| IN SAFE KEEPING Colours of the 116th Canadian Infantry deposited in Westminster Abbey. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5108 | |
| Catalog #: | 365502 | |
| Clip Number: | 365502-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 26 K | |
| Timecode: | 01:08:40 - 01:09:56 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1916 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Military LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London MILITARY: Army, Canadian WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: Misc. | |
| Description: | World War One. Title "In Safe Keeping--Colours of the 116th Canadian Infantry Deposited in Westminster Abbey" In addition to that, there is a montage of scenes of soldiers from various British colonies and former colonies (the Commonwealth didn't exist yet in name). Opens with Canadians marching; carrying flags; or rifles; rounding a corner. Canadians marching past some spectators. Very over-exposed shot of cavalry thundering across the otherwise blank white screen; seeming to gallop from out of nowhere; like ghost horses & mystery riders. Shot of long lines 4-abreast of men in civilian dress; suits of various colors; all marching down street; toward camera. Probably volunteers having just joined up? Cut to shot of soldiers (New Zealand?) marching through an ancient stone gate; in Hyde Park. Another incongruous cut: long lines of men wearing turbans (possibly from India); leading donkeys piled with supplies on a country road. Great aerial tracking shot over London; moving over the Thames; passing close by a cool iron bridge with a great crowd on it--beautiful design; marvels of modern engineering of the industrial age; etc. GV aerial .looking across another bridge at Big Ben and Parliament; a parade moving on the bridge. | |
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