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The Fighting Dummy

Series

Series Name
Topical Budget / War Office Official Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
313-1
Date Released
22 Aug 1917
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Fighting Dummy
  2. 2The Black Guard
  3. 3Canadian Guns
  4. 4King of the Belgians Visits the French Front in Flanders
  5. 5Lightning Bridge Building

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "CSMI Kenna invents a new method of teaching how to bayonet ‘Brother Boche’." Man with bayonet on the end of his rifle tries to stab life-size dummy caricaturing a German soldier. The dummy is on wheels, wields a long movable stick, and is operated by a man behind it. They fight. Close shot of dummy and opponent posed for camera side by side.
Keywords
Weapons; Military
Length of story (in feet)
53

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Email
film@iwm.org.uk
Web
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone
020 7416 5291
Fax
020 7416 5379
Address
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes
The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
Series held
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Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
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).
Series held
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