HM THE KING AT THE ADMIRALTY COMPASS OBSERVATORY [Main]


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  • År: 1918
  • Lengde: 5 mins
  • Beskrivelse: The King's Rolls-Royce pulls up outside the main door to the Observatory where his escort, Commander Sir Charles Cust, is waiting. The camera is behind the doorway, throwing everything into silhouette. The King and Duke, in civilian clothes, are led out across the lawn to inspect a ship's bell covered by a small roof (like a bird table) and on to a site where the King, given a spade by the gardener, plants a tree in commemoration. The party walks past the tennis court, where the wingless fuselage of a BE2c is being used by two officers for flight training. The King and Duke get back into their car, the radiator grill of which can be clearly seen, and depart.
    The visit of King George V and the Duke of York to the Admiralty Compass Observatory, Greenwich, 27th August 1918.
  • Nøkkelord: EFG1914 / World War I / George V, King / George VI, King / Cust, Charles / Royal Navy, Admiralty Compass Observatory / delegations, British national - state / training, British naval air / transport, British civilian - car: Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost / ceremonies, British - customary: tree planting / aircraft, British - combat: Royal Aircraft Establishment BE2c (fuselage) / 31/3(41) / GB, England & London, SE / half-light
  • Leverandør: Imperial War Museums
  • Rettigheter: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Farge: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound