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WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 350-1 (fragment) [Main]
PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 350-1 (fragment) [alternative]
The children's banners show that they come from London or its suburbs. The procession passes two cars full of soldiers and one sergeant gets out and jokingly kisses the May Queen. The May Queen is later ceremonially crowned.It is raining in the park. People in a large crowd wave at the camera. Mounted police move through the crowd and one man can be seen to be led away in handcuffs.
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army
- Police Force
- Women's Land Army
- celebrations, British - popular: May Day
- law and order, British - enforcement
- politics, British - alternative
- recruitment, British civilian: Women's Land Army
- refugees, French - flight
- transport, British military - rail
- …
- World War I
- British Army
- World War I
- Children and war
Type of item
- Film
- motion pictures (visual works)
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army
- Police Force
- Women's Land Army
- celebrations, British - popular: May Day
- law and order, British - enforcement
- politics, British - alternative
- recruitment, British civilian: Women's Land Army
- refugees, French - flight
- transport, British military - rail
- …
- World War I
- British Army
- World War I
- Children and war
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
- Kent, England, UK
- GB, England & London, N <Finsbury Park>
- GB, England & London, WC
- Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France
- England
- United Kingdom
- France
- London
- Finsbury Park railway station
- London
- Pas-de-Calais
- France
- United Kingdom
- England
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_654a
- IWM_654a
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-03-31T08:55:23.027Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z