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The Queen and the Green Cross

Series

Series Name
War Office Official Topical Budget and Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.
339-1
Date Released
20 Feb 1918
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen and the Green Cross
  2. 2The Camels Buffet
  3. 3Bomb Proof Billet
  4. 4Lady Footballers
  5. 5Fallen Heroes

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "Her Majesty with Princess Mary inspects the Women’s Reserve Ambulance at Wellington Barracks." Queen Mary alights from her car and is greeted by Mrs Charles Beatty, the officer in command, and with Princess Mary and her party stands to watch the parade. Unit standing at the salute. The royal party inspects the long ranks of women and the long row of ambulances with their drivers.
Keywords
Royalty; Vehicles; Military
Length of story (in feet)
50

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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