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RARE WWI Pavilion Marble Arch Newsreel Poster 1915 UK Salonica Campaign 21 x 31
RARE WWI Pavilion Marble Arch Newsreel Poster 1915 UK Salonica Campaign 21 x 31
RARE WWI Pavilion Marble Arch Newsreel Poster 1915 UK Salonica Campaign 21 x 31
RARE WWI Pavilion Marble Arch Newsreel Poster 1915 UK Salonica Campaign 21 x 31
RARE WWI Pavilion Marble Arch Newsreel Poster 1915 UK Salonica Campaign 21 x 31
RARE WWI Pavilion Marble Arch Newsreel Poster 1915 UK Salonica Campaign 21 x 31

RARE WWI Pavilion Marble Arch Newsreel Poster 1915 UK Salonica Campaign 21 x 31

$ 474.67

Availability: 83 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: Museum Worthy Poster. Condition Good, see full description below.
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    VERY RARE WWI Marble Arch
    Pavilion  N
    ewsreel Poster 1915 UK joining Salonica Campaign 21 x 31
    This may be the only surviving poster of it's type.  We believe this poster was a 1915 movie theater poster for the WWI newsreel of the United Kingdom entering Salonica (
    Macedonia) in the
    Fall 1915.
    Size: 21 inches wide, 31 inches tall.
    Condition: Nice appearance but has yellowing, fading, stains, spots, and edge damage and losses.  See all pics. This poster was folded and mailed to the theater (as most movie poster are) and you can see the original fold marks. The poster is taped to the cardboard backing at it's 4 corners. We have not cut the tape from the cardboard to examine reverse side.
    US Shipping unless directed otherwise, we will encase the work in tissue and several layers of oversize cardboard and mail in a large picture frame box. For Intl buyers we will cut the adhesive tape and roll the the poster in a large tube or smaller box.
    Printed and published by David Allen and Sons, Harrow Middlesex # 0201  (this company did other posters for the WWI war effort).
    US shipping and handling is (flat rate). Intl. orders via Ebay Global Shipping only.
    About The Marble Arch Pavilion
    The Marble Arch Pavilion was opened in London on the 30th of May 1914. It was built for and was operated by Israel Davis, who had a small chain of ‘Pavilion’ cinemas in and around London.
    The facade was only one story high, and had an entrance, supported by Corinthian columns. The auditorium was below street level, and seating was on a single raked floor, plus there were six private boxes containing seating. The proscenium was 36 feet wide, the stage 12 feet deep and there were three dressing rooms. The cinema was equipped with a Jones straight pipe organ, and there was also a tea room/cafe. The last pic is of the Marble Arch Pavilion at a later date.
    Since this poster was made for a single theater it's hard to imagine that there are any other surviving
    posters. (but if you know of one, let us know).
    About the Salonica WWI Campaign
    The Macedonian Front, also known as the Salonica Front (after Thessaloniki), was a military theatre of World War I formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia, in the fall of 1915, against the combined attack of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. The expedition came too late and in insufficient force to prevent the fall of Serbia, and was complicated by the internal political crisis in Greece (the "National Schism").
    Eventually, a stable front was established, running from the Albanian Adriatic coast to the Struma River, pitting a multinational Allied force against the Bulgarian Army, which was at various times bolstered with smaller units from the other Central Powers. The Macedonian Front remained quite stable, despite local actions, until the great Allied offensive in September 1918, which resulted in the capitulation of Bulgaria and the liberation of Serbia.