Serving Their Country

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

256-1

Date Released

19 Jul 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Inspection of Special Constables
2. 2Serving Their Country
3. 3In Memory of His Father
4. 4Scots Guards at Versailles
5. 5Helping French Charities

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "The horse which was wounded in the Battle of Loos, still doing his bit for the Country, helping the women working on an Essex Farm." Woman in field cleaning a scythe. Two shots of women scything in a field. Four women passing down rows of crops hoeing. Woman about to feed piglets. Woman leads horse to water trough. She rides the horse past the camera. Feeding the piglets.

Keywords

Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Animals

Length of story (in feet)

88

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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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