Veterans at Alhambra.
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Pan across a group of people standing outside a building - Alhambra Theatre?. Chelsea Pensioners walk past the crowds and go inside; a man hands each one a leaflet as they go in. A poster on a pillar reads: 'The Symbol of Sacrifice'. Could be arriving for a memorial service or tribute.
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1914 - 1918
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 73417
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1924.27
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:00:34:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:39:55:00 / 01:40:29:00
- Canister:
- ON 145 K
- Sort Number:
- ON 145 K
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- Categories
- War & Revolution
- WorkSpaces
- Chelsea Pensioners Chelsea Pensioners WW1 Entertainment
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jamied says
"people standing outside a building - Alhambra Theatre?" - yes, it's the former Alhambra Theatre at Leicester Square, now demolished.
What we're seeing here are the queues for a private screening of the film "The Symbol of Sacrifice" on 13 September 1918, (allowing a reduction of the current date range).
"The Symbol of Sacrifice" was an Africa-made film about the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879.