King and Queen Visit Farmers and Gunners

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
44/58
Date Released
20 Jul 1944
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1King and Queen Visit Farmers and Gunners
  2. 2General De Gaulle in Washington
  3. 3French Battlefront Brevities
  4. 4Coastal Command Strikes at German Convoy

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
King and Queen with farm volunteers at agricultural camp in the Home Counties. Informal shots as they are seen talking with the workers and at tea-table. The next day sees Their Majesties at an anti-aircraft gun site. During the visit the battery went into action against some ‘doodlebugs’. On hearing of where a bomb had fallen the King immediately drives there and they are seen talking to homeless.
Keywords
Royalty; War damage
Length of story (in feet)
251
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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