'Lest We Forget’

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

675-2

Date Released

4 Aug 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Motor Boat Racing Torquay
2. 2Home Secretary’s Daughter Weds
3. 3'Lest We Forget’
4. 4To the Navy’s Gallant Dead

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "'Topical’ recalls scenes which followed the outbreak of the Great War 10 years ago. Answering the call." Recruits, some in uniform, march in formation. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Was the Unknown Warrior one of these?". Troops on the march. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Ten years ago the Unknown Warrior still lived - and the hurrying crowds do not forget". Shot of the Cenotaph with buses passing by.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Military

Length of story (in feet)

44

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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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