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Result of Cinema Day November 9th, 1915
Cinemas do their bit for the war effort in this WWI morale booster
Overview
This powerful vignette evokes the collective spirit on the home front during WW1 - from factory workers to royalty - and its dynamic editing and strikingly framed shots give it impressive visual power. On 9 November 1915 British cinemas donated their entire takings to the Red Cross Ambulance Fund. This film reports back on the success of the appeal, which reached its target of £30,000. The funds were used to manufacture and despatch a much needed fleet of ambulances to the front.
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