Provost John Sinclair shows the Orkney Girl Guides the harbour at Thurso as part of the Guides Silver Jubilee rally, attended by Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Girl Guides' President.
An amateur compilation reel featuring footage in and around the Scottish Borders. Includes Kimmerghame House and gardens, Berwickshire, Foulden village, Sinclair's Hill, Hirsel Lake, Eyemouth harbour...
I. The film opens with a very brief portrait shot of Haig, taken by a French official cameraman in August 1917. II. The Army Commanders arrive by car at Haig's temporary headquarters at Cambrai for th...
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 ...
(Reel 1) Opening pan across fleet anchorage (note HMS Neptune). The King is seen onboard a succession of battleships, watching marchpasts of the crews - HMS Queen Elizabeth (Colossus Class in backgrou...
A temporary British cemetery in France, possibly Thelus. The camera closes in to a cross marked "A British Soldier". Then the coffin of the Unknown Warrior being carried to the quay at Boulogne by sen...
The King, in Field Marshal's uniform and unaccompanied by other members of the Royal family, arrives at Calais on HMS Whirlwind on 5 August. Three days later he inspects British and US pilots of RAF 1...
The King and Queen arrive in Calais to start the visit. The King inspects war trophies at Bailleul with General Sir Herbert Plumer, then goes on to watch a tank demonstration and talk with a group of ...