(Reel 1) The film opens with unrelated scenes of the Western Front, mainly the Marne and Château-Thierry areas. Then Theodore Roosevelt beside the grave of his son Quentin. Behind-the-lines scenes of...
(Reel 1) King George V and General Sir Herbert Plumer, commanding Second Army to which the two divisions were attached, are greeted by 30th (Old Hickory) Division commander, Major-General Edward M Lew...
The film emphasises the pre-war uniqueness of Britain, rich, insular, with a strong trading position and a free democracy united under the constitutional monarchy. The only pre-war violence comes in t...
The ceremony takes place in a field, with men of Plumer's staff watching as he pins medals for bravery onto women officers of the Queen Alexandra's First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and the Voluntary Aid Det...
The Prince of Wales, "whose betrothal to Princess Yolanda of Italy is expected shortly", with Major-General Charles H Muir at US IV Corps headquarters at Cochem, Germany, probably early 1919.
The Maharajah's car arrives at Fifth Army headquarters on 31 July and is greeted by an honour guard. He wears a British Army uniform and a turban. He is shown a 12-inch railway gun firing at Annezin o...
The King's Rolls-Royce pulls up outside the main door to the Observatory where his escort, Commander Sir Charles Cust, is waiting. The camera is behind the doorway, throwing everything into silhouette...
The replica of the standard was presented in honour of the Anglo-French cooperation in the Battle of Amiens, 8th August 1918. The presentation takes place in the street in front of the Ministry of Wor...