Topical Budget 194-1, Zeppelin raid results on Southend
Item
Title
Topical Budget 194-1, Zeppelin raid results on Southend
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Identifier
5754.mp4
IWMFILM655-low.mp4
Creator
War Office
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Abstract
Newsreel item on the damage done to Southend and Westcliff by the Zeppelin raids of March and April 1915. A hotel, the "Cromwell Board Residence," has been hit by a bomb. Firemen work to put out the various fires. The burnt-out firebombs are displayed in a heap by a policeman. A charred dead dog is held up for the camera. A man holds his (apparently unharmed) baby daughter up for the camera also. This issue was released by the Topical Film Company before it was taken over by the British government in April 1917. The material may have been re-released as part of a government compilation film at a later date.
Date
10th May 1915
Date Created
1915-05-10
Spatial Coverage
Southend / Westcliff, England
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Source
DVD copy of original film
Medium
DVD copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
producer
Topical Film Company
Subject
Home Front
Landscape
Passchendaele
War
War in the Air
Ypres