France’s Day - In Honour Of Our Glorious Ally Part 1 (1914-1918)

Titles read: ’London. France’s Day. In honour of our glorious Ally.’ Part 1. In Trafalgar Square we see M/S of women in French national dress, selling flags or pins for the Red Cross, accompanied by Anzac soldiers as they walk towards camera. Several women in same costumes pose at base of Nelson’s Column. Military officer talks to woman selling pins / flags with a little girl dressed as a Red Cross nurse. Intertitle reads: ’The French Ambassador buys his mascot from the Anglo-French Stall.’ M/S of French Ambassador in top hat, buying a pin from one of a group of girls. Others stand about chatting; policeman looks on. High angle shot of troops marching along city street, led by military band, as large crowds watch. French officers and (colonial?) soldiers buy pins from the women. Colonial soldier with medals poses for camera. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC