St Patrick's Day - Distribution Of Shamrocks… 1914-1918

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London Irish Rifles receive shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day.

(This is a jumbled up collection of shots.) Opens with short CU of lady pinning shamrocks on soldiers who are holding bagpipes. LS same; with line of soldiers in BG. Back to CU of lady pinning shamrocks. CU Lady pins shamrock on one...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71390
Sort Number:
ON 033 L
Time in/Out:
01:12:46:00 / 01:14:56:00
Canister:
ON 033 L
Film ID:
1860.14
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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  • LONDON IRISH RIFLES 1914 -1918. The location of this presentation is the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea (better known as the Duke of York's Headquarters, King's Road, Chelsea). The traffic moving at the rear of the pipers is going along King's Road itself.

    johngleeson 13th Feb 2013

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