Summary: Brief fragment showing Prime Minister Asquith on his visit to France, 7th September 1916.
Description: Asquith has his back to the camera throughout. He is first shown talking with British officers near Contay, then at the Royal Flying Corps base at Fienvillers watching a Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter of 70 Squadron take off.
Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Asquith, Herbert Henry (person)
British Army, Royal Flying Corps, Squadron 70 (regiment/service)
Keywords: delegations, British national - state (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter (object name)
01/3(4-15).5 (event)
Contay, Somme, France (geography)
Fienvillers, Somme, France (geography)