Fund Raising Auction For Red Cross (1914-1918)

Fund raising auction for Red Cross. World War One - home front. Fund raising. Auction for Red Cross. Shot from behind audience; looking over the backs of men’s hats at a line of men standing on a platform. CU George Robey; actor; and soldier holding up a piece of currency. Then he shows little statue of French police soldier to the crowd - he talks as he rotates the statue; showing all the details. Quite the sales speech. Then a shot of Robey in the crowd still talking. 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 f