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  • Short Summary

    Soldiers cheer unknown King (not George V).

  • Description

    Soldiers cheer unknown King (or could be official).

    Location of events unknown.

    Several shots of lines of soldiers giving three cheers for an unknown King (not George V) in a field. M/S of the King standing in open carriage, top hat held in the air as he acknowledges the cheers. He seems to be speaking encouragingly to the troops.

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    Film ID:
    1848.47
    Media URN:
    71260
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    1914 - 1918
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:38:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:51:37:00 / 01:52:15:00
    Canister:
    ON 010 D

Comments (1)

  1. johngleeson says

    SOLDIERS CHEER THE KING 1914 -1918. Rather than a 'King', I think the gentleman in the carriage is Theodore Roosevelt, who was President of the United States of America at the turn of the 20th century. Given his age in the clip, he was probably an ex-President when the footage was shot...most likely when the U.S.A. entered World War One in 1917.

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