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  • Short Summary

    Crowds turn out for war bond rally in Yorkshire.

  • Description

    War bond rally in the snow. Yorkshire.

    World War One. Home front; rallies. War Bond rally in Yorkshire; England; in the winter snow of December 1917. Banners such as 'Bonds Buy Peace'. People; many with umbrellas; gathered around statue. Police and Army men standing in fenced-off area; pan to tank -- this tank is a War bond symbol; at rallies like this all over England.

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    Film ID:
    1878.17
    Media URN:
    72186
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1914 - 1918
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:50:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:16:42:00 / 01:17:32:00
    Canister:
    ON 072 I

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  1. Unknown user says

    This footage was taken in Leeds. The last 5 seconds show William George Shelton. He was in one of the first ever tank crews at Flers.

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