George VI Christmas Speech - 1937 (1937)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. 1937? Sound track only - King George VI gives his traditional Christmas time speech to the nation in 1937. He is really taking his time over the delivery - it illustrates his speech impediment, although he doesn’t stutter or stammer. He talks of the past year and the promises made at the Coronation. He talks of making the Christmas message the keystone of people’s daily lives. 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 the end of 1984.