Presentation Of Colours (1916)

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS - ULSTER, Northern Ireland, 1916? Held outdoors; in the rain; spectators stand watching; huddled under umbrellas. Group of Anglican priests; Mayor; men carrying flags rolled up on poles; etc. etc. come walking across grass; under umbrellas. Some drums stacked on small platform; 2 men lay flags across the bass drum on top; Union Jack & another (Ulster?) flag. Priests perform some ceremony over the flags. Speeches. Flags are removed. Patriotism. 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 1