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Description: | I. French language version of a newsreel item on Sinn Fein members marching through a town in Ireland, June 1918.
II. French language version of a newsreel item on a meeting of the Anglo-Saxon Fellowship in London, July 1918.
III. French language version of a newsreel item on King George V and King Albert of Belgium reviewing the guard at Buckingham Palace, 2pm, 6th July 1918.
IV. French language version of a newsreel item on a light railway transporting shells, Western Front, May 1918.
The men are in civilian clothes but march in formation and carry staves or other weapons. The captions say that these "misguided" men should be fighting for the British in the war for civilisation, and that Sinn Fein should be suppressed.
Members of the Fellowship march to their meeting hall. Some US Army officers arrive at the meeting. Also seen arriving is Winston Churchill. According to the captions Churchill's motion that "Germany must be defeated" was passed unanimously.
The two kings watch as a reserve battalion of the Scots Guards parades. The King of Belgium wears his uniform as Colonel of the British 5th Dragoon Guards. Also present are Queen Mary, Princess Mary, Prince Henry, Prince George, and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium with her son the Count of Flanders.
A light train carrying shells, with troops riding on top, moves forward. A shell dump of 9.2-inch shells is shown; a soldier holds up a notice for the camera, "one day's rations for one gun".
35mm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 31/3(415) Queen Churchill Mary 31/3(41) George V King Anglo-Saxon Fellowship Henry Albert I British Army Winston Leonard Spencer Prince (Duke of Gloucester) Royal Garrison Artillery 01/3(4-15).8 King of Belgium United States Army & American Expeditionary Force Charles Prince of Belgium Princess (Princess Royal) Royal Artillery Queen of Belgium George VI Sinn Fein Scots Guards Irish Republican Army Elisabeth | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ministry of Information | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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