Admiral Sims launches model warships (1918)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit William Sowden Sims (United States Navy Admiral) and British sailors launch model warships in Trafalgar Square Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Admiral Sims, U.S. Navy ENGLAND: London: Trafalgar Square: EXT TRAFALGAR SQ. LONDON MAIN TITLE (8ft) SV. Biplane. Extra petrol tanks attached to it. (16ft) SV. Italian biplane “Italia“. Sign reads: “Turin to London. Non stop flight. Capt. Laureatis’ SIA machine on which he flew from Turin to the Hounslow aerodrome on Sept. 24th. 656 1/2 miles in 7 hours 22 1/2mins.“ (26ft) CU. Sign reads: “Buy War Bonds by pigeon post. Do not shoot homing or carrier pigeons. Penalty GBB180 fine or six months imprisionment.“ (35ft) SV. Soldier holding up pigeon at door of War Bond Collection hut, then climbs down makeshift steps. (44ft) SV. Officer accepting contribution. Crowd looking on. (55ft