Topical Budget 168-1.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Imperial War Museums (Great Britain), owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cavalry.

Crowds.

Horses.

Infantry.

Marching bands.

Military parades.

Motor vehicles.

Police.

Ships.

Social conflict.

Great Britain. Royal Navy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (4 minutes, 30 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1914.

Summary:

I. "Our Naval Losses. Ships of His Majesty's Navy that have encountered the Germans. H.M.S. Monmouth sunk by German Warships off Chili (sic)." Reports of sunken warships. Shots of large warship at sea. 'H.M.S. Good Hope took fire during the battle and sank.' Tracking shot around warship's prow. 'H.M.S. Hogue sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea.' Footage of Hogue. (See notes.) II. "Mexican Unrest. The Police of Mexico City are now armed with rifles and will become part of the Cities Military Guard." Mexican police. Large numbers of Mexico City policemen march past the camera in a formal parade. Passing pedestrians observe them. (The "unrest" alluded to in the intertitle is conspicuously absent.) III. "The Sound of the Drum. The Band of the Grenadier Guards stimulates recruiting by playing Martial Music through the streets." Grenadier Guards Band. Shots of the Guards band (and troops) marching through the streets (of London?). IV. "Lord Mayor's Show. Colonial troops who will shortly be in the fighting line, take part in the Historic Pageant." The 1914 Lord Mayor's Show, London. The Lord Mayor climbs into the coach, which sets off: high angle view of the crowds tightly packed on either side of the road while troops and cavalry march past. Item concludes with shot of the Lord Mayor alighting from the coach.

Notes:

Issue number: 168-1.

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.