Title:PATHE GAZETTE (1925?) - THE KING WITH HIS TROOPS [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1064-03a
Other titles:
Summary: Newsreel item on King George V watching Army manoeuvres at Aldershot, probably 1925.
Description: The King, with binoculars, stands with a group of staff officers watching the exercises. King George and Queen Mary stand with a group of officers beside a NAAFI wagon. As part of the exercise the troops assemble a pontoon footbridge across a river - Infantry and mules cross after its completion, while the Royal couple watch. Then the King and Queen inspect a Dragon Medium Mark II carrier.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: George V, King (person)
Mary, Queen (person)
British Army (regiment/service)
Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (regiment/service)
Keywords: training, British military - combat (object name)
training, British military - specialist: bridge building (object name)
delegations, British national - state (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Dragon (object name)
transport, British military - truck, special: NAAFI wagon (object name)
animals, mammals: mule (object name)
Aldershot, Hampshire (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 56 ft; Running time: 1 min
