Thames Swans For Portugal (1928)

Full titles read: “Thames’ Swans for Portugal - leave under care of quaintly garbed swanmaster of the Worshipful Company of Vintners.“ Southampton, Hampshire. Various shots show the ’Swanmaster’ of the Worshipful Company of Vintners (wearing a traditional uniform) holding a swan on board a ship, the RMS Andes. A man next to him also holds a swan; they put them down on the deck and hold out their wings. A ship’s officers strokes the head of one of the swans. 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 t