INSPECTION OF VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS AT BEDFORD, MARCH 1918, BY FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT FRENCH [Main Title]

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  • Title: INSPECTION OF VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS AT BEDFORD, MARCH 1918, BY FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT FRENCH [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 174
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  • Summary: Field Marshal Viscount French's inspection of the Volunteer Training Corps battalions of Number Nine District, Eastern Command, 10 March 1918.
  • Description: French as GOC Home Forces with the VTC battalions commanded by Brigadier-General W G Carter. French is on foot with his staff. Firstly he inspects a battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment drawn up on parade, addresses the officers and presents an award to a private. Then he and his staff wait on a suburban road as the four battalions of the district, from the Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Herefordshire and Huntingdonshire regiments, march past. A number of the men wear civilian clothes or New Army navy-blue greatcoats instead of khaki. The film ends with a Union Jack fluttering in a breeze.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 174
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-03-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Raymond, H C (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: French, John Denton Pinkstone (person) Carter, William G (person) British Army, Volunteer Training Corps (regiment/service) British Army, Eastern Command (regiment/service) British Army, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, Northamptonshire Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, Herefordshire Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, Huntingdonshire Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, British national - military (object name) equipment, British - personal: greatcoat (New Army blue) (object name) 31/3(41) (event) GB, England & Bedford area, Beds <Number Nine District, Eastern Command> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 513 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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