Inside the Hall of Mirrors

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

410-1

Date Released

3 Jul 1919

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1End of the World War
2. 2Inside the Hall of Mirrors
3. 3How London Received the News
4. 4Lloyd George Back from Paris

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "The actual signing of the Peace Treaty, where the German Empire was proclaimed in 1871." Long shots of statesmen, diplomats and army officers signing the Treaty at a desk in the centre. Pan shot of statesmen and diplomats seated at long tables. Whole assembly seen standing, some still signing. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "The scene in the famous gardens of the Palace after the signing of the Treaty". Scenes of excited crowd. Leaders making their way through.

Keywords

Politics and government; Ceremonies; Military

Length of story (in feet)

323

This series is held by:

Film Archive

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).

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