| OUR ANSWER TO GERMANY - £2,500,000 IN 5 HOUSES Fund raising drive where Trafalgar Square has been transformed into trench scene. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5134 | |
| Catalog #: | 366407 | |
| Clip Number: | 366407-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 108 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:53:25 - 01:54:36 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1915 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMONSTRATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London WORLD WAR ONE, HOMEFRONT: Fundraising & Donations | |
| Description: | Titleframe "Our Answer to Germany -- L2;500;000 in 5 Hours." Londoners hold a fundraising rally next to bombed out area in their city. Pan across ruins to crowd gathered in Trafalgar Square; London. Priests on platform in middle of crowd. CU same; priest speaking; some other priests walking by in FG below. People walking toward camera; through a tunnel/lane protected by sandbags. Shot of people giving their donations -- a woman steps up and pulls down a lever rigged up on a Howitzer gun; maybe it stamps a little book she carries. Finally; shot of a very elderly veteran standing by the gun with the young soldier who is accepting donations. | |
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