Title:THE KING'S TOUR ROUND THE NAPIER MOTOR WORKS [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 418
Other titles:
Summary: King George V is shown around the Napier Motor Works, London, probably mid-1918.
Description: The managing director, M H T Vane, escorts the King (who is in Field Marshal's uniform, and looks very tired) around the plant. They pass a guard of honour made up of the firm's contingent of the St John Ambulance Brigade. The King talks to workers in the machine shops. Outside he visits the works fire brigade and women doing welding in the motor transport erecting shop. He inspects a line of wounded ex-soldiers, now working for the firm. These include Corporal C A Jarvis VC of the Royal Engineers, the first NCO of the war to win a VC (16th November 1914). The King watches aero-frame and engine construction and talks with a refugee Belgian employee of the firm. A contract-made RAF 3a aeroplane engine, "the latest type of aero engine", is prominent. The King drives away from the works to the cheers of the workers.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: George V, King (person)
Vane, M H T (person)
Jarvis, C A (person)
Saint John Ambulance (regiment/service)
Napier Motor Works (regiment/service)
Keywords: delegations, British national - state (object name)
industry, British - vehicles (object name)
industry, British - aircraft (object name)
refugees, Belgian - settlement (object name)
31/3(41) (event)
GB, England & London, W <Acton & Napier Motor Works> (geography)
(concept)
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: 330 ft; Running time: 6 mins
