Recruiting by Graphophone [Sic]

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

208-1

Date Released

18 Aug 1915

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Italians Enter Cormons
2. 2Princess Reviews Troops
3. 3Recruiting by Graphophone [Sic]
4. 4Women’s March Through London

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "A squad of men being drilled by a Gramophone Record, at a Recruiting meeting in Trafalgar Square. Record by Captain Rees." Men drill to record player set up near camera. Officer lecturing crowd from base of Nelson’s Column. Queue of men singing up. Long shot of Nelson’s Column bearing Victory Loan poster with crowds on one side.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Military

Length of story (in feet)

73

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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).

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