boy ‘Carries On’ Whilst His Father is Fighting
• 3. Billy ‘Sunday’. The New York Evangelist on His Great Campaign to Raise 30 Million Dollars for YMCA
• 4. Women at the Plough. Every Effort Must Be Made to Ensure a Good Harvest in 1918

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Massed crowd of soldiers at open air meeting. Billy ‘Sunday’ addresses crowd.

Researcher Comments

William Ashley (Billy) Sunday (1862-1935) was an American evangelist who made an attack on liquor the mainstay of his campaigns.

Keywords

Fundraising; Religion and belief

Written sources

Visnews Collection [BFI National Archive]   Video roll 6

Library number GR

2022

Length of story (in feet)

52

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