The City's Highest Honour 1929

Star Item

Description

Item title reads - The city's highest honour. The Premier (Ramsay MacDonald) and the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Snowden) receive, with traditional ceremony "the Freedom of the City." London.

M/S of horses pulling an ornate carriage, two uniformed men in feathered hats open the door,...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19008
Sort Number:
G 1671
Time in/Out:
01:55:46:00 / 01:57:42:00
Canister:
G 1671
Film ID:
826.38
Issue Date:
27/12/1929

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2006 London bombings.
911
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Once The Pride Of The German Fleet

Once The Pride Of The German Fleet

The last of the scuttled German fleet is towed to the scrap yard from Scapa Flow.

Rome Celebrations

Rome Celebrations

Rome - military review staged in honour of King Victor Emmanuel's birthday.

The Unridable Pony!

The Unridable Pony!

A pony will not have anyone but his master ride on his back.

Welsh National Eisteddfod

Welsh National Eisteddfod

The Welsh National Eisteddfod is proclaimed for 1929 in Liverpool, with ancient Bardic rites.

Lord Gort On Iceland

Lord Gort On Iceland

Lord Gort talks about British troops in Iceland.

Malay Jungle Village (Aka Isle Of Flores)

Malay Jungle Village (Aka Isle Of Flores)

Village next to volcano in Malayan jungle.

Flats Afloat For Workers

Flats Afloat For Workers

A floating block of flats called a Botel houses Italian workers in Ijmuiden, Holland.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
WW1animals
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler