Thrills At Tidworth.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals.

Marching bands.

Military parades.

Music.

Performances.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (53 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1930.

Summary:

Tidworth military tattoo with searchlights and a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings. A squadron in military uniform wearing a leopard-print tabard march forwards, led by a man holding the bridle of a goat. Close-up shots of the marching band. The historical re-enactment; shots of figures dressed in 11th century-style clothing dismount from a mock ship; the man dressed as an archbishop gets his staff hooked upon a norman's helmet but manages to detach himself; shots of the re-enacted battle; a few figures on horseback.

Notes:

Issue number: 988-2 ; Story number within issue: 4 of 5

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.