General Steele In Prague (1947)

Unused / unissued footage - dates or locations unclear or unknown. Prague, Czechoslovakia - September 1947. Lieutenant General Sir James Steele, Military Commandant of the British occupation zone in Austria, visits Prague. L/S of crowds lining Prague streets to see General Steele. Steele arrives and shakes hands with Czech officers then walks through the streets with them and inspects troops. Steele lays a huge wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier. M/S as he salutes the tomb. Elevated shot of the ceremony. C/U of the wreath. FILM ID:2166.1 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