Passing of a Great Soldier, Earl Haig (1928)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Obituary for Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (British soldier) Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Passing of a Great Soldier: Earl Haig, Former Commander in Chief of the British Army in France Dies Suddenly at His London Residence in His 67th Year. The Man Who Led British Army to Victory Arrives at Dover After Signing of Armistice. ENGLAND: Various: EXT MV Ear Haig talking to naval officer on quayside. (7) SV ship (2 funnelled) draws near TITLE: His work done he who led the Army of Millions to Victory in the world’s greatest and most devastating war returns to England. (11) SV military band playing on quayside as haig stands by gangplank of ship at salute. (20) MV Haig on quayside with mayor and local officials. (24) SV Earl Haif in a carriage coming out from Charing Croa station, massive crowd gathered. (30) SV crowd as carri