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'Topical Budget' was a British newsreel which ran from 1911-1931. In
the 1920s it was at its most popular and effective and rivalled the output
of Gaumont Graphic and the Pathé Gazette, but was unable to successfully
make the transition to sound. This item covers Charlie Chaplin’s
visit to England in 1921. He travelled from New York on the SS Olympic
and is seen here demonstrating his famous walk and encouraging members
of the crew to imitate him. Film stars were an unusual subject for the
newsreel and such a visit by a famous Hollywood star was a rare event.
At the same time, this story demonstrates the mixture of such lighter
stories with more serious ones on political or other national and international
events that was common in the newsreel format, and remains standard practice
in television news editing today. |
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