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Description: | I. Newsreel item on the visit of Prince Yorihito of Higashi-Fushimi to the Grand Fleet in the Firth of Forth, October 1918.
II. Newsreel item on the procession of the Lord Mayor's Show through London, 9th November 1918.
The Prince's cutter comes alongside the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth and he comes up the gangplank and onto the quarterdeck. The Prince is wearing admiral's uniform. He exchanges salutes with Admiral Sir David Beatty, who is waiting for him.
The Lord Mayor's coach leads the procession. Airship R23 flies overhead. Women munitions workers can be seen as part of the parade, followed by a Whippet tank, the US Army contingent, and members of the Women's Land Army. One of the floats shows disabled servicemen at work. The Lord Mayor's coach arrives at the Law Courts, and he gets out.
35mm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Horace Beatty Royal Air Force Tank Corps Yorihito 31/3(41) Women's Land Army 12/3(261.2).8 United States Army & American Expeditionary Force London Queen Elizabeth Lord Mayor of Prince of Japan R23 British Army David Richard Royal Navy Marshall | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ministry of Information | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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