German Rifles

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

247-1

Date Released

17 May 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Trial of Casement
2. 2Mr Asquith in Dublin
3. 3Irish Volunteers
4. 4German Rifles
5. 5Foundlings on Parade
6. 6Solemn Public Procession

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Rifles and pikes used by the rebels in the riots, being brought in and stacked up by soldiers." Soldiers carrying pikes and rifles and stacking them against a wall. Rifles stacked against the wall. A soldier neatens them. Close shot of the barrel and loading chamber of one of the rifles. A soldier demonstrates the firing mechanism.

Keywords

Weapons; Military

Length of story (in feet)

51

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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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