Five Reigns Reel 3 (1919-1929)

Material assembled for an uncompleted documentary probably put together in the late 1940s. Sound is intermittent throughout. There is no complete shot listing - please let Pathe know if you spot something we have missed. This reel covers 1919 and the 1920s. Signing of the Versailles Peace Treaty. British fleet. Soldiers returning and on parade. Sequence showing celebrations at the end of World War One - Victory March on Westminster Bridge in London. Marshal Foch. Celebrations in France (?) Royalty watching march past, speeches are made, a plane is flown through l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris, various aircraft stunts are seen, ships are seen under fire and sinking. Fun on a beach in the late 1910s, large crowds in the streets, - possibly Berlin. Burial of “the unknown soldier“. Unveiling of the cenotaph. Boxers Bombardier Billy Wells and Joe Beckett are seen in C/U. Also Georges Carpentier. Three women read a newspaper - suffragettes? Lenin presents a standard. The burning of Smyrna. The Princ
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