Showing the Flag, South Africans Give the Grand Fleet a Civic Reception on Arrival at Cape Town

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1349

Date Released

25 Feb 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Schoolboy’s Welcome, Prince of Wales Opens New Science Building at Mill Hill School
2. 2Filling Up the Chinks, Mah Jong Craze Keeps Chinese Children Busy
3. 3Showing the Flag, South Africans Give the Grand Fleet a Civic Reception on Arrival at Cape Town
4. 4Inter-Varsity Hockey - The Unbeaten Oxford XI Defeat Cambridge by 3 Goals to Nil at Beckenham

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

LV warship at sea. LV part of ship, longboat rows alongside. 2 LVs captain and civic dignitaries and others on ship. Captain and army officers inspect troops (South African) and chat. GVs procession and crowds in streets.

Keywords

Navy; Military

Locations

Cape Town; South Africa

Library number GR

7333 57ft pos

Length of story (in feet)

88

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Film Archive

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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