Parade At Fete For Military Hospital (1917)

Parade at fete for military hospital. Southport, Lancashire. Parade at Southport Carnival & Fete; held in aid of Grange Military Hospital. Opens with bizarre band of clowns playing musical instrument. Then a pony cart with children; sign ’Welcome Home’. Kids on bike (with sidecar?) holding spear and shield — with Union Jack painted on. Knightly patriotism. Then a monster float; of a tank; a Navy guy is standing on front; saluting. Float is pulled by horse. 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 e