The King With His Troops (1924)

Aldershot, Hampshire. Title: “The KING WITH HIS TROOPS sees Mimic Battle in which latest Tanks and rapid bridge building play prominent part“. King George V with his troops, sees mimic battle and afterwards reviewed troops on Laffan’s Plain. M/S of a group of officers on a hilltop, some look through binoculars. M/S of a group of officers, their wives and Queen Mary looking at an Army truck. M/S of a soldiers floating a temporary bridge over a river, when the bridge is secure the soldiers run across it. M/S of soldiers leading pack donkeys across the bridge, on one of the banks a group of officers observe. M/S of a senior officer and Queen Mary inspecting an armoured car. M/S of an armoured car full of soldiers towing two cannons mounted on wheels away from the camera. M/S of soldiers climbing aboard the armoured car, it drives away watched by the Queen and a senior officer. M/S of a tank driving across a field. L/S of soldiers constructing a makeshift bridge across a ditch.
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