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Description: | A fund-raising rally in Trafalgar Square, possibly just after the end of the war, 1918.
In Trafalgar Square Nelson's Column is decorated with Victory Loan symbols. People queue to buy certificates at the hut nearby. On a platform Major-General Sir W S Brancker, in charge of RAF Personnel, gives a speech. Mark Hambourg gives a classical piano recital. The MP for Hull (probably Colonel Sykes) gives a speech. Madame Stralia delivers an operatic song. The signal "England Expects" is hung in flags from Nelson's Column. Miss Edith Fenton enters the hut. The Mayor of Westminster gives a speech. A final view of the crowd in the square, with the injunction "Buy joy-loan NOW!".
35mm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Edith Stralia (Madame) Mark Brancker Mayor of Sykes Armistice & 1918 William Sefton First World War Fenton Hambourg Westminster | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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