'The Lion Vigilant’

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

831-1

Date Released

28 Jul 1927

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1'The Lion Vigilant’
2. 2RAF Pass Out Day
3. 3A Day with the Forces
4. 4Turtle [?] Wrestler
5. 5Dynamite Razes Old Church
6. 6Stewards Cup
7. *Welsh Wanderers Return

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

Inauguration of the Menin Gate memorial to British dead at Ypres, with King Albert of the Belgians and Field Marshal Lord Plumer.

Keywords

Royalty; Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Military

Length of story (in feet)

112

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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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