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JOHN BROWN JOINS THE ARMY [Main]
The film takes a typical case, "John Brown", a clerk aged 30, single with one dependent (a sister ?) living in his own house in Catford in the suburbs of London. On the outbreak of war he attested. After the War Cabinet decides that men of his age and occupation should be conscripted, the Ministry of National Service, housed at the Windsor Hotel in London, takes up his case. The Minister, Sir Auck…
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- Geddes, Auckland Campbell
- Beck, Cyril
- British Army
- Ministry of National Service
- recruitment, British military: [+]
- buildings, British - institutional: Ministry of National Service
- buildings, British - residential
- buildings, British - commercial: hotel
- medical, British military - preventative
- …
- Propaganda
- World War I
- propaganda
- Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes
- British Army
- World War I
Type of item
- Film
- motion pictures (visual works)
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- Geddes, Auckland Campbell
- Beck, Cyril
- British Army
- Ministry of National Service
- recruitment, British military: [+]
- buildings, British - institutional: Ministry of National Service
- buildings, British - residential
- buildings, British - commercial: hotel
- medical, British military - preventative
- …
- Propaganda
- World War I
- propaganda
- Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes
- British Army
- World War I
Type of item
- Film
- motion pictures (visual works)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1918
- 1918
Places
- GB, England & London, WC <Windsor Hotel>
- GB, England & London, SW <Downing Street>
- GB, England & London, SW <Ministry of National Service>
- GB, England & London, SE <Catford>
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Hotel Windsor
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Catford
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_478
- IWM_478
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:46:50.592Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z