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OUR MERCHANT SERVICE HEROES [Main]
GEORGE ROBEY VISITS THE MERCHANT SERVICE [alternative]
Reporters wait outside a house, including a photographer who takes details from a young sailor. Robey emerges from the house in his normal clothes rather than costume, takes the sailor by the hand and leads him back indoors. After a while they re-emerge, Robey pointing out the camera to his companion. The film jump-cuts to Robey climbing the companionway ladder of a merchant ship and talking on de…
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- Robey, George
- Merchant Marine
- journalism and record, British - press
- ships, British civilian - cargo
- animals, mammals: cat
- propaganda, British - inspirational
- 31/3(41)
- GB, England & London, E <docks>
- camera
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war
- George Robey
- World War I
- George Robey
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- Robey, George
- Merchant Marine
- journalism and record, British - press
- ships, British civilian - cargo
- animals, mammals: cat
- propaganda, British - inspirational
- 31/3(41)
- GB, England & London, E <docks>
- camera
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war
- George Robey
- World War I
- George Robey
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1918
- 1918
Places
- GB, England & London, E <docks>
- United Kingdom
- London
- London
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_320
- IWM_320
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:46:25.023Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z