War Trade Fair

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

250-1

Date Released

7 Jun 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Death of Lord Kitchener
2. 2War Trade Fair
3. 3Review of French Soldiers
4. 4Tommies Coach
5. 5The Man Who Saved Paris

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Mammoth War Fair organised by Wonderful Allies Relief Committee opened by Lord Mayor at Caledonian Market." Mayor and dignitaries walk past camera. Close shot of Mayor giving speech. General shot of people at fair. Two women in costume with a donkey. Group of women with flower baskets. Cart horses with coal carts. Man in peaked cap (French soldier?) does a comic dance for the camera.

Keywords

Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Local government; Fashion and costume; Animals

Length of story (in feet)

59

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

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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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