Wembley on Wheels

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

742-1

Date Released

12 Nov 1925

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Remembrance Day
2. 2Winter’s Early Toll
3. 3Wembley on Wheels
4. *Glasgow’s Day of Remembrance

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "'Buy British Goods’ slogan of Lord Mayor’s Show." The Lord Mayor, Sir William Pryke, waiting for his coach outside the Mansion House. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Sir William Pryke". Close shot of him seated in coach. Shots taken from above of the procession passing the Law Courts. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "New Zealand’s dairy produce". A decorated float and further shots of the procession. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "Australia’s Xmas pudding". A decorated float. [5TH SUBTITLE]: "At the Law Courts". The coach with close shot of the Lord Mayor. [6TH SUBTITLE]: "And some London students’ parody of the great parade". Students dragging along their own version of the coach.

Keywords

Customs and traditions; Local government

Length of story (in feet)

89

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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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