Duchess Of York Lays Foundation Stone (1929)

Title (transferred backwards, unfortunately!) reads: ’Dundee - The Duchess of York - Lays Foundation Stone of the new Fleming Houses’. Scotland, 1929. Elizabeth; Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother) attends a ceremony. Shots of crowd sitting on chairs in field or garden. M/Ss of the Duchess arriving; and of ceremony - Duchess w/ trowel in hand. Duchess chats to Scottish Guard before being driven off. People wave as her car goes by. Note: shot of Duchess walking towards camera is held out of rack - SL. 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 Gaumo