From Armlets to the Army

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

230-2

Date Released

22 Jan 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Liverpool Honours Heroes
2. 2The Honour of the Fallen
3. 3From Armlets to the Army
4. 4Women War Workers
5. 5From Trinidad to Serve the Empire

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "The answer to the first call to the colours under the Derby Scheme. Single men in the first four groups waiting at Whitehall to rejoin the Army." Group of young men laughing and holding papers outside the Army Recruiting Office in Whitehall. Men coming and going from the office. Men wearing armlets when they come out. They salute officers. Man shakes hands with a soldier and lights his cigarette. Others shake soldiers by the hand.

Keywords

Military

Length of story (in feet)

53

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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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