A ‘Battle Royal!'

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

846-2

Date Released

14 Nov 1927

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ninth Anniversary of the Armistice
2. 2London’s Torchlight Procession
3. 3A ‘Battle Royal!'
4. 4A Favourite with the Kiddies

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Armed with soot, flour and vegetables, King’s College students raid University College in attempt to capture the famous mascot ‘Phineas’." University College students display mascot above their heads, then carry it away. Long shots of students’ battle throwing flour and other missiles. University College women students cheering them on. Mascot displayed in front of crowd of women students.

Keywords

Curiosities

Length of story (in feet)

67

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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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