'Battle of Hastings’

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

769-2

Date Released

24 May 1926

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1King’s Yacht ‘Britannia’
2. 2Queen at Aldershot
3. 3Mr Neville Chamberlain Minister of Health
4. 4Opening of the Polo Season
5. 5'Battle of Hastings’
6. 6South African Bowling Team on Tour
7. 7Empire Day
8. *The Passing of ‘Johnny’
9. *Return of the ‘President’
10. *Manchester Specials Reviewed
11. *Polo Season Opens
12. *Tattoo Rehearsal
13. *South African Team of Bowlers
14. *Empire Day

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

Military tattoo rehearsal with demonstration of Balaclava Gun.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Weapons; Military

Length of story (in feet)

64

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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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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