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Topical Budget 194-1, Zeppelin raid results on Southend

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AuthorWar Office
TitleTopical Budget 194-1, Zeppelin raid results on Southend
NotesNewsreel 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.
Item Date10th May 1915
Creation placeSouthend / Westcliff, England (Google Maps)
File typeVideo
Item sourceDVD copy of original film
Item mediumDVD copy of original film
ContentFootage
KeywordsWar in the Air, Home Front, War
Collection IDIWM 655d
Repository nameImperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository address
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.iwm.org.uk/
CataloguerAlisa Miller
FilenameIWMFILM655-low.mp4
CopyrightThe Imperial War Museum Film Archive
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
ProducerTopical Film Company
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5526