the DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S VISIT TO THE ARMIES [Main]


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  • Year: 1917
  • Runtime: 5 mins
  • Description: I. The Duke of Connaught, along with his son Prince Arthur of Connaught, on 20 November, coming out of Tramecourt Château and posing on the steps. II. Following this is the arrival of Connaught (without the Prince) at the Trench School of Instruction, Helfaut, also on 20 November. He watches a demonstration of the 3-inch mortar by British troops with American officers under training. III. The Duke, also in November, arrives at Zudroye to inspect 1st Battalion, the Grenadier Guards. He is accompanied by its commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Maitland-Makgill-Crichton. Connaught leads the battalion in three cheers for the King. IV. The film ends with a scene (also in IWM 117 THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT REVIEWS THE GUARDS) of the Duke, apparently at Helfaut, inspecting a type of shell or mine with a group of officers, one of whom is American.
    The Duke of Connaught's visit to the Trench School of Instruction at Helfant and to 1st Battalion, the Grenadier Guards, Western Front, November 1917.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Arthur, Prince (Duke of Connaught) / Arthur of Connaught (HRH Prince) / Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, M E / British Army, Grenadier Guards, 1st Battalion / British Army, Trench School of Instruction, Helfaut / United States Army / World War, 1914-1918 -- United States / delegations, British national - military / training, British military - weapons: mortar / training, United States military - weapons: mortar / weapons, British - mortar: 3-inch Stokes / weapons, British - passive: mine / 01/3(4-15).7 / Tramecourt, Pas-de-Calais, France / Helfaut, Pas-de-Calais, France / Zudroye, Pas-de-Calais, France / camera / World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound