Veterans of 1870.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memorials.

Veterans.

War.

France--Paris.

France. Armee.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 3 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1915.

Summary:

"VETERANS OF 1870. Old soldiers of the Franco-German War place a crown on the Strasburg Statue in the Place de la Concorde. Souvenirs being sold for the benefit of the sufferers from the War" Flash title (four frames). A group of war veterans, wearing their medals, standing in the Place de la Concorde. Two commemorative banners are held (8). One man carries on a crown of flowers with a commemorative sash across it. He and another veteran hold the flowers and pose for camera (22). MLS people watching a man ascend the side of the Strasburg Statue and carrying the flowers to their final position (37). Women charity workers with rosettes pinned to their hats, and carrying collecting cans, appealing for money to soldiers and civilians in the Place de la Concorde. One man wears a fez-type hat, a bolero-style jacket, pantaloons and a medal. He puts a folded piece of paper into a can [possibly a note]. A tricycle with a box on the back to store goods has the name `B. Coute'. It is not clear what souvenirs are being sold, possibly flags or badges (53ft). Note: The man with the fez is dressed the same as, and looks similar to, the man in FOR THE WOUNDED, TOPICAL BUDGET 217-2 who has a badge pinned to him by a charity appeal worker.

Notes:

Issue number: 214-2 ; Story number within issue: 3 of 6

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.