SCENES IN BRUSSELS [Main Title]

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  • Title: SCENES IN BRUSSELS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 370
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  • Summary: The state entry of the King and Queen of Belgium into Brussels, 22nd November 1918.
  • Description: Crowds cheer the procession, which is led by Belgian Cavalry, followed by a car loaded with flowers and then King Albert and Queen Elisabeth riding in the midst of civil and military dignitaries. The King is in Belgian Army uniform with a shrapnel helmet. Riding with the King are the Duke of Brabant, Princess Marie Josée, and the other royal children. The British dignitaries in the contingent are the Duke of York, along with Brigadier-General the Earl of Athlone, Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, and three Army commanders, Generals Plumer, Birdwood and Horne. The parade continues to march past. Apart from the Belgians there are US and French troops (one French contingent includes a black soldier) and British soldiers, including kilted Highlanders. (The film is broken at this point by an extraneous scene of German 150mm guns on railway trucks captured in the Forêt du Nord on 21st November.) The main party forms up as a group, the King and Queen dismount and the King talks with the city dignitaries. The procession then continues as the royal party, all remounted, form again in a group for photographs to be taken. Civilian and military photographers, and one cameraman, surge forward to take pictures. The King and Queen are shown in close-up. The procession passes in review before the royal party. The camera, panning over the group, picks out Generals Plumer and Birdwood together.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) Wilson, F (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Albert I, King of Belgium (person) Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium (person) Leopold III, King of Belgium (person) Marie-José, Princess of Belgium (person) George VI, King (person) Athlone, Alexander (Earl) (person) Keyes, Roger John Brownlow (person) Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow (person) Birdwood, William Riddell (person) Horne, Henry Sinclair (person) British Army (regiment/service) Belgian Army (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) United States Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: celebrations, Belgian - liberation (object name) ceremonies, Belgian - state: entry into Brussels (King Albert) (object name) weapons, German - gun: 150mm howitzer & [captured] (object name) journalism and record, Belgian - photographer (object name) journalism and record, British - photographer (object name) First World War, Armistice & 22/11/1918 (event) Brussels, Brabant, Belgium (geography) Foret du Nord, Nord, France (geography) Race (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 684 ft; Running time: 11 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet Summary: see also IWM 359 and IWM 371 Remarks: the best of the Belgian state entry films, with considerable movement and life, conveying well the general mood of exultation
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