Both the fte and the film stress the fact that the Duchess was American. The children present her with a bouquet in their school playground. She addresses them while a child waves a US flag behind her head. On the dais with her is a man in the uniform of a Chelsea Pensioner.

The recipients of the awards are from all services. One receives a knighthood. The airship SSZ49 (described as "un avion") overflies the palace during the ceremony.

Lloyd George arrives for the ceremony in part of a convoy of cars. He reviews a military guard, and leaves through a cheering crowd. (Some members of the crowd are of African or West Indian origin.)

The three winners are shown in turn. Firstly, R Farrant of Fraser & Fraser, London, is chaired by his mates and posed with his rivet gun. He set the record at 4,376 rivets in nine hours. D Deviney of Glasgow, who raised this to 4,422 rivets in the same time, is posed in his back garden in his best clothes (including fob watch and waistcoat). Finally, W Moses of Vickers Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, who managed 5,984 rivets, is shown at work with his rivet gun, then posed with it.

I. French language version of a newsreel item on a children's fte in London attended by the Duchess of Marlborough, May 1918.

II. French language version of a newsreel item on King George V presenting decorations in the rear courtyard of Buckingham Palace, May 1918.

III. French language version of a newsreel item on Lloyd George receiving the freedom of the city of Edinburgh, May 1918.

IV. French language version of a newsreel item on a parade for Intercession for the Allies led by Cardinal Bourne through the streets of London. The Catholic procession includes ladies with banners and young girls with long white veils. May 1918.

V. French language version of a newsreel item on a riveting contest between British shipbuilders, May 1918.

Notes

Production: see IWM 651a for production details

Summary: note that an English language version of story III is held as IWM 1061-09f

Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 675a and IWM 675c, the can is marked as IWM 675