Tommy Atkins Junior (1914-1918)

Tommy Atkins Junior. Location of events unknown - London? Child dressed up as soldier. Opens w/ British soldier standing guard outside a building. Another soldier and a little boy - age 6 and 3 ft tall - march out toward camera. The two grown-ups leave and the little kid stays as the guard! He does a little rifle drill type move. Cute as heck. World War One. Children. Costumes. FILM ID: 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 from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.