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  • Short Summary

    Empire Day at St. Paul's Cathedral.

  • Description

    London, St. Paul's Cathedral.

    World War One Empire Day at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Shots of arrivals. Row of boys with flags standing on steps at entrance. Shot looking up at people going into entrance. CU of man standing looking in from outside coach? CU Priest in top hat. CU old lady standing by car. Shot looking down steps at fancy coach as Lord Mayor (?) and guys in elaborate traditional ceremonial costumes approach. Boys lined up with flags on steps. Shots (dark; interior) of 2 British officers in uniforms; with swords; talking to each other; pan on seated row of solders and 2 priests or chaplains .

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    Film ID:
    1874.22
    Media URN:
    72069
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    1914 - 1918
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:17:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:20:19:00 / 01:21:36:00
    Canister:
    ON 061 L

Comments (1)

  1. johngleeson says

    EMPIRE DAY AT ST. PAUL'S 1914 - 1918. The 'two British officers' is incorrect. The officer on the left shown in the footage taken inside the cathedral is Major-General John J. Pershing, Commanding Officer of the American Expeditionary Force when the United States entered the war in 1917. Given this circumstance the clip must be either May 1917 or 1918.

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