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Still the Dread Shadow!

Series

Series Name
Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
735-1
Date Released
24 Sep 1925
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Wants to Be a Film Star
  2. 2London’s Own Skyscrapers
  3. 3Still the Dread Shadow!
  4. 4Girls Hurdle Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
[1ST SUBTITLE]: "While the League of Nations is in session ‘war’ breaks out in many lands." Long shot of a meeting of the Council of the League of Nations. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "America’s manoeuvres are realistic!". The barrel of a huge gun jerks towards the camera. Marines crossing a bridge. Shot of the gun being fired, taken from the rear. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "France’s manoeuvres are on stricken fields!". Infantry marching, and artillery in action in a field. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "Germany manoeuvres are grim!". Helmeted German infantry filing past a farmyard in the rain. Close shot of two German soldiers firing a machine gun in a field. [5TH SUBTITLE]: "Hindenburg of course!". Hindenburg watching the manoeuvres. [6TH SUBTITLE]: "In England, ‘Westland’ fights ‘Eastland’ in the rain". Anti-aircraft gun manned by soldiers wearing capes. Horse-drawn artillery. Infantry marching through the rain, followed by cavalry. [7TH SUBTITLE]: "Earl Haig looks in!". Haig in uniform about to enter his car. [8TH SUBTITLE]: "Army’s little pets". A tank in the bushes. [9TH SUBTITLE]: "Washing day". Soldiers hanging their washing on a line watched by a machine gun crew. [10TH SUBTITLE]: "The man who stayed at home". A small boy poses for the camera wearing a steel helmet.
Keywords
Vehicles; Weapons; Animals; Military
Length of story (in feet)
132

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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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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