[WAR OFFICE TOPICAL BUDGET NO. 338-1]

Topical Budget newsreel items from the Official War Office (United Kingdom).

“PARLIAMENT RESUMES. State opening by H.M. the King.”
State opening of Parliament by King George V, London, 7th February 1918.
The King and Queen, in an open landau, drive out of the gates of Buckingham Palace. Their escort is composed of mounted troops of all the Imperial forces: British, Indian and Australian horsemen leading, with New Zealand, South African, Newfoundland, British West Indian and Canadian horsemen as rear escort. The procession enters through the gates of the Palace of Westminster.

“THE CHEVRONS CLUB (For P.O.’s and N.C.O.’s) Sir Francis Lloyd, Sir A. Conan Doyle and Lord Derby attend the opening ceremony.”
Sir Francis Lloyd, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lord Derby are seen arriving in turn by car for the opening of "The Chevrons Club" for petty officers and non-commissioned officers. The front of the club is shown.

“INDIAN TROOPS IN PALESTINE. Long long trail of the Indian pack mule.”
a long mule train with Indian Army drivers in the deserts of Palestine, late 1917.

“THE LIMBER LINE. Rough and smooth - it is mostly rough - come alike to the limbers galloping to and from the line.”
a long line of limbers and GS wagons making their way forward down a road in the rear areas of the Western Front, late 1917.