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The Royal Visit to the Battlefields of France July 1917 : [incomplete]

Item number (ISN):

23957

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1917-07

Item number (ISN):

23957

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

UNIDENTIFIED

Accession:

1973-0141

Media:

Film

Production date:

1917-07

Release date:

1917-09-03

Production company:

Topical Film Company

Production credit:

producer, William F. Jury; photography, J.B. McDowell; H.C. Raymond

Sponsor:

War Office Cinema Committee

Description:

The visit of King George V and Queen Mary to France, 3 to 14 July 1917.~King George and Queen Mary arrive in Calais to start the visit. The King inspects war trophies at Bailleul with General Sir Herbert Plumer, then goes on to watch a tank demonstration and talk with a group of French officers. The Queen watches a flame-thrower demonstration at Helfaut. The King and Prince of Wales meet the King of Belgium and inspect aircraft at Bray Dunes with General Sir Henry Rawlinson. The Queen inspects aircraft with Brigadier-General Sir Hugh Trenchard, commander of the RFC. The Queen visits a Casualty Clearing Station and the South African hospital at Abbeville. She reviews the nurses. The King continues his tour of Vimy Ridge and the Somme area. They depart Calais for Britain.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Description from Imperial War Museum Catalogue, Volume 1, IWM 198.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

32735

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-2196

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

2.2%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

35748

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0199

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7301-0197

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

35749

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0198

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

35751

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0197

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2196

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

171859

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9105-0301

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2196

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

171860

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9105-0302

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

9105-0301

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

171862

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9105-0303

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

9105-0301

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

715724

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

23957-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

11:54

Made from:

9105-0302

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

715725

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

23957.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

11:54

Made from:

9105-0302

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

845557

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

23957.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

11:54

Made from:

9105-0302

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Partially restricted

Restrictions on consultation:

Open for consultation.

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Copyright owner:

Copyright probably rests with the Imperial War Museum.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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