French Posthumous Honours (1914-1918)

French Posthumous Honours. Location of events unknown - France? Shot of widow in mourning; twin children dressed identically; at ceremony of Posthumous Honours in field. Officer bends down, pins a medal on the tunic of one of the children & kisses them both; shakes hand of widow. Casualties. 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. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.