The Big Parade [SEP] director
The Big Parade
The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O'Brien, and Karl Dane. Adapted by Harry Behn from the autobiographical novel "Plumes" by Laurence Stallings, with titles by Joseph W. Farnham, the film is about an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes a friend of two working class men, experiences the horrors of
, on behalf of the board, presented Big Ben to Mr H. G. McKern, acting director of the museum. The vehicle was reclaimed by the Fire Brigades on formation of the Fire Service Museum, Alexandria and finally presented to the Museum of Fire at Penrith for preservation in 1985. In 2001, "Big Ben" took part in the Centenary of Federation Parade, which was significant due to the fact that it also took part in the original Federation Parade in 1901.
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