Married Mens’ [Sic] Call

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

241-2

Date Released

8 Apr 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Palace of Versailles as Hospital
2. 2Married Mens’ [Sic] Call
3. 3Keeping Fit at Sea
4. 4Testing a Searchlight
5. 5German Prisoners from Verdun

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "How the first groups of married men to be called to the colours, will be trained, before they are passed as fit for the front." Group of recruits in shirt sleeves being drilled. Performing exercises. Bayonet practice. Officer explaining mechanism of a machinegun to a group of men. Practice in the trenches.

Keywords

Weapons; Military

Length of story (in feet)

63

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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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