Title:ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA ITEMS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6588
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Summary: Rough compilation of items concerning the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
Description: I. Silent sequence showing senior officers reviewing the pensioners on Founder's Day. (ca 1 min)
II. Item (with sound) from AKC NEWS PARADE NO 322 showing new "in Pensioner" Charles Forshaw arriving at the Royal Hospital and being inducted into his new life: he is measured for his uniform and is fitted at the Hospital Tailor. (ca 4 mins)
III. Further silent shots of Founder's Day including marchpast and three cheers for the reviewing officer. (1 min, followed by 5 seconds of blank film)
IV. Roughly-edited silent sequence beginning with shots of guardsmen in bearskin hats outside the hospital followed by shots of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on the patio. He greets VIPs, including French President Charles de Gaulle and Mme de Gaulle, and HRH Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh. The VIP party walk around the grounds. In the cloister, Sir Winston Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill sit and wait: as the main VIP party approcahes, Churchill and de Gaulle greet each other warmly. Banquet sequence in the Great Hall: meals are served and Sir Harold Macmillan proposes a toast. [Abrupt end] (5 mins)
