Jack Tar Keeps Fit

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

283-2

Date Released

27 Jan 1917

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Women Land Workers
2. 2Jack Tar Keeps Fit
3. 3Bridge Building Record
4. 4Moving 5,000 Tons
5. 5Red Cross Work in the Trenches

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Men of the Royal Navy keeping fit for the German Navy should the latter venture out of the Kiel Canal." Naval cadets give a display of various physical exercises on deck on ship. Signalling display. Group posed for the camera.

Keywords

Navy; Military

Length of story (in feet)

45

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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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