Home Guard Anniversary (1943)

Full title reads: “HOME GUARD ANNIVERSARY“. Hyde Park, London. The King George VI mounts the dais in Hyde Park, huge crowds around. He is there as a Colonel in Chief of Home Guard to celebrate its 3rd anniversary. Various shots of the King taking salute as contingents of Britain’s Home Guard march past. Various shots of the march past and the crowds watching. (Mute & Track Negs.) 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.