Whirlpool of War

Dates

1914 - 1915

Category

Cinemagazine - News Related

History

The Whirlpool of War was a First World War weekly news cinemagazine produced by Cherry Kearton and the Warwick Trading Company in tandem with the newsreel Warwick Bioscope Chronicle. The first issue was released in August 1914, and from October each had individual titles such as WAR WITH TURKEY, issue no. 20 (1914). When the series ended in February 1915, thirty-three issues had been released, each lasting between four and six minutes.

Provenance

There are no surviving issue sheets for The Whirlpool of War, and only four surviving films. The incomplete data has been compiled from contemporary trade journals including The Bioscope.

Other Information

There is no known rights holder. The four surviving films are held by the BFI National Archive

Films in this series can be obtained from:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries: nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk For commercial/footage reuse enquiries: footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

Series held

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