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  • Short Summary

    Footage of the soldier being carried through streets on chair.

  • Description

    Bisley. Not sure if it is Bisley in Gloucestershire or Surrey.

    Shots of soldier being carried through streets on chair, crowds of people follow (obviously a local hero). M/S of the man seated on raised platform.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2330.15
    Media URN:
    74879
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    1910 - 1919
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:28:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:19:27:00 / 01:20:55:00
    Canister:
    ON 194 B

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    "Bisley. Not sure if it is Bisley in Gloucestershire or Surrey" - the location in this instance will be the shooting ranges at Bisley, Surrey.

    What we're seeing here is the tradition of the winner of The King's Prize at Bisley being carried away from the ranges in the Bisley Chair. (A similar scene can be seen in clip 348.20, entitled "The King's Prize - Bisley").

    Sadly I can't help with the name of the man in the chair, nor the year of the ceremony.

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