Recruiting Day in Grantham

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Summary

Soldiers being recruited in Grantham and scenes of the market and a fair in the town.

Year:

1915

Duration:

0:05:19

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Local Topical

Master format:

16mm

Description

Following the intertitle: "Earl Brownlow and other speakers", we see various speakers at an outdoor recruitment event attended by a large crowd who cheer. Another intertitle: "Scenes in the market and pleasure fair" is followed by a slow point of view shot (probably from a moving vehicle) through a crowd passing fairground rides. A final intertitle: "Recruiting staff and some of the recruits" and the film ends with soldiers and recruits standing outside a building.


Credits

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Notes

Conscription into the British army for the Great War was introduced in January 1916. Earl Brownlow or, to give him his full name: Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844 - 1921), was at the time of this film the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. In the late nineteenth century he had been a Conservative member of the House of Lords during the time of Lord Salisbury's government.
This title was produced for screening at Jack Campbell's Grantham cinemas.
This title is also held by the Lincolnshire Film Archive. The LFA catalogued this title as two separate items: Recruiting Day, Grantham 1915 (LFA ref 180) and Market and Fair, Grantham 1915 (LFA ref 182)