Viscount French Reviews Volunteers

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

252-1

Date Released

21 Jun 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. *Hac Sports
2. *Richmond Red Cross Show
3. *Viscount French Reviews Volunteers

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "10,000 members of the London Volunteer Corps being reviewed by Lord French, who gave them a stirring message from the King." Viscount French on horseback, accompanied by the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Charles Wakefield), Lord Charles Beresford, the Duke of Rutland, Lord Churchill and Lord Brownlow, inspecting the men on parade. Viscount French taking the salute as the men march past.

Keywords

Politics and government; Local government; Military

Length of story (in feet)

65

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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