President Poincare (1913-1920)

State visit of French President Raymond Poincare to Britain. Opens with scene at some ceremony - a group of - mostly rather old - men wearing long robes or else military uniforms; with big plumes etc; Poincare walks across to right; with one of the men who looks like he could be Duke of Connaught. 2 guards with big black hats follow; at train station. Poincare & others board train. MS Guards on horseback. 4 white horses pull open coach with Poincare. At another train: long line of Royal Marines on platform; President Poincare and Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) walk past and around them; towards train. FILM ID:2342.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items