King’s Visit to Belgium

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

172-1

Date Released

9 Dec 1914

Stories in this Issue:

1. *King’s Visit to Belgium

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Arrival of Royal Party in Motor Cars..."Red Cross flag flying among ruins"..."Historic Cloth Hall, one of Belgium’s largest buildings"..."Ruined tower of Hotel de Ville"..."King George and King Albert and the Prince of Wales and Sir Pertab Singh review troops before going into trenches"..."March past of Belgian troops - King George takes salute"..."King George congratulates a Belgian Commanding Officer"." Scenes during King George V’s visit to Belgium, 1st-5th December.

Keywords

Royalty; War damage; Military

Length of story (in feet)

305

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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