A Great Soldier Passes (1924)

Title: “A GREAT SOLDIER PASSES - Late Sir Dighton Probyn - V.C. AT 24 - General at 30 - and trusted friend of Royal Household“. M/S of King George V and Queen Mary greeting elderly war veterans in what appears to be the grounds of Buckingham Palace. They shake hands with a very old man with a long white beard and a row of medals - Sir Probyn? 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.