CARDINAL BOURNE VISITS THE IRISH TROOPS IN FRANCE [Main]


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  • Year: 1917
  • Runtime: 6 mins
  • Description: The Cardinal meets regimental chaplains outside a barn marked as a Catholic church. (Note the official photographer, J Warwick Brooke, at work.) The Cardinal walks towards the camera for a posed shot. Together with Brigadier-General Ramsey of 48th Dublin Fusiliers Brigade he inspects the men, and gives them an address standing in a wagon, finishing with a benediction. The Cardinal talks to one of the soldiers. The film ends with the brigade marching past.
    Cardinal Bourne's visit to 16th (Irish) Division at Ervillers, Western Front, on 27 October 1917.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Bourne (Cardinal) / Ramsey, F W / Brooke, John Warwick / British Army, Div 16 / British Army, Bde 48 / delegations, British national - goodwill / religion, Christianity - military, British / journalism and record, British - photographer / 01/3(4-15).7 / Ervillers, Pas-de-Calais, France
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound