Item 1: Cinema Violet

Accession Number PUBS002/003/002/001/001
Collection number Souvenirs 2 3/2/1/1
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 15.8 x 21.2cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: Cairo
Date made 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Cinema advertisement from the First World War. This leaflet advertises screenings of the films 'Bombay', 'A Sac with the Mystifying Hand', 'Ticket of Leave Man', 'In Blossom Time', 'Charlie Chaplin in the Sea' and 'The Lash'. These films were shown between Monday 13th to Sunday 19th March 1916 at Cinema Violet in Cairo, Egypt. The leaflet advertises Beggs whisky at special prices for British soldiers.

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