Title:GAUMONT GRAPHIC 1000 - GIFT TO THE BRITISH NATION [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 507
Other titles:
Summary: The presentation of a replica of the standard of the French 61st Artillery Regiment to the Imperial War Museum, 15th October 1920.
Description: The replica of the standard was presented in honour of the Anglo-French cooperation in the Battle of Amiens, 8th August 1918. The presentation takes place in the street in front of the Ministry of Works in Whitehall. Making the presentation are General Viscount de la Panonse and Colonel Marie of the regiment. Receiving the standard for the Imperial War Museum are Sir Alfred Mond, First Commissioner of Works, Sir Martin Conway and Major C J ffoulkes. The ceremony has attracted the attention of a small crowd of passers-by and employees of the ministry.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: La Panonse, Viscount de (person)
Marie (Colonel) (person)
Mond, Alfred Moritz (person)
Conway, Martin (person)
ffoulkes, Charles J (person)
French Army, Artillery Regt 61 (regiment/service)
Ministry of Works (regiment/service)
Imperial War Museum (regiment/service)
Keywords: ceremonies, British - event-related: presentation (standard) (object name)
ceremonies, French - event-related: presentation (standard) (object name)
society, French military - friendship (object name)
society, British military - friendship (object name)
arts, French military - heraldry: standard (61st Artillery Regiment) (object name)
buildings, British - institutional: Ministry of Works (object name)
GB, England & London, SW <Ministry of Works & Whitehall> (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: 80 ft; Running time: 1 min
