Portsmouth: Famous Seaport’s Memorial (1921)

Item title reads - Famous Seaport’s Beautiful Memorial - costing £27,000 and claimed to be one of the most beautiful in Britain - unveiled by Duke of Connaught. Portsmouth, Hampshire. L/S of crowds lining the street as people walk in procession down it. Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, pulls the Union Jack off the Memorial with some difficulty. L/S of the Memorial surrounded by people. Dignitaries walk up the steps. 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 vie