AMERICAN TROOPS IN LONDON [Main]


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  • Vuosi: 1917
  • Kesto: 6 mins
  • Kuvaus: The contingent forms up at Wellington Barracks before marching out, led by a band from the Coldstream Guards, on duty at the barracks. The parade passes the US Embassy, where Ambassador Dr Walter H Page and Admiral William S Sims take the salute from the balcony. The parade then passes outside Buckingham Palace. King George V stands at the gates to take the salute. With him is Queen Alexandra the Queen Mother, Field Marshal Lord French, Colonel Lassiter (the US military attaché) and Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Lloyd, in charge of London district. Also watching are Prime Minister Lloyd George and US Major-General John Biddle. The troops dip their flags in salute as they pass the King.
    A parade of United States soldiers through the centre of London, 15th August 1917.
  • Avainsanat: EFG1914 / World War I / Page, Walter Hines / Sims, William S / George V, King / Alexandra, Queen / French, John Denton Pinkstone / Lassiter (Colonel) / Lloyd, Francis / Lloyd George, David / Biddle, John / British Army, Coldstream Guards, band / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / ceremonies, United States - display / buildings, United States - institutional: embassy / buildings, British - military: barracks / 31/3(41) / GB, England & London, SW / GB, England & London, SW / GB, England & London, SW
  • Sisältölähde: Imperial War Museums
  • Oikeudet: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Väri: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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