Our Honoured Guest (1927)

Item title reads: “Our honoured guest. King Fuad pays his first state visit since proclamation as King of Egypt.“ Dover and London M/S of a party of people descending the gangplank of a ship. One is King Fuad. He is followed by a guard wearing a traditional British busby helmet. He inspects a row of troops. He gives a short speech at the station. He is then seen alighting from a train, and greeted by a row of dignitaries, including the Lord Mayor of London. He is then shown to an open carriage, where some footmen pass rugs to those inside. They set off. Note: The open carriage really does look like a huge pram. 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 Gra